It’s one thing to walk out on a movie before it’s over (or, sometimes it’s more than one thing, as you will see if you click on over to Have You Ever Walked Out on a Movie?). It’s another matter entirely to…
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Joel McCrea Westerns And More Riding In
Filly Joel: Before World War II, Joel McCrea neatly fit Everyman roles in Hollywood, bringing a likable quality to a host of fine efforts dating back to the silent Era. Among his memorable films were King Vidor’s Bird of Paradise,…
Read more →Which Musician Should Next Become a Movie Star?
We’ve seen a long, if mixed, record of musicians morphing into movie stars. For every David Bowie, there’s a Peter Frampton. Whereas it’s hard to argue Barbra Streisand hasn’t enjoyed success and longevity on the big screen, Madonna’s got her fair share…
Read more →Inside the Crawford Biography Possessed
Joan Crawford was a bitch. That may not come as a revelation to the folks who know Ms. Crawford from the image that has been perpetuated since Mommie Dearest, the book and the movie, were released in 1978 and 1981,…
Read more →Your Questions On Jerry Lewis Classics And More Answered
Q: I recently saw a Jerry Lewis documentary on TV and saw clips from films I wasn’t familiar with. Any chance we’ll see more of Jerry’s films on DVD in the future? A: If you are a fan of “The…
Read more →Is Marlon Brando the Greatest Movie Actor of All Time?
Sometimes, a movie question appears to present a very limited range of possible answers. Like the question, “Is Marlon Brando the Greatest Movie Actor of All Time?” You might think the answers to a question like that would typically be…
Read more →Director Ti West Checks In With The Innkeepers
Although he is only 32 years old, writer-director Ti West has five horror films under his belt and more in the planning stages. And while he is too old, perhaps, to be called a “wunderkind,” the amount of projects he…
Read more →In the Flesh: An Appreciation of David Cronenberg
It was in the old Cheltenham Theater in the mid-1970s, with the pungent smells of fried chicken and Lysol wafting through the aisles, that I first got acquainted with David Cronenberg. I was definitely in the “horror movie phase” of…
Read more →Conquering Hoards: The Reality TV Auction Boom Hits DVD
Blame PBS. If it wasn’t for them, we wouldn’t have the tsunami of auction shows populating the TV screen like we do now. It all started with Antiques Roadshow, originally a British show on the BBC that began in the…
Read more →If You Owned a Movie Studio…
…what movies would you make? Would they be like The Matrix…or like Martha Marcy May Marlene? It was time to Ask Movie Irv this classic question, and he has a pretty clear answer: Now it’s your turn. You’ve just been…
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