David Fincher and “Fight Club” have done it again! While promoting the upcoming “Gone Girl,” the filmmaker made a reference to “Fight Club” and why audiences go to the movies that’s watercooler-worthy for film fans.
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Like Water for Chocolate, This Couple Had Me Boiling
Have you ever seen one of those classic movie love stories where the idea is for you to want the couple to be together…but you really, really don’t? Welcome to my experience with Alfonso Arau’s much-beloved Like Water for Chocolate.
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Machine Guns and Movies: Together Since Forever?
Can you name an action movie in the last 30 years that did not have a machine gun in it? Just one?
Read more →John Wayne: Overrated or Underrated?
Saddle up, film fans! It’s time to render your verdict on the silver screen career of John Wayne, one of cinema’s most beloved, sometimes derided, and surprisingly controversial actors.
Read more →Draft Day (2014) Movie Review
Earlier this year, Movie Irv predicted Kevin Costner’s football drama Draft Day would be one of 2014’s higher-profile failures. He guessed right–and now, with the film coming out on home video next week, he’s back to tell you if it deserved to fumble at the box office.
Read more →Ninja III: The Domination Is Vintage 1984
MovieFanFare joins Forgotten Films’ 1984-Blog-a-thon fun with this appreciation of the crazy Cannon Film Group release about a telephone repairwoman who loves aerobics and gets possessed by the spirit of a dead ninja.
Read more →Boyhood (2014) Movie Review
Writer/director Richard Linklater makes the experience of growing up especially authentic in “Boyhood,” in which we are able to observe the main character growing up–literally–right before our eyes.
Read more →It’s Not Easy Being Green Movie Characters
Cowabunga! Another “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie is here, and it’s probably going to rake in the green…surely a testament to the earning power of broccoli-colored blockbuster heroes everywhere…right?
Read more →The Five Best Actresses Working Today
Who are the five best movie actresses working today? Movie Irv is here to fill you in on the women he feels deserve your rapt attention at the movies; check his picks and then give us your own!
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