I’ve often criticized and made fun of the notion that a movie from another era “could not be made today.” But 'Waiting…,' certainly, could not be. And that’s mostly because of the P*nis Showing Game.
'What About Bob?' was a much more subversive movie than what studios were typically churning out at the time. And while it's 1993's 'Groundhog Day' that's been endlessly analyzed, this Bill Murray film from two years earlier holds up nearly as well.
Released 10 years ago, 'Room 237' had a simple conceit: nine people provide their own theories about a single film, Stanley Kubrick's 1980 'The Shining.'
For one magical moment in November of 2011, The Muppets were on top of the world again with a movie that understood exactly what the beloved franchise was all about.
'42' is a very good film, that lends Jackie Robinson's story the gravity it likely deserves, with a standout Chadwick Boseman as the lead, but it still felt a little too small.
'Syriana,' released 15 years ago, was an Oscar-nominated thriller that featured an all-star cast. While it may not be talked about much now, or anybody's favorite of the decade, it's still very much deserving of another look.
Judd Apatow's comedy, which marks its 15th anniversary this week, has become known as one of the funnier and more charming comedies of the new century. But it's also notable as the start of many things that we now take for granted.
The film had a fun premise, funny gags, and it was missing a lot of the fat often associated with Sandler comedies; but probably its biggest accomplishment was being able to see modern cultural phenomena coming before its time.
Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight', the middle film in the director's trilogy of Batman movies, remains the best film of those three, the best Batman movie of all time, and the best film that Nolan has ever directed.
By 2006 Sacha Baron Cohen had been playing Borat for years, but the movie is what burst the character into the American comedy pantheon, and helped expose things about America that weren't so obvious 15 years ago.
Austin Butler's 'Elvis' biopic has been getting all the attention but my favorite Elvis movie remains 'Bubba Ho-Tep', an absurdist horror-comedy where he's secretly lived past his "official" death and fights a mummy.
Dylan Kidd's 'Roger Dodger' didn't exactly make a huge splash when it landed in the fall of 2002 but it's a movie with a hell of a hook that's always stayed with me after I saw it.
Released 15 years ago, 'Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story' fell a bit short in delivering consistent laughs but it was incredibly great at pointing out the clichés of the music biopic genre.
Released 10 years ago, 'Paul Williams: Still Alive' was a tale of two stories; one that gives a glimpse at one of American pop culture's most fascinating figures and one that comes from the Michael Moore/Morgan Spurlock/Nick Broomfield school of filmmaking.
'The Queen of Versailles', the 2012 doc about a wealthy couples gaudy attempt to build the largest single-family home in the United States is one of the best documentaries of the last decade.
Released 10 years ago, 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' is one of the best teen movies of the 2010s, touching on mental illness and brimming with a promising young cast.
10 years ago this month, the raunchy, Paul Feig directed 'Bridesmaids' was released and became a true watershed moment in comedy, for many reasons...
Arriving 15 years ago now, 'Juno' is one of those movies where you're either on its wavelength or you're not. If you are, it's wonderful, cute, and heartwarming. If you're not, it's practically unwatchable.
'A History of Violence' was a significant motion picture for quite a few reasons.It represented David Cronenberg's resurgence, after a few flops in a row, and it's one of the best films ever adapted from a graphic novel.
When 'Southland Tales' arrived in November of 2007, 15 years ago last month, it was an immediate flop, a strange movie that audiences couldn't make heads or tails of. But they were wrong.
15 years ago this week, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay released 'Talladega Nights', a uniquely genius film about NASCAR that could appeal equally to people who are devoted fans of auto racing and those who hate and look down on it.
There's a lot of humor to be mined from the idea of Hollywood coastal elites descending on a small town to make a movie, and in December of 2000, David Mamet's State and Main executed that formula flawlessly.
Wilco's transition into "Heavy Metal Drummer" has to be one of my favorite moment's in pop music, and that moment also happens to be the basis of two of the greatest moments of 'I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.'
Released 20 years ago, the Eddie Griffin-led 'Undercover Brother' arrived as a loving tribute and parody of '70s blaxploitation films; consistently funny with one of the best soundtracks since the turn of the century.