Tag: 90s movies
The Crow 2024 Is More Caca Than Caw-Caw, But That’s to Be Expected When Compared to the Original
In a perfect world, remakes and reboots wouldn’t need to exist at all. Or if they did, the final product would be the result of [Read More…]
“Daddy! Mommy! Save Me From the Hell of Living!”: Longlegs
As the 90s seem to be seizing hold of the box office this summer (with Twister also reanimating as Twisters), it’s only right that someone [Read More…]
Twisters Hardly Blows Away Twister
Although Twisters might have gotten the coveted stamp of approval from none other than Steven Spielberg himself, one doesn’t really need to even see the [Read More…]
The Idea of You Is No Threat to Notting Hill or Even Music and Lyrics
For those who didn’t think (or believe it possible) that there was such a thing as a “Coachella rom-com,” The Idea of You is here [Read More…]
Death Becomes Her: The Ultimate Female Aging Commentary
In the early 90s, Hollywood was becoming more self-aware of its own ageism. Perhaps in a manner not seen since Billy Wilder’s groundbreaking 1950 film, [Read More…]
Bottoms Still Can’t Top But I’m A Cheerleader When It Comes to Queer Satire
Being that the queer film canon remains shockingly scant after all this time, it goes without saying that the even more hyper-specific genre of satirical [Read More…]
Doja Cat’s “Demons” Video Is the Scariest Thing Christina Ricci Has Ever Starred In
As one of pop culture’s main “Queens of Spook,” Christina Ricci’s presence in anything haunted, eerie, ghostly or generally “demonic” is usually a no-brainer (this [Read More…]
David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Coi Leray’s “Baby Don’t Hurt Me” Pays More Homage to A Night at the Roxbury Than Haddaway
As the latest in an increasingly long line (no nightclub pun intended) of songs that have seen fit to extract 90s dance hits for a [Read More…]
Dark City: The Matrix’s Underappreciated Precursor
For some reason, Dark City remains little revered or appreciated not only as a standalone film, but as something of the unwitting source material for [Read More…]
Home Alone 2: New York’s Nothing But Fun on Borrowed Dough… Until It Runs Out
Among the many “reassessments” of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, complete with its implausible representation of realistic geographic proximity, one that hasn’t really [Read More…]
