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…
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The Best of Besson
Next to Steven Spielberg, Luc Besson may be the world’s most prolific filmmaker. Look! He writes! He directs! He produces! On occasion, he’s even written music and served as second unit director, cinematographer and editor on his productions. Look at…
Read more →Do You Cry at the Movies?
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:…
Read more →Questions on Night of the Grizzly and More Answered
Q: Clint Walker, the actor who played Cheyenne on TV and starred in The Dirty Dozen, made a film about a bear that I recall was scary. Any clue what that was and if it is on DVD? A: You…
Read more →Some of Sam: Warner Acquires Goldwyn Titles
You can add another impressive library to go with the several Warner Brothers already owns. Warner Home Video–which controls the DVD rights to Warner Brothers, RKO Pictures, part of the Allied Artists library and old MGM releases– has just added…
Read more →Quirky Comedies for Your Consideration
Comedy is subjective. What’s funny to you may not be funny to me, and vice versa. People recommend comedies to you all the time; you watch them and you don’t get it. You tell other movie fans about how much…
Read more →Who’s The Funniest of The Three Stooges?
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…
Read more →Movie Questions On The Barbarian and the Geisha and more
Q: Any chance the John Wayne epic The Barbarian and the Geisha will be issued on DVD? A: Well, we have good news and bad news. The good news first: Yes, the 1958 John Huston film with Wayne as Townsend…
Read more →Winner by a Nose: Eva Marie Saint Remembers North by Northwest
She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress her first time on screen, holding her own opposite Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront. She’s shown her versatility in all genres from comedies (The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming)…
Read more →What Movie Should Become a Broadway Musical?
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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