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Tim Grierson

Tim Grierson is a contributing editor at MEL. He writes about film and pop culture for Screen International, Rolling Stone and Vulture.

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When Did Everyone Agree Keanu Reeves Was Actually Good at Acting?

Sure, he’s an Internet Boyfriend now, but back in the 1990s many assumed he’d never escape his ‘Whoa-’ful Ted Logan persona. Did the world change or did he?

Obi-Wan Kenobi Changed How We Thought About Ewan McGregor

In the 1990s, the ‘Trainspotting’ actor seemed poised to be his generation’s edgiest arthouse performer. But then he shocked his fans by doing something really daring: fill Alec Guinness’ shoes

How ‘MMMBop’ Became 1997’s Saddest Feel-Good Hit

Three kids from Tulsa wrote about how fleeting life is — and then turned it into a breezy pop smash whose deeper meanings the world has long ignored