The Movie: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
One Sentence Plot Summary: A functioning alcoholic detective solves a murder mystery that also involves sex, real estate, and a corrupt judge who’s actually a cartoon; somehow, this is a kids movie. Continue reading Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Before getting into the actual list, let’s talk about why this list is happening. I like to rank all of the theatrical movies in a given year. I’ve done it the last couple years and it’s been a great way to organize my thoughts on things I’ve seen. There’s no way I’ll be seeing anywhere close to the usual movie output, so I thought why not go back and review over some of my favorite movies of all-time. That’s what I’ll be doing the next six months or so. I am distinguishing between favorite and best. Those are two distinct categories. Trying to objectively state the 100 best movies can be really tricky. Many of my favorite movies would not be considered the “best” movies, but I still enjoy them.
I want to point out that I’ll be organizing these movies and releasing about four movies a week, maybe three in some cases. This is not the official order. I will create a ranked list and release it the last week of 2020. Continue reading Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Back to the Future
Proving that art is in fact dead, Ben & Matt bring you the most morally bankrupt podcast miniseries in the history of the site… Kicky Punchy Men. It’s The Raid vs John Wick in a five-round showdown to the death!
We start things off with The Raid and discuss the art of movie structure, working to a budget, what holds this movie together and the power of authenticity. Plus fights!!! Continue reading Kicky Punchy Men – Episode 1: The Raid
Jerome and Brian discuss their final movie of season, the highest grossing film of all-time, Avengers: Endgame. They spend nearly two hours breaking down the different aspects of the film and its placement in the Pantheon should be little in doubt.
The second half of the show features Ben Phillips and Matt Waters coming onto discuss their master list of the first 23 movies of the MCU. Please forgive Matt Waters in his wrongness. Despite this fact, he and Ben were great guests. Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon Vol.2 – Episode 60: The Season Finale (aka Avengers: Endgame – Redux)
Jerome and Brian have differing opinions on the MCU’s most recent film. Choose your fighter as you listen to this show. The duo discusses whether this is a Peter Parker movie or a Tony Stark movie. They also get into the uncertain future of Sony as well. Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon Vol.2 – Episode 59: Spider-Man: Far From Home
Jerome and Brian have just three episodes left in their second season, and they go back to 1995 by way of 2019 to discuss Captain Marvel, a perfectly adequate throwback that gets a little too cutesy with its feminist messages but still features some strong work by Brie Larson. Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon Vol.2 – Episode 58: Captain Marvel
Jerome and Brian discuss two of 2019’s worst superhero movies this week as they get ready for the final three shows of volume two. Find out whether both of these movies are bad enough to make it into the pile of shame. Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon: Volume 2, Episode 57: Hellboy (2019) & Dark Phoenix
Jerome and Brian discuss the greatest superhero Christmas ever! The list is quite short, but we’ve checked it twice. We have now also watched this movie twice to decide whether it’s naughty or nice. Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon: Volume 2, Episode 56: Shazam (Redux)
Ben Phillips & Matt Waters just won’t stop podcasting, which is fitting given the title of this mini-series devoted to Damon Lindelof’s TV continuation of the most acclaimed comic book of all time.
This first episode tackles the original comic book and the litany of adaptations and projects that were inspired by it, including Zack Snyder’s movie, the Before Watchmen project, and Pax Americana, Doomsday Clock and Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt. Continue reading Nothing Ever Ends – A Watchmen Podcast: Episode 1
Jerome and Brian revisit Glass, a critically lambasted movie that they were both fairly high on at the time. Now find out how much their opinions have changed and whether this really is a continuation of M. Night Shymalan’s comeback. Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon: Volume 2, Episode 55: Glass
The Reel World 