Five years into the decade, ‘90s music still wasn’t totally sure what it was doing. While most agree 1995 was a pivotal year in music, marked by release after release that helped define the decade’s […]
Author: The Grumps
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HIP-HOP DAY 2024
Our second annual celebration of Hip-Hop Day comes just as a building block of hip-hop culture is globally recognized in the 2024 Paris Olympics! Very cool to see breaking added as an Olympic sport this […]
ELBEE & ANDREW’S SPOOKY WATCHLIST
Take a look inside what the Head Grumps are watching around Grumpire HQ this October in Elbee & Andrew‘s Letterboxd list: “True to our name, we get a little grumpy when planning our Halloween watchlist […]
TYLER’S SPOOKY WATCHLIST
Take a look inside frequent contributor Tyler Peterson‘s Spooky Season Letterboxd Watchlist! Some highlights from Tyler himself: The Faculty (1998) “Has it really been twenty-five years since I told my mom I was going to […]
BRIAN’S SPOOKY WATCHLIST
Here’s a look inside Deathbomb Arc founder and Grumpire regular Brian Miller‘s Spooky Season Letterboxd Watchlist: “An honest list of exactly what is in our Blu-ray (and digital) stack here at my home to watch […]
JAY’S SPOOKY WATCHLIST
Assistant Editor Jay Alary shares with us his picks for October viewing in his Letterboxd watchlist: LETTERBOXD IN FOR THE NIGHT: “It’s October and you’re scrolling through multiple streaming platforms on your TV and nothing […]
2023 GRUMPY GUIDE TO SPOOKY STREAMING
In celebration of, or at least abuse of, the new Grumpire Letterboxd page, we’re launching a new series of lists. Some help summarize our more complex essays which cover lots of films; some offer supplements […]
HIP HOP DAY THE GRUMPY WAY
We heard August 11, 2023, is the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop as we know it, so what better time to celebrate some of our favorite hip-hop films? Read on, player. FROM SPENCER SEAMS: HOW HIGH […]
MIXTAPE: GRUMPY ’93
1993: the year hip-hop “conquered the world,” the year Britpop proved a fast grab, and the year female voices grew exponentially in a variety of genres from pop to alternative to indie. In 1993 grunge […]
Mad Tidings of great despair
The Christmas tradition is one of hope and cheer, a time for us all to come together in the spirit of peace and love and forget about our troubles in the name of fellowship and […]
NEW IN ACTION: OCTOBER 2022 (HAUNTED-HOUSE ROUND-UP II)
Welcome to the 2nd annual Haunted-House Round-Up! This month we’re deviating a bit and taking a few liberties on what 1) constitutes “new” and 2) how much “action” might make an Action movie. But it’s […]
A CHUCK PEE HALLOWEEN ESPECIAL
For this Halloween playlist, we turned south of the border to our friend and JNCO enthusiast, Chuck Pee (self-described as: Mexican radio show host / dj, overall nerd, father of Mingo). We know how much […]
GRUMPYR PRESENTS: MIXTAPE FROM HELL
When we asked the enigmatic Bradley J. Kornish of the cult film podcast and website Movies From Hell if he’d be interested in compiling a Halloween playlist for us, he came back with a mix […]
SUMMER NEVER DIES WHEN YOU’RE A GRUMP
Labor Day is traditionally the “end of summer” but as the fall approaches and many of you are dreaming in pumpkin spice, we here at Grumpire HQ aren’t ready to let go of the endless […]
NEW IN ACTION: JULY/AUGUST 2022
Join The Grumps as we bring you a selection of what’s new and now in the Action genre. Strap in for Round-house Round-Up! From Elbee: THE PRINCESS (2022) [NEW ON HULU] Form = Function in […]