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Fantastic Fouray – Episode 4: FANT4STIC

Kevin Ford is a Fantastic Four superfan who had never seen any of the theatrically released F4 Movies… until now! Each week Matt Waters guides him through uncharted territory as they rate the movies and try to build an all-star cast.

With ‘First Steps’ releasing this week we figured it only made sense to dive into one of the most infamous superhero films ever released. SEO, baby! From the director’s on-set behaviour to rushed reshoots to ill-advised sources of inspiration there’s surely nothing positive to say about this film…. right?!?

Fantastic Fouray – Episode 3: Rise of the Silver Surfer

What does the iconic Silver Surfer add to the mix with our returning cast? Does Mark Frost hate his wife? Why are we talking about Party Down and Transformers? Only one way to find out!

Ranking the Brian De Palma Films

Still Need to Watch: The Wedding Party, Dionysus in ’69

Brian De Palma is one of the greatest directors ever. After years of dismissing him out of hand due to a bad early impression his films made on me, I have thankfully and finally re-visited him and seen the light. He has made some of the most sincerely fascinating and compelling films that I have ever seen.

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Ranking the Melvin Van Peebles Films

Films I Still Need To See: Identity Crisis, Vrooom Vroom Vroooom, Le Conte du ventre plein, Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha

Melvin Van Peebles was a true American genius. His films are as compelling and as interesting as any American director ever.

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Ranking the John Wick Films

The John Wick movies (no matter if they descend into a period of total mediocrity or not) will always have a special place in my heart for being a big part of restoring Keanu Reeves’ status as a big star in Hollywood. Here is how I rank the films (so far). Continue reading Ranking the John Wick Films

Fantastic Fouray – Episode 2: Fantastic Four (2005)

Time to finally rip off the band-aid as Kevin at last experiences the first theatrically released F4 film. How does it align with his memories and expectations of the trailers from 20 years ago? Is anyone here worthy of the All-Star nod? Why is Jessica Alba naked so much? Only one way to find out!

Ranking the Superman Films

Superman has never been a superhero that I was drawn to due to all the obvious reasons about him being too difficult to kill, etc. As I get older, I do find him more fascinating at the very least as a pop culture artifact. And that brings us to this column.

For the purposes of this column, I decided to only count the Superman solo projects. Thus, Man of Steel is the only Snyderverse film being included for an example.

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Ranking the Dennis Hopper Films

It was very late in life that I learned that Dennis Hopper was an interesting filmmaker. I cannot explain exactly why it took so long for me to learn this; I can only guess it’s because all of his films after Easy Rider did not really receive the mainstream recognition and success that his debut did. If you are a fool like I was and ignored his post-Riders work, you owe it to yourself to check a lot of them out. They kick ass.

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Fantastic Fouray – Episode 1: The Fantastic Four (Unreleased) & Doomed! Documentary

Starting with the only Fantastic Four Kevin had actually seen, we talk about the infamous low-budget production to figure out what works in spite of the difficulties, and what was dead on arrival. Plus some discussion of the ‘Doomed!’ documentary.

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.

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