Coming of age under the influence of 90's films
I didn’t begin to enjoy Steven Soderbergh until the late 90’s when I managed to catch Out of Sight at the local theater. I fell in love with the movie instantly and then he followed it up with more films I enjoyed: the highly underrated […]
When I was around ten years old I returned home in the early afternoon to find my father having a beer at the kitchen counter. Nothing about this was particularly odd, although having him home at that hour was a little unusual. At that point […]
Have you ever happened to sit next to a drunken nihilist at a party? At first they’re an absolute hoot. Every word from their speech slurred mouth is a bit on the outrageous side, and with each successive drink they dive deeper and deeper into […]
An argument can be made that it’s not necessary in life to be thought of as “cool” and still have a pretty damn good life, especially when one considers just how subjective “cool” can be. I was one of those kids whose mother once said […]
A full year before Andy Dufresne manage the memorable escape from Shawshank, Robert “Butch” Hayes completed his getaway from incarceration alongside another convict who was just awful enough to make Butch seem honorable by comparison, even if it was Butch’s idea to snag an eight […]
As I sat on the Project Graduation bus headed for Sugarloaf Mountain watching Dazed and Confused, Richard Linklater’s ode to teenage aimlessness, I realized that not only did I envy the characters’ near-impossible good looks as a group, but also their ability to sit back […]
Sometimes the universe is a strange place and needed champions emerge from unexpected places. As I type this review I’m listening to Taylor Swift’s re-release of her hit record Fearless, because frankly it was all over my social media feed today. I was late to […]
When I first started this blog one of my goals was to bring attention to the films of the 90’s, a decade which seemed to draw the short straw in film history despite a wide variety of excellent films across all genres. However, despite the […]
The Movie: It’s common knowledge that Meryl Streep is a national treasure, consistently turning in film performances that range from the sublime to the heartbreaking, but in my opinion she doesn’t receive nearly enough credit for her comedic performances. Such is the case with Defending […]
“All my life, waiting for somebody.” When Paul Westerberg wrote that line, I’m quite sure he meant he’d been waiting on a friend, lover, partner…whatever fills in that blank properly for him. When I first heard the song I was still in high school, so […]