Growing up in Southern California was a movie-lovers paradise! My home base of Bellflower, California was relatively equidistant to Long Beach, Hollywood and Westwood – each with an abundance of movie theaters to tempt my attendance. Beginning in 1955, at…
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Lost ’60s And ’70s Flicks Found
Feelin’ Groovy: Going deep, deep, deep into their library to issue the next wave in their “Martini Movies” series, Sony has plucked some fascinating obscurities for public DVD screenings. They are from the 1960s and 1970s, which designates them as…
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Bob Bowdon, a veteran broadcaster, decided after doing several stories centering on the New Jersey Public Education system that enough was enough. Along with his experiences and those of a friend who changed jobs from journalist to school teacher, Bowdon…
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Movie Irv Slifkin invites young moviegoers to share their movie reviews on the Movie Buzz podcast! This first installment of Kids’ Critiques finds our guest critics discussing Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and the Fame remake, as well as…
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The Unforgettable Images Of Reynold Brown
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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Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story
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, …
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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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