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• Apocalypse Now 40th Anniversary, Pro-War or Anti-War?

  By mathewadamek on August 20, 2019

  

  It’s been forty years since Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam masterpiece Apocalypse Now graced American cinemas and brought with it a gritty, realistic view of the horrors of the Vietnam War.

• The Matrix 20th Anniversary Review

  By mathewadamek on April 2, 2019

  

  I can’t remember when I last saw The Matrix, but it’s been a number of years. I remember the black trench coats, Hugo Weaving’s disconcerting Agent Smith, and the bullet-time sequences, but the story beats were lost on me.

• Blazing Saddles 45th Anniversary

  By mathewadamek on February 7, 2019

  

  Mel Brooks’s satirical take on the American West celebrates its 45th anniversary, but is it a movie for generations or just a generational comedy that’s out of time?

• Schindler’s List Still Relevant 25 Years Later

  By mathewadamek on December 18, 2018

  

  Schindler’s List is a film everyone should watch at least once. A film that is bleak without joy and 25 years later is as relevant today as it was in 1993.

• Saving Private Ryan 20th Anniversary

  By mathewadamek on August 12, 2018

  

  It’s been 20 years since Saving Private Ryan rattled audiences everywhere. Its realistic, relentless violence, emotional story line & unflinching brutality still holds up as one of the finest war films ever made.

• Beetlejuice 30th Anniversary

  By mathewadamek on June 4, 2018

  

  Tim Burton is one of the most visually distinctive auteurs in the history of film. From Edward Scissorhands to Corpse Bride, his visual style is full of over-the-top juxtaposition of color and pattern, and his storytelling is dark, yet whimsical…. Read More ›

• The Big Lebowski: The Film Abides (20th Anniversary)

  By mathewadamek on March 6, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  I’ve never seen The Big Lebowsi before. I’ve never really had any interest in watching it. I always understood it to be somewhat of a stoner movie, and Pineapple Express made me never want to watch another stoner movie again…. Read More ›

• The Three Best Episodes from Each Season of Seinfeld (Seasons 7-9)

  By mathewadamek on January 25, 2018

  

  The last three seasons of Seinfeld have some of the most iconic sequences of the entire series. Let’s relive them and mourn the death of the greatest comedy show in the history of television.

• The Three Best Episodes from Each Season of Seinfeld (Seasons 4-6)

  By mathewadamek on November 4, 2017

  

  Season four introduced us to one of my favorite characters while season five gave us one of the best scenes of the series and in season six the show with all its absurdism and nonsense truly made Seinfeld the show… Read More ›

• The Three Best Episodes from Each Season of Seinfeld (Seasons 1-3)

  By mathewadamek on October 7, 2017

  

  Seinfeld is one of those shows that shaped my sense of humor. My parents and I would watch it every night during dinner, laughing and guffawing every thirty seconds. Sometimes I would just laugh if they did because, let’s face… Read More ›