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Pantheon Plus – Franchise Rankings: Die Hard

In the month of August, Jerome and Brian are going to be ranking movies in some of their favorite franchises. This week, it’s Die Hard!

Ranking the Nicole Holofcener Films

Nicole Holofcener specializes in empathetically capturing the loves in self-involved upper middle class whites stuck in a bubble and going through it. No one going today is able to explore stuff like that and make you it seem so true to life. Continue reading Ranking the Nicole Holofcener Films

More (And Less!) Than Meets the Eye – Episode 7: Transformers: Age of Extinction

Time to dust off one of our favourite debates on this podcast network: Is it worse to be Boring or Bad?

Michael Bay submits his evidence to the latest hearing, Age of Extinction, which literally has another movie tacked onto the back of it. Hard to believe a movie could be Bad OR Boring when it features Dinobots, Bounty Hunters and Stanley Tucci, but here we are!

Ranking the Greta Gerwig Films

Greta Gerwig is one of the most compelling and talented filmmakers in the world today. She will hopefully be making movies for a very long time. Continue reading Ranking the Greta Gerwig Films

Pantheon Plus – Brendan Fraser In the 90s: The Mummy

It’s the last week of Brendan Fraser Month and what better way to close it out then with a borderline classic, The Mummy from 1999.

Both Jerome and Brian are very enthusiastic about the film, despite its goofy plot and 90’s CGI. What happens when you mix Indiana Jones with Universal Horror? You get this.

Pantheon Plus – Brendan Fraser In the 90s: Gods and Monsters

Jerome and Brian are back with another 90’s Brendan Fraser flick that also features Universal Monsters in a non-Universal film. Funny how that works.

The film is Gods and Monsters from 1998 which had awards acclaim at the time. It’s a fictionalized account of the final days of famous director James Whale. Was it a “whale” of a time? Let’s find out.

More (And Less!) Than Meets the Eye – Episode 5: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

In which we discuss Shockwave’s cool pet drill, the height of 3D filmmaking, the courting of major name supporting actors, gay panic with Dr Ken, juggling villains, and the ups and downs of The Battle of Chicago

Pantheon Plus – Brendan Fraser In the 90s: Airheads

It’s a movie that Brian has watched dozens of times and Jerome has never seen. And not only does it star Brendan Fraser, but Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi, Chris Farley, Judd Nelson, Michael Richards and Ernie Hudson, just to name a few.

It’s Airheads from 1994! Does this movie strike a ‘chord’ with Jerome the same way it does with Brian? Let’s find out.

Pantheon Plus – Brendan Fraser In the 90s: Encino Man

Brian and Jerome are celebrating another Oscar winner from this year’s awards and it’s Brendan Fraser. More specifically, his films from the 90’s.

We start with a breakout performance in a goofy, teen movie that millions of people remember from their childhood. It’s Enicno Man from 1992. Does the movie hold up? Nope, but that’s okay. It’s still fun to look back on.

Ranking the Indiana Jones Films

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Ranking the Indiana Jones Films

The Indiana Jones film series was never one I gravitated towards much as a child (especially in comparison to my beloved Star Wars).

As such, I do not have a lot of feelings of nostalgia tied up with them. Nevertheless, revisiting them as an old has been interesting and satisfying.

Harrison Ford is obviously one of the greatest and most compelling movie stars of all time, and George Lucas is utterly fascinating as a larger than life cinema entity. (Spielberg is Spielberg.) Here is how I rank the films. Continue reading Ranking the Indiana Jones Films