It’s common when you do a top 10 for the bottom tier to not always be the best of the best. When I did my music project,… Read more “The 10 Best Steven Spielberg Movies by Austin Shinn”

You know what rules about having your own blogs? You can write literally anything you want to! Nobody is demanding a long piece where I analyze every… Read more “January-April 1994: The Cruelest Season in Film History”

As I type this, Warner Bros Discovery continues to make daily headlines for their almost impossible to believe decisions. Gutting HBO Max to killing every project they… Read more “Batman: Mask of the Phantasm: Why a Classic Bombed”

Time to test a hypothesis. Traditionally, Labor Day weekend is considered the absolute worst weekend of the year. If a film hits this weekend, it must be… Read more “The Worst Weekend of the Year: A Field Guide to Labor Day Movies 1992-2022”

80s All Over stalled out in April of 1985. The mission was to cover the decade. It got a bit over halfway but ultimately the cost and… Read more “The 5Best 80s All Over Episodes”

I love that this list wasn’t meant to happen. I quit writing lists, wrote my coda, and was on to the next project. But it’s fitting that… Read more “The Best Songs of 2013”

On Tuesday, I will release my next book, 1997: An Ordinary Year in Film, an in-depth set of reviews on the films of 25 years ago. It… Read more “Contact/Event Horizon: To Confront the Alien”

2012 was a year flooded with an almost violent optimism. That was true on the hot 100 year end list. It’s true on my list. We were… Read more “The Best Songs of 2012”

We are at the edge of the end. After this, one more entry. And if I’m honest, I would have stopped the project at 2009 if these… Read more “The Best Songs of 2011”

There comes a point where pop culture isn’t for you. It’s not a sudden stop. But it sputters and you get off the culture. That’s what these… Read more “The Best Songs of 2010”