High Fidelity Film Celebrates Two Decades of Music and Misery
by High Fidelity has the distinction of celebrating two milestone anniversaries this year. Nick Hornby’s bestselling novel, published in 1995, is celebrating 25 years. The film, …
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Looking Back at My So-Called Life
Every person alive since TV became mainstream has a show that they would hand to aliens to show them what it was like to be a teenager. For me, that show is My So-Called Life. Let’s look at it with 25 years of hindsight.
GLOW in the Dark – How a Late Night Ladies’ Wrestling Show Taught Me Girl Power
I am a certified child of the ’80s. I’m in that sweet spot just between Gen X and Millennial, so I mainly observed …
Rumble in the Cabbage Patch: The Cabbage Patch Kid Craze
One of the staple toy lines of the ’80s was Coleco’s Cabbage Patch Kids line. Every girl I knew as a kid had at least …
Ten Classic Halloween Commercials That Haunt Our Memories
I love commercials. I always have. My mom told me that when I was a kid, I’d spend a lot of time during shows gathering …
Universal Monsters: A Retrospective in Toys
Like most toy collectors, I have a few collections within my overall toy collection. One of those collections is monster toys. Though technically Halloween season …
My Summer of Batman
Thirty years ago this month, Batman hit theaters and kicked off a summer of Batmania from which many of us didn’t recover. Most people I …
Home for the Holidays: Another Thanksgiving Movie
When thinking about Thanksgiving movies, the one that always comes to most people’s minds is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. I love that movie, but there’s …
Defining “Fair is Fair” in 1985 Films
Every time I see a list of movies that came out in certain years in the ’80s, I’m amazed, and 1985 is no exception. So …
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid at 50
It’s hard to believe that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid turns 50 this month. This film is one that is definitely of its time, but …
