Is it scandalous that a fake documentary won the Academy Award? Before you go ballistic on all things Michael Moore—not that we all don’t love a good Bowling for Columbine discussion every once in a while—do cool those jets, because…
Read more →Some people think M. Night Shyamalan is a genius; others think he got lucky once or twice and sank into frustrating mediocrity thereafter. Maybe you spend hours arguing over whether or not today’s movies are as good as the classic…
Read more →What qualifies as a three-hankie movie for you? Old Yeller? E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial? The David Cronenberg remake of The Fly? (Yes, that last one was true for me) Let’s Ask Movie Irv what makes him all weepy in the cinema:…
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Here, I’m taking my next look at a classic film that A Reader Recommended. Last time out, I gave you my take on the martial arts horror film The Boxer’s Omen. This time, my thanks to reader GUNNY KOON USMC…
Read more →Yes, just in time for the release of a new (!) Three Stooges film—and in anticipation of the massive DVD set (well titled) The Three Stooges: The Ultimate Collection—we dared to Ask Movie Irv that controversial question: Who’s the funniest…
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Plenty of Broadway musicals have successfully made their way to the big screen, from The King and I to Tim Burton’s enjoyably bloodthirsty rendition of Sweeney Todd. Occasionally, that process of adaptation happens in reverse, as we’ve seen with film-to-stage hits such as The Producers…
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Death is breathing down your neck, and you’re playing your little man-on-the-make games. There is a special urgency to Dead Man Walking, but early on, despite the concentration on appeals and lie-detector tests, we come to understand that the backbone of the…
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There is a time and place to discuss and/or complain about the grotesquely high cost of snacking at the movies. In fact, that time and place can be right now if you decide to click on over to my much-earlier post…
Read more →This seems to be maybe the easiest question we could ever Ask Movie Irv, right? Until you realize (a) just how risky those in the movie business regard the “downbeat” climax to be; (b) how scarce it is on the big screen, and, paradoxically, (c)…
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Who doesn’t remember Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (or, more accurately, Mr. Newman’s and Mr. Redford’s stunt doubles) jumping off that cliff? Can cinema fans ever forget James Bond skiing off the edge of Mount Asgard? (Well, I did indeed forget…
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