The 42 Best 2000s Movies You Can Stream Right Now
The 2000s, in some ways, feel, culturally, neither here nor there: They don’t have the strong neon vibe we associate with the 1980s, and lack the grunge appeal of the…
12 ‘Legacy Sequels’ That Don’t Suck (and 8 That Kinda Do)
I’m not wild about our current pop culture obsession with nostalgia, in part because we seem be reaching a point where a dearth of original cinematic fare is going to…
25 Fake Fan-Made Trailers Better Than Real Movies
When it comes to marketing, the multi-bajillion dollar budgets of nearly every tentpole theatrical release of the past decade or so have left little room for experimentation, or often any…
20 of the Most Misunderstood and Misinterpreted Movies Ever Made
It’s that spinning top, right? Totems like the metal top let characters in Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending modern classic know if they’re awake or deep within their own subconscious. In the…
32 of the Best, Most Memorable Movies Awards Acceptance Speeches Ever
Photo: Kevin Winter (Getty Images) Funny, stirring, weird, embarrassing: There are all sorts of reasons to love an acceptance speech. The greatest sin one can commit in giving one isn’t,…
20 Movies and TV Shows That Prove the Generation Gap Is Real
Nothing brings out conflict between generations like getting everyone together for the holidays. In this 2021 indie from director Stephen Karam, based on his Tony-winning, Pulitzer-nominated play, three generations of…
33 Movie Sequels That Exemplify the Best and Worst of Nostalgia
Screenshot: Tron: Legacy/Walt Disney Pictures The first trailer for the long-in-coming fourth Matrix film dropped last week, and it’s looking good—but were I trying to explain the premise of The…
16 of the Weirdest Movie Musicals to See Before Getting Turned On by Adam Driver in ‘Annette’
Religious faith is hardly a topic foreign to the movie musical genre, but we tend to think of the very elaborate productions circa the 1960s and 70s; namely, Jesus Christ…