“Two brothers trapped by murder. One hid behind his vowels, the other behind his badge.” That’s the tagline for True Confessions, a 1981 drama starring Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall. Despite the prestigious talent involved, the movie is rarely…
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This Week’s DVD/Blu-ray New Releases Will Make You Want to “Sing”
There’s a song in our hearts whenever it comes time to check out this week’s new DVD and Blu-ray new releases, and it is one that will be soaring through the air with the home video arrival of Sing. That…
Read more →Network (1976): Movie Review
When Paddy Chayefsky wrote his Oscar-winning screenplay for Network (1976) it was supposed to be satirical. Lensed through the 1976 eye I’m sure audiences found an opinion-spouting news anchor and a network devoted to developing reality-based programming as absurd. To…
Read more →Guest Review: Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now has always been preceded by the legendary stories of its troubled production, one of those cursed film enterprises (The Exorcist is another) whose backstories are almost as entertaining as the final product itself : in this case, weathering…
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In Praise of Robert Duvall
I’ll keep on acting ’til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven’t lost my enthusiasm yet! –Robert Duvall I’ve been thinking about Robert Duvall lately. First, I saw…
Read more →The Road (2009) Post-Apocalyptic Drama With Viggo Mortensen Movie Review
Movie Irv takes a ride on The Road, the highly-anticipated adaptation of the grippingly apocalyptic Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men) novel. It’s been a few twists and turns getting this prestigious epic to the big screen, and Irv’s…
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