The best documentaries are the ones you won’t ever forget and still wonder years later what ever happened to those people in it. American Movie isn’t just one of the greatest documentaries ever made, it is one of the greatest movies ever made. And you might be able
You have to love when Hollywood tries to meet the moment of something new entering society. 1995’s The Net is such a wonderful misunderstanding of the internet of the time, yet it also feels so timely in 2026. The luminous Sandra Bullock is a systems analyst who puts the
You never know what to expect when Hollywood goes in on a remake. 1986’s Invaders from Mars falls into that. It’s a remake of the 1953 movie of the same name. It’s got a great cast with Karen Black, Louis Fletcher and Timothy Bottoms, and it’s
We didn’t realize it at the time in 1994, but True Lies turned out to be Arnold Schwarzenegger’s last true stand as a major box office draw. He’s teamed again with director James Cameron here for an action spy thriller along with Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold,
There used to be a thing called the feel-good movie. You don’t really see them as much anymore. Tom Hanks made one of the best feel-good movies Hollywood has seen, and it sadly wasn’t the hit everyone expected. 1998’s That Thing You Do!, directed by
There are times movies become cultural moments that take on a life well beyond the screen. 1990’s Pretty Woman was a cultural moment, and one that turned Julia Roberts into a superstar. She had been in Mystic Pizza, and Steel Magnolias. But it was this movie that changed the
Superman in 1978 proved superheroes can work in movies and not be a joke. It was grounded, and no one was more destined to be Superman than Christopher Reeve. Even today, every actor who puts on the suit is chasing him. In 1981, the sequel came to America in Superman
The 90s became a pandemic for adapting old TV shows into movies. Some work great; others should have stayed cancelled. Where you fall on 1995’s The Brady Bunch will depend on your stomach for them. What The Brady Bunch does differently than most remakes is taking the tongue-in-
In many, many ways Hollywood failed John Candy just as much as it failed Brooke Shields. The movies he was given never matched his comic talent. He had supporting roles in Stripes (1981) and Splash (1984), which showed what he could do. But when he was given a movie for
It’s not often you get to use the phrase “sleazy masterpiece” but it’s the perfect term for 1995’s Showgirls. Paul Vehoeven’s story of Las Vegas showgirls and the drama in their lives. If you were not around in 1995, you have no idea what kind of
It’s hard to understand in 2026, but when American Pie was released in 1999, it was actually considered a fresh take on the teen sex comedy. It also launched the gross-out comedy era. It was a massive hit, making over $200 million, and becoming the top topic of
Sometimes what happens behind the scenes becomes much bigger than the movie itself. 1994’s The Crow was famous then and now for the tragedy that happened during filming. Brandon Lee, son of Bruce Lee and the movie’s star, was killed on set by a prop gun that had