It is almost impossible to believe that the world lost Whitney Houston more than a decade ago. One of the most memorable voices of all time, and an icon of song and screen, she was…
Sorry to alarm you, but 2003 was 20 years ago. While you take a moment to process that disturbing fact, also consider that the year produced some major bangers in music. Rap, pop, r’n’b, country,…
POLL: Best Kaiju
- January 22, 2023
- Tagged as: comic books, comics, Geek, Monsters, movie monster, Nostalgia, poll
RUUUNNN! It’s GODZILLA! Or Otachi! Or Gamera! Or any giant beast more commonly referred to by the Japanese word “Kaiju” or “strange beast”! These movie monsters have frightened international audiences since the 1950’s when “Godzilla”…
POLL: Best Super-Hero Costume
- January 15, 2023
- Tagged as: comic books, comics, Costume, DC Comics, Geek, Marvel, Nostalgia, poll, super heroes
Since they began to dominate comics in the 1940s, super heroes have sported some beautifully designed costumes that captured readers’ eyes and attention. While many mainstay characters have been around for decades with only slight…
Ever since “Toy Story” was released in 1995, Pixar has become the gold standard in digital animation in film. In the intervening 20-plus years, the studio’s films have included some of the most iconic animated…
Hollywood stars — they don’t make them like they used to. While there are still many fine actors and actresses working in film and television today, very few have the megawatt starpower that used to…
POLL: Best “Saturday Night Live” Recurring Character
- December 22, 2022
- Tagged as: comedy, Nostalgia, poll, Saturday Night LIve, SNL, television, TV
Since its debut in October 1975, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” has introduced dozens of memorable recurring characters into the pop-culture zeitgeist. From Rosanne Roseannadanna to The Blues Brothers; Two Wild & Crazy Guys to Stefon; even…
POLL: Best Girl Group
- December 20, 2022
- Tagged as: girl groups, Music, poll, pop music, Season 7
Gorgeous harmonies! Relatable lyrics! GIRL POWER! Girl groups have been a critical part of the pop music landscape since at least the 1960s (and arguably earlier). From the Motown legends to 80s New Wave bands…
POLL: Best Reality TV Competition
- December 13, 2022
- Tagged as: poll, reality TV, Season 7, television, TV
When CBS’s “Survivor” burst on to TV screens on May 31, 2000, few could have predicted that it would launch an entirely new genre of television that, more than 20 years later, still dominates networks…
POLL: Best 1980s Cartoon
- December 7, 2022
- Tagged as: 1980s, 80s, animation, cartoons, Nostalgia, poll, Season 7, television, TV
All 80s kids know how lucky they were to grow up in that decade, and a big part of that were the cartoons that were made just for us. Rainbow-colored girls! Robots that turn into…
For film fans, the last year of the 20th Century really had everything. A career-launching suspense from M. Night Shyamalan. An indie smash that created the “found footage” horror genre. Some of the most iconic…
Queer cinema has existed almost as long cinema itself. The art form has proven an ideal forum for the LGBTQIA+ community to tell its stories, and to expose wider audiences to the realities of being…
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