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A more innocent time in pop culture gets the tribute it deserves in the classic Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore rom-com.
Adam Sandler’s The Wedding Singer Is the Ultimate Love Letter to the ‘80s
Matt Melis
This article was originally published in 2018, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Wedding Singer. It is being republished in honor of its 25th. “I call it the ‘Every Other Decade Theory,’” Marissa Ribisi’s Dazed and Confused character, Cynthia, tells Pink, Jodi, and Kaye at the film’s beer bust.…
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Adam Sandler’s The Wedding Singer Is the Ultimate Love Letter to the ‘80s
Matt Melis
25 years later, we’re taking a glimpse back at the classic album that saw Eddie Vedder and company finally grow up.
Pearl Jam’s Yield Signaled Their Evolution Into Rock and Roll Lifers
Matt Melis
Pearl Jam’s Yield was released on February 3rd, 1998. To coincide with its 25th anniversary, we’re republishing this feature, which was originally posted in 2018. Studies in human development depict a person’s life as a series of crises to be negotiated and, for lack of a better word, mastered before…
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Pearl Jam’s Yield Signaled Their Evolution Into Rock and Roll Lifers
Matt Melis
Here are 20 Bob Dylan songs that only he — poet, songwriter, or trapeze artist — could have reflected from the mountain.
This article originally ran in 2017, but we’re dusting it off for Dylan’s birthday on May 24th. Top Songs is a feature in which we definitively handpick the very best songs in an artist or band’s catalog. Sounds simple, right? Oh, if only. A short while ago, this would have…
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Nickelodeon’s cult horror series Are You Afraid of the Dark? returns with a new Midnight society in a six-part thriller called Curse of the Shadows.
Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark? Returns to the Woods for Curse of the Shadows: Review
Matt Melis
Editor’s Note: This review/preview is based on the first episode of the new season. Be sure to tune in to Nickelodeon each Friday night starting tonight (February 12th) to watch the rest of the six-part season unfold. Doddering Disclaimer: Adults my age have a lot of nostalgia tied to Are You…
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Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark? Returns to the Woods for Curse of the Shadows: Review
Matt Melis
Nickelodeon’s cult horror series Are You Afraid of the Dark? returns with a new Midnight society in a six-part thriller called Curse of the Shadows.
Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark? Returns to the Woods for Curse of the Shadows: Review
Matt Melis
Editor’s Note: This review/preview is based on the first episode of the new season. Be sure to tune in to Nickelodeon each Friday night starting tonight (February 12th) to watch the rest of the six-part season unfold. Doddering Disclaimer: Adults my age have a lot of nostalgia tied to Are You…
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Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark? Returns to the Woods for Curse of the Shadows: Review
Matt Melis
Which tales still give you chills all these years later?
Ranking: Every Are You Afraid of the Dark? Episode from Worst to Best
Matt Melis
Editor’s Note: Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark? returns tonight with the second installment of its revival: Curse of the Shadows. The six-part season will premiere on Friday February 12th with a new episode to follow each week. To get your goosebumps ready for the new season, we’re revisiting…
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Ranking: Every Are You Afraid of the Dark? Episode from Worst to Best
Matt Melis
Which tales still give you chills all these years later?
Ranking: Every Are You Afraid of the Dark? Episode from Worst to Best
Matt Melis
Editor’s Note: Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark? returns tonight with the second installment of its revival: Curse of the Shadows. The six-part season will premiere on Friday February 12th with a new episode to follow each week. To get your goosebumps ready for the new season, we’re revisiting…
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Ranking: Every Are You Afraid of the Dark? Episode from Worst to Best
Matt Melis
An intimate collection of songs deeply familiar with the innerworkings of the heart and mind.
Carole King’s Tapestry Continues to Unravel the Mysteries of the Heart Half a Century Later: Classic Review
Matt Melis
As Carole King’s groundbreaking album Tapestry turns 50, Legacy Recordings is celebrating with a vinyl reissue, a new single, a new music video, and much more. After reading our classic review of Tapestry, please check out and enter our exclusive giveaway. Carole King might be best described as a songwriter’s…
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Carole King’s Tapestry Continues to Unravel the Mysteries of the Heart Half a Century Later: Classic Review
Matt Melis
Charlie Brown’s faithful companion finds himself the center of attention on Apple TV+ with plenty at stake.
The Snoopy Show Feels Like Another Audition for Kids
Matt Melis
As I sit at my desk writing this sentence, my dog, Leopold, a mix of black lab and who knows what, is perched on an end table, his backside using the arm of our couch as a bench while he stoically stares out into a snowy world through our third-story…
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The Snoopy Show Feels Like Another Audition for Kids
Matt Melis
Different endings instill Anthony Burgess’ novel and Stanley Kubrick’s film with two very different meanings.
The Real Cure: A Clockwork Orange’s Missing Ending
Matt Melis
Page to Screen is a recurring column in which CoS Editorial Director Matt Melis explores how either a classic or contemporary work of literature made the sometimes triumphant, often disastrous leap from prose to film. Novelists can’t choose how they’ll be remembered — that is, which of their creations will be…
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The Real Cure: A Clockwork Orange’s Missing Ending
Matt Melis