Almost Famous (2000)

Almost Famous (2000) – “Rock and roll can save the world… and the chicks are great.” Granted, the character who says these words in Cameron Crowe’s 2000 film Almost Famous is kind of an egocentric buffoon, but even egocentric buffoons get one right every now and then. Of course really, when I say rock and roll … Continue reading

X-Men (2000)

X-Men (2000) – I have been a huge X-Men fan since the early 90s. Hell, I even liked that one-off cartoon from the 80s where Wolverine has an Australian accent for God only knows what reason (everyone knows Wolverine is Canadian!), possibly foreshadowing some of the casting of this movie… Anyway, the reason you didn’t … Continue reading

Scream series

Slasher flicks thrived in the 1980s but a couple years into the 1990s the horror genre was in a noticeable decline. A screenwriter named Kevin Williamson decided that he wanted the final word on the slasher subgenre. He wrote a screenplay that was simultaneously a parody of and loving tribute to classic flicks like Halloween … Continue reading