The Bear is THE trendy show of the moment. It is perfectly fine for the most part. The hype is insane, but when the masses are starving they will think meat loaf is filet mignon. I am a snob. So be it.
Author: Michael Thomas
Ranking the David Cronenberg Films
David Cronenberg is one of the most interesting filmmakers who has ever done it. He understands the human experience so well, and how much horniness and fear of our bodies is inherent to our lives. No one does it like him.
Ranking the Francis Ford Coppola Films
Still Need to Watch: Finian’s Rainbow, Gardens of Stone
Not Gonna Lie, Probably Will Never Watch, Life is Too Short: Jack
Francis Ford Coppola is such an icon and is one of those figures that you sometimes forget to actually look at the word he has produced when you assess his abilities and contributions to the world of cinema. He has made some of the best, biggest and most important movies ever made. He has made some financial disasters. He has made some real intimate and personal movies. And more importantly his work suggests he has rarely ever stopped exploring through art what it means to be alive in a very messed up world.
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Ranking the Mission: Impossible Films
The Mission Impossible flicks are up there with the Alien and Fast/Furious series for best franchises in film history. I have ranked the films here.
Here are the four total articles we did on Mission: Impossible:
Ranking the films overall
Ranking the villains
Ranking the Tom Cruise stunts
Ranking the recurring ensemble members
8. Mission: Impossible III
Ranking the Best Characters from Mission: Impossible Who Have Appeared in Multiple Films
Every week in September gets you a new Mission: Impossible listicle. Why? Why not.
Here are the four total articles we did on Mission: Impossible:
Ranking the films overall
Ranking the villains
Ranking the Tom Cruise stunts
Ranking the recurring ensemble members
Rule Clarification: Dead Reckoning and Final Reckoning I am counting as a two-parter – to qualify for this list, those two films could not be your only two films.
LAST: Jeremy Renner – William Brandt
Ranking the Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible Stunts
Every week in September gets you a new Mission: Impossible listicle. Why? Why not.
Here are the four total articles we did on Mission: Impossible:
Ranking the films overall
Ranking the villains
Ranking the Tom Cruise stunts
Ranking the recurring ensemble members
8. Airplane Ride – Rogue Nation
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Ranking the Mission: Impossible Villains
Every week in September gets you a new Mission: Impossible listicle. Why? Why not.
Here are the four total articles we did on Mission: Impossible:
Ranking the films overall
Ranking the villains
Ranking the Tom Cruise stunts
Ranking the recurring ensemble members
LAST: Michael Nyqvist – Kurt Hendricks
Ranking the Star Wars Television Seasons
I have a sickness. I really deeply love the idea of Star Wars. I also love the original three films of course, but the idea of Star Wars is something I find intoxicating, and I have spent an ordinate amount of time reading novels and comics and watching movies and shows that almost entirely prove…that the idea of Star Wars should have died in 1983. It’s all a long way to say that I have accepted that Star Wars is functionally not good no matter how much I wish it was. But sometimes you need to kill time with garbage on in the background and that is what the Disney+ Star Wars shows are for.
Ranking the Jia Zhangke Films
Jia Zhangke makes some of the most beautiful films in the world about being alive in this world. You absolutely should seek them out. Continue reading Ranking the Jia Zhangke Films
Ranking the Danny McBride Television Shows
Danny McBride is not an artist I have ever been especially drawn to over the years. Whenever I dipped my toe into his world, I never felt like it was for me. For some reason though, I felt compelled to give Gemstones a proper chance finally. And I was blown away by how much I enjoyed. Danny McBride has relatively quietly become one of the best television producers on HBO’s roster. They do not really gets awards or ratings. They are not even huge discourse drivers. They are high quality though and worth watching. Here is how I have the shows ranked.
The Reel World 