Do you Love Lucy? Dream of Jeannie? As we’ve seen from past “Celebrity Crushes” posts, fans know what they like. Over the years, I’ve become attached to a few feisty TV females–and the beautiful women who’ve played those characters to perfection.
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Riding the Lost Highway to WTF Cinema
WTF happened to WTF Movies? Indie producer/filmmaking guru Ted Hope’s lament about the absence of films plumbing our subconscious led me to reflect on my own affection for Cinema That Dares.
Read more →Warren Beatty: Overrated or Underrated?
Writer, producer, director, actor, activist, Academy Award winner…it’s all wrapped up in Warren Beatty. But what has he done for us lately? Movie Irv assays the career of the handsome Hollywood legend!
Read more →My Top 10 Movies of the Year 2013
2013 wasn’t just a good year for the movies…it was a great one. These are my 10 favorite movies of the year; chances are you liked some of them, hated others, and maybe missed at least one or two on my list.
Read more →What’s Your Movie-Related New Year’s Resolution?
Are you ready to pledge you’ll watch the entire filmography of John Carradine? Maybe you need to resolve you’ll give “The Lone Ranger” one more chance. Whatever your outlandish movie-related New Year’s resolution may be, share it with us after you’ve heard from Irv!
Read more →An Angel Earns His Wings of Desire
Ask people what their favorite “angel” movie is, and I daresay a majority of movie fans might say “It’s a Wonderful Life,” especially during the holiday season. I go my own way, and pick “Wings of Desire”–at this time of year or any other.
Read more →Which Movie Character That Died Should Have Lived?
Countless characters have died in the movies. Movie Irv gets his chance to name the character whose onscreen demise he found the most unfair (Hint: Played by a big, blue-eyed star)…and then you get to save your favorite of the cinematically departed!
Read more →Can We Still Talk About Great Movie Dialogue?
Is great movie talk a lost art of the movies? Hear Movie Irv dish on dialogue and then channel your own inner Chayefsky in the comments section…
Read more →The Boxing Cats: Why Movies Have a Purr-fectly Good Life Ahead of Them
If you think that mankind’s bizarre obsession with watching cat videos is a peculiar grotesquerie of our era…read on!
Read more →Ben Affleck: Overrated or Underrated?
Maybe you heard: Ben Affleck is the new Batman! Maybe you also heard: He directed “Argo,” the Best Picture winner of last year’s Oscars. Those two facts make rendering the overrated/underrated verdict a challenge…but our Cinema Crusader is ready. POW!
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