What movie is smarter than you are? Movie Irv is brave enough to admit there’s at least one movie “beyond” him. Join in the fun and confess which film left you utterly bewildered!
Read more →Monthly Archives: February 2013
Create-A-Caption: Dead Poets Society

You know the drill. Below is a classic movie photo with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! “There once was a man from Nantucket…”
Read more →Scandal! Roscoe Arbuckle’s Day Off

Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle was one of the biggest stars of the silent film era until a scandal rocked his career. In today’s guest post, Marsha Collock examines the downfall of a true comedy original.
Read more →This Week In Film History, 02.03.13

We’re marking the anniversaries of Buster Keaton catching the train in The General, Jane Russell busting out in The Outlaw, and Charlton Heston going bananas in Planet of the Apes. That’s just a few of the movie memories we’ve got covered.
Read more →The Impossible, A Mighty Heart, and Cyrano’s Fear
Thoughts on The Impossible, A Mighty Heart, and Cyrano de Bergerac inform this personal reflection for Valentine’s Day.
Read more →Donald Meek: Meek by Name, Meek (Mostly) on the Screen

In more than 100 films in the 1930s and ’40s, character actor Donald Meek lived up his surname as mild-mannered clerks, doctors and other roles. Learn about the Stageocach and You Can’t Take It with You co-star’s life and career here.
Read more →Is Spike Lee Right About “Django Unchained”?

Spike Lee says Quentin Tarantino should never have made “Django Unchained.” Is he right? We “Ask Movie Irv,” and then we ask you!
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