Matt Pais

NEW RELEASE: "Talk '90s with Me"

NEW RELEASE: “Talk ‘90s with Me”

“Matt Pais deserves four stars for reintroducing us to many of the greatly talented but often unsung heroes of 1990s film. This is a terrific read.”—RICHARD ROEPER

”Matt Pais is the rare interviewer who never misses an opportunity to take his subject down an even-more-interesting fork in the road. I devoured ‘Talk ‘90s with Me,’ which more than delivers on its promise of insightful, delightful interviews with the ‘90s stars I didn’t even realize how much I missed.”—SCOTT MESLOW, author of “From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy”

“Matt Pais captures an entire era succinctly and vividly. A fascinating read.”—GABRIELLE ANWAR

“Heaven for ‘90s kids. An oral history of a decade in pop culture, with thorough, candid conversations taking us deep inside the movies and television that imprinted themselves on a whole generation’s consciousness.”—A.A. DOWD, The Ringer/The Guardian/Rolling Stone/Digital Trends contributor

”Even if you’re drowning in pop culture nostalgia, Matt Pais’ book is a fun, insightful and informative life raft.”—ROBERT K. ELDER, author of “The Film That Changed My Life”

”Is there anything that Matt Pais doesn’t know about the ‘90s? I don’t think so. But what makes ‘Talk ‘90s with Me’ stand out is the way Matt uses his knowledge and enthusiasm to get a veritable ‘90s who’s who (and wait, who was that again?) of interview subjects to open up about the decade that defined them.”—MARK BAZER, host of PBS’ nationally syndicated “The Interview Show”

“Matt Pais is a really empathetic, smart interviewer—these are not the same old questions. This insightful, compulsively readable collection gets into the good, the bad, and the weird with the people who made the ‘90s a pop cultural monolith we’re still obsessed with.”—DC PIERSON, actor, author of “The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To,” and winner of a “Newsies” soundtrack cassette in a Disney crossword contest

”Pais delivers one fascinating conversation about ‘90s pop culture after another, talking to those who were there and aren’t afraid to tell their stories.”—KEITH PHIPPS, author of “Age of Cage: Four Decades of Hollywood Though One Singular Career” and co-founder of “The Reveal”

“Matt Pais is an engaging conversationalist, and he wisely eschews the obvious choices to chat up the stars of fringe (or forgotten) films and television shows that have become cult favorites—coming up with a loose and funny snapshot of an era whose outliers have aged better than some of its blockbusters.”—JASON BAILEY, author of “Fun City Cinema”

”Matt Pais is one of my favorite chroniclers of pop culture. ‘Talk ‘90s with Me’ is a love letter to my wonder years, and goes far beyond nostalgia. Every ‘90s kid will love it!”—DREW FORTUNE, Vulture/Rolling Stone contributor, screenwriter, and author of “No Encore! Musicians Reveal Their Weirdest, Wildest, Most Embarrassing Gigs”

“Jurassic Park.” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” “That Thing You Do!” “Boy Meets World.” “A League of Their Own.” “Home Alone.” “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.” “Doug.” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” “Newsies.” “American Pie.” “Cool Runnings.” “The Mighty Ducks.” These are not just movies and shows. They are legends, and for so many who grew up in the ‘90s, important markers of our childhood. If you could ask the stars behind these classics anything—with the purpose of taking conversations in different directions than any they’ve had before—what would you say? What would you learn?

In “Talk ‘90s with Me,” each interview begins by exploring the subject’s own ‘90s nostalgia and then poses topics they've never discussed. It creates a blend of memories and analysis that’s fresh and unexpected, fun and thought-provoking, silly and profound—offering something new to remember (including exclusive, stump-your-friends trivia!) while honoring the movies and shows you’ll never forget. WATCH TRAILER

Maybe it feels like getting a drink with the stars; maybe it just feels like the kind of long phone call that people had a lot more in the ‘90s.

Featuring interviews with:

  • Tom Everett Scott (“That Thing You Do,” “La La Land”) READ AN EXCERPT VIA ROGEREBERT.COM

  • Shannon Elizabeth (“American Pie,” “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot”)

  • Billy West (“Doug,” “Space Jam,” “Futurama”)

  • Karyn Parsons (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Major Payne”)

  • Gabrielle Anwar (“Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken,” “Scent of a Woman,” “Burn Notice”)

  • Devin Ratray (“Home Alone,” “Hustlers”)

  • Amy Jo Johnson (“Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” “Felicity”)

  • William Daniels (“Boy Meets World,” “The Graduate”)

  • Ariana Richards (“Jurassic Park,” “Tremors”)

  • Hill Harper (“Get on the Bus,” “He Got Game,” “The Good Doctor”)

  • Luke Edwards (“Little Big League,” “Newsies,” “True Detective”)

  • Marguerite Moreau (“The Mighty Ducks,” “Wet Hot American Summer”)

  • Charlie Korsmo (“Hook,” “Dick Tracy,” “What About Bob?” “Can’t Hardly Wait”)

  • Doug E. Doug (“Cool Runnings,” “Operation Dumbo Drop”)

  • Leanna Creel (“Saved by the Bell,” “The Cell”) READ AN EXCERPT VIA TELL-TALE TV

  • Aaron Schwartz (“Heavyweights,” “The Mighty Ducks,” “Gossip Girl”)

  • Megan Cavanagh (“A League of Their Own,” “Robin Hood: Men in Tights”)

  • Dave Holmes (MTV's “Wanna Be a VJ”)

  • Red Williams (“American Gladiators,” “Mortal Kombat: Annihilation”)

  • Jason James Richter (“Free Willy,” “The Little Things”)

  • Ernie Reyes Jr. (“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze,” “The Rundown”)

  • Charlie Talbert (“Angus,” “The Big Short”)

  • Shane McDermott (“Airborne,” “Swans Crossing”)