I am not committing to watching all the animated slop coming down the pike. But I am pretty fascinated by what James Gunn is cooking up right now even if it’s not exactly been tailored to my tastes.
Continue reading Ranking the James Gunn DCU (Live-Action) Projects
Films to Rewatch: Intolerable Cruelty
Films to Watch: The Ladykillers
I have gone on a journey with the Coen Brothers throughout almost my entire life. I was introduced to (some of) their films at a very early (probably too early) age, and I have been watching them ever since. At one point though, I grew rather cold on them. I am not sure exactly, but I consistently found myself feeling “over” them when I attempted to watch anything by them. Then Adam Nayman’s book rekindled my interest in them, and I realized what elements of them I adore and which don’t hit.
Make sure your seatbelts are on because it’s time for 40 minutes of uncomfortable car journeys, rapidly-changing hobbies, ice cream in the snow and of course a great deal of allegorical discourse. Never change, Charlie Kaufman.
Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Ep. 102: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
PT Anderson is one of the last real United States studio-backed filmmakers left. When his films come out, it is still something of an event – an all-too tragically rare thing these days. When looking back at his career, you can pretty neatly divided into two distinct halves. Before Blood, he made a lot of notable films very well, but in retrospect, they do not overall stand out as much. From Blood on though, he really found his own distinct voice and visual style and has just been off to the races ever since. Continue reading Ranking the Paul Thomas Anderson Films
We’re back baby! We simply couldn’t wait to start talking about the 2020s so decided to launch Volume 5.1 to cover 2020-2024, starting with Christopher Nolan’s brain-breaking Tenet.
Does Matt even understand the film? Does he realise he keeps saying palomino? Is Princess Diana super tall in The Crown??? Find out now!
Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Ep. 101: Tenet
The best franchise in the history of film! All of the films are were once good and all feel completely different from each other. Keep making them, Ridley. The evil Disney corporation needs to go back to letting Ridley make them. Here is a ranking of the supporting performances in the series.
Continue reading Ranking the Alien Films (& Television Seasons)
I am very late to the Lee Chang-dong party, but I am grateful I finally got there. He is a very beautiful filmmaker.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an iconic show that has been running for more than half of my life. It is a bit daunting to ever go back and watch a show that has been running for this long, but I finally committed after years of false starts. It was as good as I could have hoped for.
Continue reading Ranking the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Seasons
Films I Still Need to Watch: Face to Face, In the Presence of a Clown, Prison, Music in Darkness, It Rains on Our Love, Madame de Sade, This Can’t Happen Here, A Dream Play, The Image Makers, The Bacchae
Ingmar Bergman was one of the most consistently good directors in cinema history. For nearly sixty years, he cranked out good film after good film with a handful becoming iconic and very few being artistic failures. Diving into the Criterion box set was a long project but well worth it.
Sex and the City is one of the most important television shows ever. I had a mildly unusual experience watching the show. I watched most of the show when I was 13-15 years old, and I did not watch it week to week but sporadically on-demand and out of order. So, before re-watching the show in 2023, I had seen just about every single episode but really had no concept of when things happened. Besides the end. Boy, did I ever remember the end of this fucking show. This column will rank all movies and seasons of the Sex and the City world.
Continue reading Ranking the Sex and the City Seasons and Films
The Reel World 