Hollywood loves remakes these days. I have a theory that, at some point, we’ll see every remotely popular film made between 1960 and 1990 reworked for modern audiences. The best we can hope for is that the filmmakers and performers…
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Reservoir Dogs
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! Mr. Blonde decided to get the car himself, leaving Mr. White to deal with the…
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Vito from Voorhees, New Jersey writes: Music rights hold up a lot of movies from being released on video, including one of my all-time favorites “American Hot Wax”. It’s the story of Alan Freed, the ’50s DJ widely credited for…
Read more →Movie Questions About The Keep, Night People & More
Letters. We get letters. And we’d like to answer them here, each time we update this column. So email us here at movieirv@www.moviesunlimited.com and we’ll print the letters in this column. Here are a couple of our recent queries: Question:…
Read more →Lots…and Lots…and Lots of Movies!
All movie fans have ’em! Do you dare film yours and expose it to the world? (From the YouTube channel JLDFilmsPart2)
Read more →Wayne Wang & The Princess Of Nebraska
Even though his father named him after American movie icon John Wayne, Wayne Wang has never really made an action film or a western. But the Hong Kong-born filmmaker has been something of a chameleon throughout his fascinating 25-plus year…
Read more →Icons of Screwball Comedy, Volumes 1 and 2
COUP DE TORCH: At last, Sony has opened the floodgates to their library, and look what’s pouring out—all sorts of goodies for film fanatics. First and foremost are Icons Of Screwball Comedy, Vol. 1 and Icons Of Screwball Comedy, Vol….
Read more →Bradley Cooper & The Hangover
Checklist: Turn on TV: Bradley Cooper is hosting Saturday Night Live. Change the channel. It’s a rerun of Nip/Tuck. There’s Bradley Cooper as Aidan Stone. Go to On Demand on the cable box: Select Yes Man, the latest Jim Carrey…
Read more →The Mentalist, Thirtysomething & More TV On DVD
TV Debuts Sure To Amuse: The TV train keeps chugging along, bringing shows of recent and older vintage to all good couch potatoes… Good Knight: In 2008, NBC went in for a reboot of the 1980s’ most popular action shows,…
Read more →The Jack Lemmon Film Collection: A Conversation With Chris Lemmon
Sony’s recent release of The Jack Lemmon Film Collection has allowed Chris Lemmon to revisit his father, both the actor and the man, in different ways. First, the younger Lemmon’s A Twist Of Lemmon, his deeply felt 2006 look at…
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