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  • The Unstoppable Horror of the 21st Century

    The Unstoppable Horror of the 21st Century

    Originally published on September 11, 2019 For readers of this site, I have written extensively on the horror genre. While mostly in a humorous manner, live-recapping horror films as I watched them, I have a sincere appreciation of the genre. Mostly because it delves into subject matter that we consciously, and perhaps forcefully, push out…

    Mike Gray

    November 9, 2022
    American culture, culture, halloween, horror
    21st century, 9/11, classic horror, essay, Hereditary, history of horror films, horror films, It Follows, Midsommar
  • Step By Step – “J.T.’s World”

    Step By Step – “J.T.’s World”

    To call Step By Step stupid is an insult to stupidity: this lazy rehash of The Brady Bunch is about a blended family, thanks to the overzealous and impulsive marriage between two people (Suzanne Somers and Patrick Duffy) after they meet on vacation. Thing is, both of them have a shitload of kids of their…

    Mike Gray

    May 30, 2023
    humor, recap, television
    ABC, humor, J.T.’s World, recap, Step By Step, TGIF
  • Perfect Movies: I ♥ Huckabees

    Perfect Movies: I ♥ Huckabees

    “What am I doing? I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m doing the best that I can. I know that’s all I can ask of myself. Is that good enough? Is my work doing any good? Is anybody paying attention? Is it hopeless to try and change things? The African guy is a sign, right?…

    Mike Gray

    May 14, 2023
    American culture, culture, film, Uncategorized
    culture, David O. Russell, Dustin Hoffman, film, I Heart Huckabees, Jason Schwartzman, Jon Brion, Lily Tomlin, Naomi Watts, Perfect Movies
  • Totally 80’s: Sitcoms!

    Totally 80’s: Sitcoms!

    Ah, 1980’s sitcoms. One of the more comforting pop culture artifacts to a nostalgic mind, there were never cozier worlds built in fiction than the ½ hour laugh track-driven situation comedies of that decade. Featuring near-perfect families who lived in gigantic houses and got into weekly shenanigans that may or may not end up in…

    Mike Gray

    April 21, 2023
    1980s, culture, nostalgia, television
    1980s, 80’s sitcoms, ALF, Charles in Charge, Family Ties, Growing Pains, nostalgia, Punky Brewster, retro, Roseanne, Silver Spoons, Small Wonder, television, Who’s The Boss?
  • Cult Classics: UHF

    Cult Classics: UHF

    Who doesn’t love Weird Al? I know I do: the first record I ever independently bought was In 3-D in 1988 from a flea market when I was 6. I’ve lost a lot of great vinyl albums over the years due to either lending them out, moving, or as break-up casualties, but there is no…

    Mike Gray

    April 13, 2023
    cult, film
    1989, comedy, cult, UHF, Weird Al
  • TGIF Revisited: Family Matters – “Life of the Party”

    TGIF Revisited: Family Matters – “Life of the Party”

    It’s a rare condition, this day and age, to read any good news on the newspaper page. At least that’s what the catchy theme song to Family Matters says. Then again, this is the same show that gave us the Urkelbot, Stefan Urquelle, and The Urkel Dance. If you can discern a pattern here, it’s…

    Mike Gray

    April 12, 2023
    humor, recap, television
    1990s, Do the Urkel, Family Matters, Life of the Party, recap, sitcoms, TGIF, Urkel
  • 10 Radical 90s Movies That Captured The Decade

    10 Radical 90s Movies That Captured The Decade

    O 1990s America, where art thou? This fantastic decade – the last of the American Century that found the country at the height of its powers economically, socially, and politically – can easily be considered a high watermark in American history. With a booming economy, a culture that was dominating the world through its film…

    Mike Gray

    April 11, 2023
    culture, film, the 90s
    American culture, Clerks, Clueless, Empire Records, Fight Club, film, Mallrats, PCU, Reality Bites, Singles, Slacker, the 90s, Wayne’s World
  • 10 Garbage TV Shows From The 1980s

    10 Garbage TV Shows From The 1980s

    Listen: television is a cesspool. You know it, I know it, hell even TV knows it. Instead of the respect, promotion, and (especially) money that gets pumped into creating films, television has traditionally been the ghetto of visual entertainment. Even paintings – images that don’t even move, for cripes sake – get entire buildings in…

    Mike Gray

    April 9, 2023
    culture, television
    1980s, Ace Crawford: Private Eye, Automan, B.A.D. Cats, bad TV, Beyond Westworld, Breaking Away, Manimal, Q.E.D., The Devlin Connection, The Phoenix, TV shows, Wizards and Warriors
  • 8 Beloved 90s TV Shows That Were Terrible

    8 Beloved 90s TV Shows That Were Terrible

    Listen: it’s not very positive to look back at the nostalgic past and trash shows that large swaths of people cherish. But this is the internet and being negative and mean about things pulls more traffic than positive articles, so here we are. Besides this, even though the 1990s is enjoying a nostalgia boom due…

    Mike Gray

    April 1, 2023
    American culture, culture, humor, nostalgia, television, the 90s
    90s, Beverly Hills 90210, Boy Meets World, Dawson’s Creek, ER, Friends, Home Improvement, Mad About You, My So-Called Life, television, terrible television, worst of 90’s TV
  • Awesome Garbage: Cool as Ice

    Awesome Garbage: Cool as Ice

    At one point in the history of America -specifically the beautiful, stupid early 1990s – there was an awkward transition in pop culture when rap music was on the verge of being a mainstream genre and something entertainers aped to seem hip without actually working too hard at making their rap good or authentic. While…

    Mike Gray

    March 28, 2023
    American culture, cult, culture, film, humor, nostalgia, recap, the 90s
    1991, awesome garbage, camp, Cool as Ice, film, Michael Gross, one-hit wonder, recap, so bad it’s good, Vanilla Ice
  • TGIF Revisited: Dinosaurs – “A New Leaf”

    TGIF Revisited: Dinosaurs – “A New Leaf”

    As has been mentioned on this site and in many other places, the 1990s was a weird time for television. Thanks to the booming economy in America, money was shooting out of everyone’s ears and was collected off the ground to throw at ideas that could potentially make even more money. This resulted in insane…

    Mike Gray

    March 22, 2023
    humor, recap, television
    A New Leaf, ABC, Dinosaurs, humor, Jim Henson, recap, TGIF
  • Perfect Movies: American Psycho

    Perfect Movies: American Psycho

    “You like Huey Lewis & The News?” I sure do, and Patrick Bateman makes a solidargument for the strengths of their 1983 breakthrough album, Sports. It would be a great moment in any retro film for the main character to espouse his love of mainstream contemporary music, but becoming a counterpoint to the action depicted…

    Mike Gray

    March 21, 2023
    1980s, American culture, cult, culture, film, nostalgia
    2000, American Psycho, analysis, Christian Bale, culture, film, Harron, Patrick Bateman, Perfect Movies, review
  • 10 Garbage TV Shows From The 1990s

    10 Garbage TV Shows From The 1990s

    The 1990s was a golden age for American culture and the last truly great decade this country has seen. Every week there was a new album, movie, or TV show to enjoy and both the quality and quantity of this media output would become the stuff of history. But with this largesse came a lot…

    Mike Gray

    March 8, 2023
    television
    1990s television, American culture, American television, bad TV, cop rock, cult, fish police, humor, television, Woops!, worst television shows of the 1990s
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