Year of The Month – The Fugitive
Something I forgot about the famous exchange in The Fugitive is that when Richard Kimble…
Year of the Month: The Nightmare Before Christmas
In the twenty-four years since its release, The Nightmare Before Christmas has gone from weird…
Year of the Month: Miller on Unreality and Reality in Matinee and Last Action Hero
‘That minute when the lights go down is the part where the magic happens, because…
Year of the Month: Mr. Apollo on The Baby of Macon
Beginning with1989 of The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, British director Peter Greenaway…
Year of the Month: Ben Hammel (Bhammer100) on Homicide: Life on the Street & NYPD Blue
In 1981, Hill Street Blues broke the mold of what the hour-long television drama could…
Year of the Month: Sean Hannan on Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer is a certain type of movie that I saw a lot…
Year of the Month: Seth Carlson on Super Mario Bros
In 1992, Robert Altman’s satire The Player laid bare a Hollywood run by idiots, criminals,…
The Season of THE SANDLOT and ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (Year of the Month)
In 1994, young emulators of Bo Jackson or Tony Gwynn stepping to the plate (or…
Chartbusting! 1993
The Best Dr. Dre – Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebrating)/Nuthin’ But a G…
Year of the Month: CARLITO’S WAY
Looking back, one of the highlights of 1993 was Carlito’s Way, a downbeat character study…