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
Author: Michael Thomas
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.
Ranking The Righteous Gemstones Seasons
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. He is how I rank the seasons (so far).
The Sinners That Made and Rule This Country Will Never Allow a Better World
Sinners [2025] Review
This review contains full spoilers for the film. Continue reading The Sinners That Made and Rule This Country Will Never Allow a Better World
Ranking the Ryan Coogler Films
Ryan Coogler has pretty much always had the reputation as a talented (if not great) filmmaker despite some of the shortcomings of his films. The one unquestionably disappointing part of his career is that he has been stuck in IP hell. The first film that can be considered a truly original film (depending on how you classify Fruitvale) from Coogler was his fifth film. Hopefully its success means he will no longer be caught up in the shenanigans of Hollywood nonsense.
Ranking the Terminator Films
The biggest problem with the Terminator franchise overall is that of the six films, only two of the films were made by a notably talented director. They keep putting hacks in there and get a variety of the mediocre results. You can give this franchise credit for one thing: they keep making mistakes in brand new ways.
Ranking the John Carpenter Films
There is nothing I could say about John Carpenter that could be better put than what Martin Scorsese said about him:
Ranking the Hellboy Films
I cannot say that I have ever been a huge fan of Hellboy. But I simply keep watching the movies. I will eventually add the animated films to this list.
Ranking the Star Trek Films
The Star Trek films are truly fascinating. There are three different and distinct eras of films but there are deep connections to what came before them in some way. These different eras are not just different in terms of the casts but also in the vision and tone of what Star Trek looks like. It was a very unexpected pleasure to go back to the beginning and watch them all in order. Continue reading Ranking the Star Trek Films
Ranking the Bong Joon-ho Films
Films to Re-Watch: Barking Dogs Never Bite
I imagine my journey with Bong was not an uncommon one: I saw Snowpiercer and Okja first and then saw Parasite. After not being wowed by those first two films I saw, Parasite felt eye-opening. I then went back and watched everything he did, and none of them hit as hard as Parasite did (but I still mostly liked them). And there I sat for a half-decade before I ever revisited Bong again. I have finally done so, and here is how I am feeling about his films now.
The Reel World 