Down the road, I have a more substantial piece about Werner Herzog in mind (as I come ever closer to finishing his just-released book, Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo), but I couldn’t resist calling attention…
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What is an 83-year-old entertainment icon doing in bed with a well-known TV mother after being slipped a mickey with a sex pill in it? Inquiring minds want to know. And they’ll get their answer if they go to see…
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“Movie Irv” offers his quick take on Ang Lee’s new film Taking Woodstock, based on true stories surrounding the makings of the iconic 1969 concert. Is it a bust…or a blast? Let’s check in with MovieFanFare’s grooviest movie expert: …
Read more →Sure, you know the elite actors of our modern era and their hit films, but sometimes a certain movie of theirs flies under the radar. Perhaps their performance in a previous movie was stellar by comparison; maybe another blockbuster film…
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Many films are instant classics such as: Gone With The Wind or theLord of the Rings series. However, many of our most cherished movies have been sleepers; Bringing up Baby and Citizen Kane were both box office busts and required decades to achieve…
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These days made-for-TV movies on network and basic cable channels are relegated to the Lifetime network (television for women… and gay men) and mostly continue the practice of the “women in jeopardy” genre, often with “fatal” or “deadly” in the…
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Now that drive-in genre auteur Quentin Tarantino’s long-talked-about World War II saga Inglourious Basterds has finally made it onto the big screen–and captured the box office brass ring on its opening weekend–two questions remain in the public’s mind: What’s up…
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Question: As always, I enjoy your column each month. I was wondering if you had any information concerning DVD releases of the following films: Belle Starr (1941) Springtime in the Rockies (1942) Song of the Islands (1942) Yolanda & the…
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“Movie Irv” Slifkin launches a movie review feature on MovieFanFare.com with his unscripted thoughts about Quentin Tarantino’s long-in-development, finally here, already controversial deconstruction of the “men on a mission” war film subgenre. Has he saved you the price of a…
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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 below! The astronauts cruised through most training sessions. But preparing for toilets with no stall divisions:…
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