Pop music’s always been evil, but never has its candy-colored excess been better shattered than in 2001 comedy/Hanna-Barbera adaptation Josie and the Pussycats. As a fan of the cartoon, I remember being an incredibly snobby 10-year-old who refused to see the movie as there was no reverence for the original material. What a nerd! Like, sorry they didn’t give the band a cat who actually belongs to their evil manager’s evil sister. For the more enlightened among us, the three-hander featuring Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, and Rosario Dawson is a more pleasing pastime. Plus the songs in the movie are actually good! Let’s see TayTay try to knock “Pretend to Be Nice” off the Billboard charts in my heart. – James Scott
