Well, the Apocalypse is still going strong out there, so the choices for quality new movies is pretty damn slim. But, Netflix is still chugging along, releasing their glut of original films that they bought distribution rights to, along with some studio films that apparently didn’t show […]
Nobody has the time to watch everything, and as a result a lot of stuff just kind of slips through the cracks. Especially if it’s not something that just doesn’t generally match up with your preferences. Which, sometimes ends up making it so that you miss out […]
Last week I threw a bit of a curve-ball, going with a movie that I would wager most people haven’t seen. And, this week I’ve ended up changing things up by picking one of the most beloved and popular films of the year, the absolutely unhinged masterpiece, Mad […]
Ang Lee is a director that I’ve never really had strong feelings about, one way or the other. I’ve seen several of his biggest films, and liked most of them, but there are also a whole lot of blindspots on his filmography for me. But, last year […]
A few years ago I decided to do something very stupid. Which, certainly doesn’t narrow down the various idiotic things I do, often in support of this site. But, in 2017 while facing a weekend with no movie in theaters that I really wanted to see, I […]
2019 has been a shockingly weak year for movies. While doing my Cinematic Century project here I’ve really learned how Hollywood can have very strange ebbs and flows where one year will be an extravaganza of amazing and seminal films, while the next year will be almost […]
We find ourselves blessed to be living in a time when every few years, we get a new John Wick movie. Yeah, most things besides that fact are pretty terrible, but hey, at least we get new entries in one of the most solid and enjoyable action franchises ever […]
This Cinematic Century project first started life several years ago when a stupid fad was sweeping through Twitter. Basically, people were tasked with picking a favorite film from each year they’ve been alive, and then sharing it so people could mock their choices and marvel at how […]
So far over the course of this Cinematic Century project we’ve talked about quite a few movies that I have a deep nostalgic affection for. I genuinely love all of the movies that I’ve featured here, but some of them are movies that I’ve only recently come across, […]
The last couple of weeks have maybe featured some strange picks here on this Cinematic Century project. I’ve kind of bucked expectations and really embraced the central idea of this project, choosing my favorite movies of the year, not necessarily the “best” film of any given […]
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