Throwback
Let’s face it—there are some beloved films from our younger days that we haven’t got around to viewing in ages. Join us as we re-watch these movies that shaped pop culture, and determine how they hold up today.
The Latest
-
Throwback
'Reality Bites' at 30: Slackers and Yuppies Face-Off In This Gen X Battle Between Authenticity and Capitalism
This is a '90s movie at war with itself. -
Take Two
'Pompeii' At 10: A Disaster Movie That's Actually Far Less Disastrous Than Its Paltry 27% Rotten Tomatoes Rating
Pompeii may not have much to say about the history of the Roman Empire, but it’s surprisingly revealing about the history of cinema. -
Throwback
'Ace Ventura' at 30: Jim Carrey's Problematic Big Screen Breakthrough Was Never Designed to Mature Gracefully
This movie can't be 30. It shouldn't be more than 14, 15 tops. -
Her 2015 episode is better than you remember!
-
Throwback
Norman Jewison's 'Moonstruck' Remains An Incandescent Miracle That's Positively Bursting With Life
Jewison’s directorial touch here is so light it’s the movie equivalent of a Fred Astaire number. -
Stream the movie 'Selma' to witness the intricacies of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s fight for civil rights.
-
Throwback
'The Sopranos' at 25: Robert Iler's Portrayal Of AJ Soprano Never Got The Recognition It Deserved
If there’s a single scene in The Sopranos guaranteed to make me cry every time, it’s the suicide attempt of AJ Soprano, Tony’s failson and namesake. -
Cloverfield is like watching a slasher film where New York City itself is the victim.
-
Stream and Scream
'The Nightmare Before Christmas' Turns 30: Tim Burton and Henry Selick's Vision Has Become A Definitive Halloween Classic
With Tim Burton and Henry Selick at the helm, how could this be anything but Halloween? -
Throwback
Piper Laurie Was A Volcano In Sheep's Clothing, In Everything From 'Carrie' To 'The Hustler' To 'Twin Peaks'
Wherever she showed up, she brought with her that inimitable raging-in-place, the threat in every expression of a castrating phrase or a piercing, emasculating gaze. -
Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
-
Throwback
'Out Of Time' at 20: Don't Let The Generic Title Dissuade You From Watching This Criminally Overlooked Denzel Washington Neo-Noir
Washington plays a guy who is painfully unaware of why you should never do crimes to help a beautiful woman, especially in a humid Florida town. -
Stream and Scream
'The Exorcist' TV Series Gave Us The Gripping Legacy Sequel That We Didn't Realize We Needed Until It Was Too Late
The Exorcist: Believer might have flopped, but the Fox show from 2016 remains tragically underrated (and very easy to stream!). -
Stream and Scream
'Hocus Pocus' at 30: How The Sanderson Sisters Bewitched Audiences Despite An Underwhelming Run at the Box Office Back in 1993
There's something for everyone in Hocus Pocus. -
This grand entrée to the Golden Age of premium cable was ahead of its time, debuting right before the Internet overhauled fandom and its place in the culture at...
-
To say Live Forever holds up is to drastically understate the case; it’s better now than it was when it came out.
-
For a generation of kids, Paul Reubens’ alter ego Pee-Wee Herman offered fellowship for the outcasts and the misfits; he invested in our growth, he believed in us.
-
Throwback
'The Wolverine' at 10: A Rare Example Of A Superhero Movie That Skillfully Avoids Marinating in Pure White-Guy Angst
Part of the frustration of watching an extended-universe movie is that sense viewers get of being trapped in a ceaseless, self-perpetuating middle — and The Wolverine deftly avoids that.