Some (most?) movies you forget about the second they’re over. Some few others are skillfully made enough to linger in your mind, or even get you talking. Low of budget but high on smarts and expert in execution, “Coherence” is a brain-twister to savor.
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Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
SEX! There, now we have your attention. COMIC BOOK! There, now some other folks are listening. ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES OF THE YEAR. That about covers it. “Blue Is the Warmest Color” is not a film you want to miss.
Read more →What Movie Has Gotten BETTER Over Time?
Y’all might eventually come around and appreciate 2013’s “The Lone Ranger” as I did. As for Movie Irv, he has his own answer to this question. See if your answer would match his!
Read more →Caucus
He didn’t pound big slabs of meat or run up the Art Museum steps, but yes, Rick Santorum was the “Rocky” of the 2012 Iowa Caucus. What does AJ Schnack’s documentary have to offer the right and the left?
Read more →Cinemassociations: From A to Z
He didn’t exactly plan to go “from A to Z,” but whenever you toss Movie Irv a word for Cinemassociations, he somehow makes the list a fun one!
Read more →12 Years a Slave
Director Steve McQueen’s historical drama “12 Years a Slave” is going to be a history-making film. Read on, learn why, and see it, not necessarily in that order…
Read more →Is Film Criticism Dead?
Did you know that now, there’s even a website that reviews the film reviewers? Yes, it’s come to that. With print film critics losing their jobs one after the other, and the passing of Roger Ebert sort of putting an…
Read more →Barbra Streisand: Overrated or Underrated?
The monumental Ms. Streisand comes up for the overrated/underrated verdict. Open the floodgates, it’s time to hear from Babs fans!
Read more →There’s No Shamus in Playing Another Round of Cinemassociations
Movie Irv rounds out this week’s movie word-association game with a nod to the plucky gal who left 14-year-old fellas of all ages smitten in 1983. You’re welcome.
Read more →In a World…of Prints and the Revolution
No more film prints after 2013, that’s the (scheduled) deal. Is that the death of movie theaters? No. Unless…
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