As a kid growing up in the 1950s, I went to the movies almost every Saturday. In those pre-video, pre-cable days, neighborhood theaters offered “kiddie matinees,” consisting of double- and triple-features of monsters and cheap science fiction. Admission was 35…
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How’s Michael Moore’s stock holding up? For this Raw Review, “Movie Irv” Slifkin lets you know if he’s bullish or bearish on Moore’s latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story. Michael Moore Capitalism – A Love Story Movie Review
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Amid the taboo-shattering and polymorphously perverse chaos that is the John Waters universe, she was an oasis of…well, if not sanity, then certainly an off-kilter form of niceness. Few who have seen the director’s landmark 1972 “exercise in poor taste,” Pink Flamingos, …
Read more →Seeing one’s favorite actor performing in a way you’ve never expected is a treat for viewers, and undoubtedly a welcome departure for the artist himself. Whether it’s a normally affable star in a twisted turn or a glamorous performer reduced…
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Nearly everyone is familiar with MGM’s movie based on L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but how have other filmmakers portrayed Dorothy, her fantastic friends, and the Emerald City? Follow the history of Oz since the 1939 musical here.
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We have Fuel and Dirt and Earth Days and An Inconvenient Truth and The Cove and Food Inc., documentaries alerting us to the trouble we’ve gotten ourselves into fooling around with Mother Nature. And now there’s No Impact Man: The…
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Don’t miss a minute of this month’s Movie Buzz podcast, as Movie Irv gives you three recommendations for entertaining movies that flew under the radar; answers your questions about The Road and other upcoming theatrical and home video releases; offers…
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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! Susan and Goldie had a grand old time comparing the “shortcomings” of Tim and Kurt.
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There was no better experience in the 1940s than the Saturday matinee. When I was a young boy, movie theaters only cost ten cents for children under twelve. I’m not positive, but I’m pretty sure that adults were twenty-six cents, but to…
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