Category: Movies

  • Ranking the Movie Posters of July 1999!

    We are deep in what might have been the greatest summer in the history of moviegoing. The past two months have given us iconic posters and terrible one-sheets for otherwise great films (and vice versa). Past the Fourth of July holiday we got past the gigantic event films and into the genre pictures, and with…

  • Ranking the Movie Posters of June 1999!

    I’m a little bit late to this one–Happy July 4th to our American friends–so let’s jump right in! June was an insane month at the box office, and many of these movies went on to become bona-fide classics. Two of these movies made over $100 Million, and I had nearly entirely forgotten either of them…

  • The Five Best One-Scene Characters in The Princess Bride

    The Princess Bride is that rare specimen, the 80s classic that has only grown in stature since its original release and that still works as a universal crowd-pleaser. It’s been a great pleasure to see it in theaters with multi-generational audiences over the past few years, seeing folks of all ages and backgrounds wrapped up…

  • Ranking the Movie Posters of April 1999!

    1999 was the best year ever to go to the movies; there’s a whole excellent book about it and journalistic backup from everyone from NPR to Entertainment Weekly. Looking at any given weekend box-office chart yields both a deep bench of certifiable all-timers and also complete befuddlement. Hey, did you know that Inspector Gadget made…

  • The Greatest Characters from the Greatest Movie Ever Made, i.e. Rumble in the Bronx: Part One

    What can I say that hasn’t already been said about Rumble in the Bronx? It was the film that finally broke Jackie Chan into western theaters after years of Americans deciding Police Story isn’t the raddest thing ever made. Instead of having Jackie do what Jackie does—be Bruce Lee if Bruce Lee was also Buster…