Recent Articles
Today, a quick bonus article about a double feature that plays in our household every Valentine’s Day! Two colorful 90s classics with great soundtracks that prove, despite their individual edges, to be big sappy romances at their heart. Let’s break down CLUELESS and THE WEDDING SINGER!
The Super Bowl is next week! As part of your game-day preparations, take a stroll with me down memory lane as I break down Cartoon Network’s football parody THE BIG GAME, an annual four-hour block from the late 90s and early 00s featuring a championship match between famous cartoon rivals. Tom and Jerry! Sylvester and Tweety! Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner! Bugs and Daffy! The gang’s all here!
This Christmas Eve, my present to you is this hypothetical 24-hour holiday programming block, designed to ensure you have something great to have on the TV during the big day tomorrow. Laughs! Tears! Horror! Confusion! This schedule has it all! Merry Christmas!
This week, a timely Thanksgiving treat breaking down one of the most durable and timeless 80s comedies of them all. It’s time to break down the magic of PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES! Happy holidays, everybody!
This week, a quick bonus article breaking down a certain major album released last month that seems to have let a lot of people down (though not everybody!). I’ve finally built up the energy to talk a little LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL, although it’s mostly about the way we talk about Taylor Swift, and all the little battles we’re actually fighting against when the conversation turns to her. Whee!
Today, a quick article on a horror film that still hits like a ton of bricks almost sixty years later. ROSEMARY’S BABY does its effective work amidst the upheaval and resentment of late-60s America; however, you can’t help but notice how little things have changed in the here and now. Happy Halloween!
Just in time for Halloween, let’s extend Spielberg Summer 2 deep into October by digging into the other movie in 1982 that cemented his legacy, even though it was technically directed by Tobe Hooper. POLTERGEIST has an unfortunate legacy of being a “cursed film”, an infuriating moniker that masks what made this movie haunt all these years later. It’s here!