R.J. Cutler has based his career on observing the real and turning it into the reel. The Yale-educated former theater director has made a name for himself in the worlds of both non-fictional film and television. He was the producer…
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You’d never know that the guy sitting a few feet away was one of the “screaming comics of the 1980s.” It couldn’t be Sam Kinison. He’s gone, died in a car accident in Needles, California in 1992. Andrew Dice Clay?…
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What is an 83-year-old entertainment icon doing in bed with a well-known TV mother after being slipped a mickey with a sex pill in it? Inquiring minds want to know. And they’ll get their answer if they go to see…
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“Movie Irv” offers his quick take on Ang Lee’s new film Taking Woodstock, based on true stories surrounding the makings of the iconic 1969 concert. Is it a bust…or a blast? Let’s check in with MovieFanFare’s grooviest movie expert: …
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Question: As always, I enjoy your column each month. I was wondering if you had any information concerning DVD releases of the following films: Belle Starr (1941) Springtime in the Rockies (1942) Song of the Islands (1942) Yolanda & the…
Read more →She wrote, produced and starred in her own television situation comedy. She won the first Emmy for Best Actress in a comedy series. She was one of early TV’s pioneers, a feminist before feminism became fashionable or was even a…
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Although the movie is called Adam, it is not a film about the first man on earth. Rather, the film is focused on a man with Asperger’s syndrome, a form of high-functioning autism. Further, it’s a romantic dramedy to boot….
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It was at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival that Humpday came out. That is, it came out for people to see—and out of the closet, so to speak, at the same time. The response was positive enough to snag the…
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Jeff Daniels likes to have it any way he can get it. That is, when it comes to show business. The busy Daniels is comfortable no matter what the situation. He’s a regular in high-profile “A” films like Speed or…
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Kathryn Bigelow makes movies like the big boys. And we think she’d consider that a compliment. She’s come to be known as the woman who makes guy films. Among her credits are the creepy vampire/western flick Near Dark, the…
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