There’s a scene near the end of Ed Wood, Tim Burton’s hilariously touching ode to the grade-Z “worst director of all time,” where the title character (Johnny Depp) is seated in the balcony during the Hollywood premiere of his 1959 sci-fi opus…
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How charitable is our own Movie Irv towards writer/director Nicole Holofcener‘s latest eccentric cinematic concoction, Please Give? Please give your attention to our resident movie guru, who’s here to help you decide whether or not to seek out this dark comedy…
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Four films. Four films over a 37 year span. That’s all it took for Terrence Malick to make his mark as a uniquely original filmmaking master. I don’t know how many thousands of films have been made in the medium’s 100+ year…
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The world of cinema has given audiences a goodly number of touching father-son moments over the years, from Mickey Rooney as typical teenager Andy Hardy and Lewis Stone’s as his wise pop, Judge Hardy, in the 1930s- ’40s MGM series, to the…
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Here’s a quick recommendation for sci-fi fans seeking a vintage fix: Z.P.G. (Zero Population Growth) is a seriously underrated gem directed by Michael Campus. Campus has precious few other helming credits, with The Mack and The Education of Sonny Carson…
Read more →May 17, 1912: Carl Laemmle oversees the merger of a number of independent production companies to form Universal Manufacturing Company. May 18, 1912: The first feature film from what would go on to be a burgeoning cinema industry in India,…
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As with Part I from last week, you have to name the movies from the icons shown below. (Answers can be found by highlighting/triple-clicking the lines of type—corresponding to icons arranged left to right, top-bottom.)
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He’s been around for centuries, shooting his arrows, brandishing his sword, romancing Maid Marian and robbing from the rich and giving the loot to the poor. He’s been portrayed in ballads, books, TV shows, theatrical productions, cartoons, cable series, softcore…
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That’s a quote spoken by star Boris Karloff near the midpoint of Robert Wise’s 1945 adaptation of The Body Snatcher, and anyone who knows where the star’s initial fame comes from can probably find some irony in the comment. It’s…
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