Films I Still Need To Watch: Wide Awake, The Last Airbender, The Visit, Split
Films I Need to Re-Watch: Glass
M. Night is one of the best filmmakers from the last thirty years. I am grateful for his audience and critical comeback in recent years, as it means that I will have the opportunity to get to watch his films in the years to come. Continue reading Ranking the M. Night Shyamalan Films
Brian reveals his final underrated sequel, and they discuss the wonders of the Shrek franchise. Find out whether Gen Z is right about Shrek 2 being better than the original.
Continue reading Pantheon Plus – Underrated Sequels: Shrek 2
Jerome and Brian are back to decide to discuss one of the most popular and anticipated sequels ever, 1997’s The Lost World.
Find out why this and all sequels in this franchise are just big budget B-movies to the point even Spielberg himself couldn’t top what he did previously.
Continue reading Pantheon Plus – Underrated Sequels: The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Small Axe is available for purchase at The Criterion Collection on Blu-Ray. The description of this anthology series from the Criterion website: “…Steve McQueen offers a richly evocative panorama of West Indian life in London from the 1960s through the ’80s—a time defined for the community by the terror of police violence, the empowering awakening of political consciousness, and the ecstatic escape of a vibrant reggae scene.”
I am sure there is better and more valuable analysis of this anthology as a while. I am instead breaking it down by its individual pieces. While in many respects, the anthology is truly meant to be experienced as a whole, its individual pieces all truly can stand on their own two feet.
UPDATED: 1/23/2022
ONGOING FLUID PROJECT (ie: to be updated continuously yet sporadically)
Unwatched: It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books, Fast Food Nation
Films to Re-Watch Before Placement: A Scanner Darkly
18. Last Flag Flying
From the outside, Andrei Tarkovsky was an intimidating filmmaker to start to explore. That hesitation proved to be completely unfounded as his films are pretty staightforward explorations of faith, art, and confronting death. You just need a little patience. Continue reading Ranking the Andrei Tarkovsky Films
Need to Re-Watch: Marie Antoinette
Still Need to Watch: Somewhere
Sofia Coppola, to be reductive, is one of the greatest nepotism babies in the history of Hollywood. The biggest thing that I appreciate about Sofia is that she has a deep understanding of her lane and what she knows best about the human experience, and she capitalizes on that and mostly only that to beautiful art. Acknowledging limitations is difficult, but Sofia makes it look easy.
Jerome and Brian continue their look at underrated sequels with 1990’s Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
They discuss how a sequel can take on a very different tone and how a movie can still be successful. Just remember to not go out in sunlight, get water, or eat after midnight while listening to this episode.
Continue reading Pantheon Plus – Underrated Sequels: Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Films to Rewatch: Rivers of Grass
Films to Watch: Night Moves, Showing Up
UPDATED: 1/16/2023
Still Need to Watch: Who’s That Knocking On My Door, Kundun
Still Need to Re-Watch: New York New York, Last Temptation of Christ, Mean Streets, The Aviator
Martin Scorsese has a genuine case as being the greatest filmmaker ever from the United States (and he only has a few genuine competitors for that title). His pictures are just absolutely beautiful tributes to humanity and the pain we cause ourselves and each other.
The Reel World 