Tag: Chris Columbus
In the Present, Kate McCallister Would Be Called a “Karen” Rather Than “Hyper”
While the fan focus of Home Alone tends to be on Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) or his antagonists, Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern), Kevin’s mom, [Read More…]
A New Key Takeaway From Home Alone: Busybodies Ruin Lives
As the obsession with Home Alone only grows stronger with each passing year, it’s been studied almost like a hallowed text. And technically, it is, [Read More…]
The Thursday Murder Club Adaptation is An Insult to the Intelligence of the Audience Its Geared Toward
There is an ever-burgeoning genre in the world of film and TV: that which can be ascribed to something like a “rest home caper.” From [Read More…]
No Small Parts, Only Small Asses: Leigh Zimmerman as “Fashion Model” in Home Alone 2
In 1992, the world was a much different place. So, too, was New York, which so loves to bill itself as its own world (if [Read More…]
Thinkin’ Bout How Harry and Marv Would Be Out of “Business” During the Age of the Lockdown
We already knew the 90s were a Golden Age in so many ways. A period not just when casual comfort was deemed the height of [Read More…]
Every Generation Becomes Worse Than the Last: Gremlins
As each year passes, and Gremlins evermore secures a place in the must-see canon of Christmas movies (even if unconventional ones in the vein of [Read More…]
Brenda in Adventures in Babysitting as Precursor to Barb in Stranger Things
Considering the thoroughness with which Stranger Things strives to appear as a show directly out of the 80s, it’s not remarkable that the inspiration for [Read More…]
Macaulay Culkin Takes Home Alone to a Dark Place in Web Series :DRYVRS
We’ve all been concerned about Macaulay Culkin for a long time now (maybe beginning around the moment he got married to Broadway actress Rachel Miner [Read More…]
Only the Lonely: A Study in How Parents Fuck Up Relationships
In 1991, director Chris Columbus had just come off the high of the commercial success of Home Alone the year before. His follow-up, Only the [Read More…]
The Distinct 80s Incongruities of Adventures in Babysitting
In general, the 80s as a whole were incongruous. The impractical fashions, the music that employed instruments never used before or since in mainstream pop [Read More…]
