Here are more “poster doppelgangers” that confirm to movie fans like yourself that, yes, you have seen that poster before! I’ve tried to keep the obvious low budget rip-offs of famous movie one-sheets and parody posters to a minimum. Lazy marketing strategies and…
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Film Geeks Unite! Behind Steven Soderbergh’s Widescreen Beef
Pan-and-scanning widescreen images—still?!?—in the era of hi-def, widescreen television? You betcha. Check out what director Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s 11-13, Out of Sight) has to say about this absurdity (especially as it relates to Jaws) in an interview appearing in the…
Read more →Aviva Kempner & Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009)
She wrote, produced and starred in her own television situation comedy. She won the first Emmy for Best Actress in a comedy series. She was one of early TV’s pioneers, a feminist before feminism became fashionable or was even a…
Read more →Total Drama Island: TV’s Most Animated Reality Series
So, you say you’re tired of the same old backstabbing routines on Survivor, you’ve never bought an album from an American Idol winner, you don’t want to see any more teams of yuppies or busty blondes on The Amazing Race,…
Read more →Movie Reviews Tyson (2008), Sugar (2008), Alien Trespass (2009)
This time out, “Movie Irv” has reviews of Sugar, Tyson, and Alien Trespass, plus a “groovy” tribute to Hal Ashby, lots of news about sci-fi and horror DVD releases, and more. Not to mention costume changes and props. Enjoy! Tyson Sugar…
Read more →Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne & Adam
Although the movie is called Adam, it is not a film about the first man on earth. Rather, the film is focused on a man with Asperger’s syndrome, a form of high-functioning autism. Further, it’s a romantic dramedy to boot….
Read more →Remaking The Karate Kid: A Dream Cast
If Overbrook Entertainment, Will Smith’s production company, was faithful to the original story of The Karate Kid that they’re remaking, here’s our dream cast:
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