Top 10 Supporting Performances in the Alien Films

Last week, we ranked the Alien films as a whole. This week, we look at the best performances.

Obviously, Ripley is the queen of the Alien(s) films, and nothing compare to the work she does. So, the real question is when it comes to the performances in the franchise is who is the second best to her! Let’s dive in. Continue reading Top 10 Supporting Performances in the Alien Films

There Will Be Movies – Episode 54: Point Break

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from the 1990s.

Behold the one and only director to be featured on all three volumes of the podcast: Kathryn Bigelow. We talk authenticity, homoerotic tension and Matt learns in real time that The Fast & The Furious was a remake of Point Break but tries to pretend he already knew.

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There Will Be Movies – Episode 53: Boyz n the Hood

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from the 1990s.

If you thought these middle-class Brits sounded painfully white before… well… Enjoy!

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There Will Be Movies – Episode 52: The Silence of the Lambs

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from the 1990s.

The Silence of the Lambs influenced an entire genre of television and remains topical to this day due to the rise of True Crime… but why did Matt watch it twice in a row? How many impressions did the hosts tally? Find out the answers to these and so many more questions you didn’t ask now!

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Ranking the Harry Potter “Films”

As previously discussed: Okay, so these movies are mostly ass. In fact, calling them “movies” is pretty much a stretch. For the most part, it just feels like the books were plugged into Google Translate to go from “book” to “movie” and they were just spit out. There was no real vision and the differing early styles, and the whole thing was clearly just a quick cash-in. Whatever! These books were not designed well for adaptation for the screen (big or small). But I ranked them. Why? I don’t know. I was bored. 

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There Will Be Movies – Episode 51: Goodfellas

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from the 1990s.

Goodfellas is regarded as one of the greatest films of all time and the inspiration for one of the greatest TV shows of all time… but does Matt think it’s too long? Will Ben be able to talk about generational trauma? Let’s kick off volume 3 and find out!

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