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!
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Still the Damndest Thing: Looking Back at Nashville
With the Criterion Collection putting their stamp on Robert Altman’s remarkable 1975 American mosaic, longtime Nashville celebrant Movie Irv considers the film’s impact and import, then and now.
Read more →To All the Video Companies We’ve Loved Before
We’ve been around long enough to remember the glory days of VHS, and we’re fondly looking back at some of those suppliers of yore who packed our shelves with exploitation classics and more memorable fare.
Read more →Stacy’s Book Has Got It Going On: A Look at Keach’s New Memoir
Still offering compelling efforts on big screen, small screen, and the boards, Stacy Keach has now looked back at his often-tumultuous life and times with his recently published memoir, and we’re sharing our impressions here.
Read more →Forest View: A Consideration of Mr. Whitaker
With efforts like Out of the Furnace and Black Nativity in the offing, and a potential second Oscar for his mantle for Lee Daniels’ The Butler, we’re looking back at Forest Whitaker;s remarkable three-decade run onscreen.
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 →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 →Must-Reed: We Check Out the New Oliver Reed Bio
His capacity for carousing was nearly as large a source of notoriety as his substantial cinema resume, and we’re offering our two cents about a new chronicle of the wild life and times of the inimitable Oliver Reed.
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 →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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