June 19, 1905: The first “nickelodeon” opens its doors, on Smithfield Street in Pittsburgh, charging a five-cent fee. First attraction: The Great Train Robbery. June 16, 1916: The merger of Famous Players and Jesse Lasky Feature Play Co. brings together…
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Jennifer Jason Leigh: Cinema’s Most Daring Dame
Remember the movie, PCU? No, Jennifer Jason Leigh isn’t in the film. It’s a college comedy starring Jeremy Piven and Jon Favreau as campus clowns battling the politically correct tone that has taken over their university… but I digress. Anyway,…
Read more →The A-Team (2010) Starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper Movie Review
Does Movie Irv pity the fool who misses catching this blockbuster adaptation of the explosive 1980s TV series on the big screen? Did he love it when this plan came together? Guys, find out if you need to pass up that…
Read more →The Invaders: If Only He Owned a GPS
On January 10th 1967, ABC introduced us to The Invaders, alien beings from another world who have come to Earth to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them and now has to convince a disbelieving public the threat is…
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Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
“Big,” “epic,” and “sprawling” are the words critics frequently use to describe this now-revered 1968 Spaghetti Western. Yet, despite its lengthy running time and visually massive backdrop, Once Upon a Time in West focuses tightly on the relationships among four…
Read more →TV Treasures Featuring Thriller & Checkmate: The Complete Series
Bo Knows Horror: Boris Karloff hosts Thriller: The Complete Series, an impressive 14-DVD set of the classic horror anthology from the 1960s. Image Entertainment has snagged the rights to the much-requested series, in which Boris introduced (and was also featured…
Read more →Are We There Yet? An Interview with Terry Crews & Essence Atkins
It was a hit 2005 movie starring Ice Cube and Nia Long, but now Are We There Yet? has been turned into a TBS sitcom, with Cube producing and ex-football player Terry Crews and sitcom vet Essence Atkins in the…
Read more →Powerful Moments in Film
I know what you’re thinking: There’s hardly enough space to list all the wow! moments ever put to celluloid. And you’re right of course. What with surprise endings, nifty plot twists, stunning revelations and multitudes of audacious, if not scandalous,…
Read more →The Road Is Missing the Emotions of the Novel
I read Cormac McCarthy’s The Road during my move from Texas to Washington, DC. I started at the airport and ended one morning in my bed in DC while my girlfriend was sleeping next to me. It scared me. It…
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