Alright, the art of the movie remake is something that has been going on for quite some time with varying degrees of success, but it seems that in recent years the proliferation of such releases has gotten a bit out…
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With the Pythons’ 50th 40th anniversary upon us, I thought it might be a good time to ignore everything they accomplished together and instead focus on their abysmal failures career highlights.
Read more →October 18, 1931: “The Wizard of Menlo Park” and film pioneer Thomas Alva Edison passes away at the age of 84 in West Orange, N.J. October 19, 1936: A British court declares that Bette Davis, who wishes to make films…
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Are you suckaz gonna line up to see the blaxploitation satire Black Dynamite? Watch Movie Irv’s Raw Review of writer/director Scott Sanders’ film to see how this one-man jury rates the kung fu fighting: Black Dynamite (2009) Starring Michael Jai…
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He’s tough, he’s sexy and he’s angry. Oh, yeah. He’s also black. He’s Black Dynamite, the jive-talking, feet-a-flying, Afro-wearing, no-nonsense hero who also happens to be a sex machine. Just like Shaft. John Shaft. After his bro’ is murdered, he…
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Their 2007 movie (No Country for Old Men) capped the Best Picture Oscar. Have the Coen Brothers struck gold again? Let’s check in with Movie Irv, who takes the measure of A Serious Man with this Raw Review: A Serious Man…
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Everyone knows that, while it’s generally the stars who put fannies in the seats, supporting players often wind up walking away with a film (a fact we here at Movie FanFare try to commemorate with our Scene Stealers salutes). And ever since producer…
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With the economy in the gutter, crime on the rise and people seemingly more stressed than ever, there is one thing that can save society from utter destruction: The Cosby Show. Okay, maybe not. But it’s still one of the…
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Growing up in Southern California was a movie-lovers paradise! My home base of Bellflower, California was relatively equidistant to Long Beach, Hollywood and Westwood – each with an abundance of movie theaters to tempt my attendance. Beginning in 1955, at…
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