Jewison’s masterpiece, probably, is “Moonstruck,” written by John Patrick Shanley. Shanley, now 73, is Bronx-born Vietnam veteran who got a degree in Educational Theater from New York University after the war. He ended up writing 23 plays, including Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Italian American Reconciliation, Doubt: A Parable, and Brooklyn Laundry, which opens … Read more
Saying that a piece of media is incredibly “of its time” can feel passe, but some shows just scream the period they came out in. That’s Automan — almost to the letter. This program was an attempt at doing something close to superhero comedy with solid action in a police story, something that felt new, … Read more
Barbie star/producer Margot Robbie refused to move the film’s release date, standing up to the producer of Oppenheimer. Barbenheimer was one of the top pop culture stories of 2023, an oddball situation where Greta Gerwig’s pink-plastered Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic Oppenheimer were released on the same day. Whether you were Team Mattel or … Read more
The 80s. It has given us so much in pop culture. From the best Saturday Morning Cartoons (yes kids, the best cartoons used to only air on Saturday mornings), the greatest action figure series of all time, and some of the most quotable movies. You can’t talk about 80s films without thinking of movies like … Read more
Julia Louis-Dreyfus stood up at Warner Bros. after they threatened to sue her for defying the stipulations of a deal. Julia Louis-Dreyfus had a steady career in the 1980s, working for Woody Allen, serving as a cast member on some ill-fated seasons of Saturday Night Live and headlining sitcoms. But it was Seinfeld that was … Read more