Mallrats
Dir: Kevin Smith
1995
****
In 1994 Pulp Fiction won Best Screenplay. I would argue that Mallrats had a much better screenplay, by a country mile in fact. Seriously, you've got 'What do they call a Big Mac in Amsterdam' versus Stan Lee explaining that every Superhero he has written is a version of his own heartbreak. Give me Mallrats any day of the week. Ok, so it is pretty puerile at times but that's what so great about it. It is at times quite profound but then it shakes of any pretension and goes of jokes. It is a wonderful slice of the 90's that gets me all nostalgic.