G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17. Do these make sense to you? Are you ever mystified by the ratings awarded by the MPAA? Hear what Movie Irv has to say about the current ratings system, and then rate his prescriptions in the comments.
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Scare Up Some Good Horror Movie Songs
Know what’s scary? How many good horror movie songs are out there. Scarier still is how well we expect you to do adding to this playlist of thriller tunes ranging in style from medieval to surf rock to lounge…
Read more →What Movie Gets “Coming-of-Age” Just Right?
It takes more than period details that bring on feelings of nostalgia to make a great “coming-of-age” movie–it takes dramatizing how formidable (and often funny) a task it can be to make the transition from kid to adult. Here’s Movie Irv…
Read more →Which 10 Cinemassociations Get Us from Hooker to Quentin Tarantino?
Wall Street = Spalding Gray? Irv’s 10 Cinemassociations
We say “Wall Street,” Irv says…? Find out and play along with your own Cinemassociations!
Read more →Movie(Studio)FanFare
Got a favorite when it comes to movie studio fanfares? I do. You may have a different pick–but while we’re at it, let’s reminisce about the great studio logos and musical fanfares from the past…and talk about how they’ve exploded in the present.
Read more →What Movie Puts You to Sleep?
Maybe we should label this post NSFW, because for some people, just thinking about the movie that puts them to sleep could cause them to doze off on the job!
Read more →Blobfest
Come along with me to Blobfest, where we’ll celebrate the crazy charms of the 1958 monster movie classic “The Blob,” shop for some crap we don’t need, and soak in how the flick plays to a modern audience.
Read more →The Lone Ranger Sidekick Tonto Starts a New Cinemassociations!
When you hear “Tonto,” you think…what? Join Movie Irv for the latest round of Cinemassociations!
Read more →The Big Sleep Scene That Wakes Me Up
Sure, Bogie and Bacall have some memorable exchanges in “The Big Sleep”…but this is the scene that always first comes to my mind.
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