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
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.
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!
Continue reading Fantastic Fouray – Episode 2: Fantastic Four (2005)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Continue reading Fantastic Fouray – Episode 1: The Fantastic Four (Unreleased) & Doomed! Documentary
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.
Still Need to Watch: Finian’s Rainbow, Gardens of Stone
Not Gonna Lie, Probably Will Never Watch, Life is Too Short: Jack
Francis Ford Coppola is such an icon and is one of those figures that you sometimes forget to actually look at the word he has produced when you assess his abilities and contributions to the world of cinema. He has made some of the best, biggest and most important movies ever made. He has made some financial disasters. He has made some real intimate and personal movies. And more importantly his work suggests he has rarely ever stopped exploring through art what it means to be alive in a very messed up world.
Continue reading Ranking the Francis Ford Coppola Films
The Mission Impossible flicks are up there with the Alien and Fast/Furious series for best franchises in film history. I have ranked the films here.
Here are the four total articles we did on Mission: Impossible:
Ranking the films overall
Ranking the villains
Ranking the Tom Cruise stunts
Ranking the recurring ensemble members
8. Mission: Impossible III
Every week in September gets you a new Mission: Impossible listicle. Why? Why not.
Here are the four total articles we did on Mission: Impossible:
Ranking the films overall
Ranking the villains
Ranking the Tom Cruise stunts
Ranking the recurring ensemble members
Rule Clarification: Dead Reckoning and Final Reckoning I am counting as a two-parter – to qualify for this list, those two films could not be your only two films.
LAST: Jeremy Renner – William Brandt
Every week in September gets you a new Mission: Impossible listicle. Why? Why not.
Here are the four total articles we did on Mission: Impossible:
Ranking the films overall
Ranking the villains
Ranking the Tom Cruise stunts
Ranking the recurring ensemble members
8. Airplane Ride – Rogue Nation
Continue reading Ranking the Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible Stunts
The Reel World 