Why Al Pacino and Robert De Niro? For a movie that promised a legendary showdown but delivered two guys sitting in a diner talking like… Read More »1995 Legacy: The Heat Face-off

Why a landmark? Because it was the year Hollywood realized that digital characters were coming, the 80s action stars were aging out, and the “Indie… Read More »1995 Vintage: The 1995 Final Industry Vibe

Why did Brad Pitt spend all of 1995 looking miserable in Se7en and 12 Monkeys? Because he was desperately trying to make the world forget… Read More »1995 Classic: The Brad Pitt “Serious” Face

Why Don Juan DeMarco? For proving that Johnny Depp’s career plan was to never play a normal person if a hat or a cape was… Read More »1995 Vintage: The Johnny Depp Weirdness

Why was Kevin Costner the punchline of every joke? Because he spent $175 million to prove that the only thing more vast than the ocean… Read More »1995 Vintage: The Waterworld Sinkhole

Why Double Happiness? For a breakout performance that proved you could be a star in 1995 without having to fight a vampire or a dinosaur.… Read More »1995 Vintage: The Sandra Oh Debut

Why were voice actors suddenly terrified? Because Tom Hanks and Tim Allen proved that a plastic cowboy and a space ranger had more chemistry than… Read More »1995 Legacy: The Toy Story Panic

Why did it start here? For proving that a movie about a serial killer (Se7en) is 50% scarier if Morgan Freeman describes the crime scene… Read More »1995 Archive: The Morgan Freeman Narration

Why did he wear so much blue face paint? To hide the fact that he was a 40-year-old man playing a legendary warrior while directing… Read More »1995 Legacy: The Mel Gibson “Braveheart” Ego

Why Robin Williams? For proving that he could be funnier than a stampede of CGI rhinos that looked like they were made on a toaster.… Read More »1995 Classic: The Jumanji Stampede