Back in 1993, before the internet ruined our attention spans and McDonald’s started serving kale, there was a movie called Jurassic Park. It had dinosaurs, screaming scientists, and enough thunder …
If you grew up in the ’80s like I did, chances are you remember the magic of sleepovers. They weren’t just a night away from home, they were a rite …
Growing up in a small town, going to the movies wasn’t just entertainment, it was an event. A rarity. A lifeline to the outside world. We didn’t have a megaplex …
Every December as Christmas approaches, my primetime viewing calendar fills up with Christmas movies, shows, and specials. It’s one of my favorite parts of the season and is possibly one …
Physical media is becoming harder to find in a world that embraces steaming more and more every day. It’s a frightening trend that I want to see reverse course. Let …
“Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day.” As I’m sitting here writing this, it’s a lazy Sunday afternoon, and it’s raining. It’s not a hard rain, but it’s not …
Days of Thunder hit theaters in 1990, and I was all in on it. All in except for actually going to see the movie itself in the theater. Back then, …
Willow was a movie that captured my imagination in a big way back in 1988. When I first saw the trailer for the movie, I was excited as hell. Not …
Back in the early 1990s, when cable TV still felt like a treasure chest and not just a scrollable blur of sameness, there was one channel that stood out like …
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