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FeaturedCulture, Meaning, and “Lady Bird”
A formal appreciation for one of the best written coming of age films of the last several years.
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FeaturedThe Top Ten Best Films of 2022
Celebrating the ten films that made up for a year of disappointments.
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FeaturedThe Best Episode from Every Frasier Season
The best moments of a long-running sitcom that rarely missed the mark.
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FeaturedThe Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 1983
The best songs of another all time great year for pop music.
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FeaturedAlien (1979) Review
Celebrating an essential entry in science fiction horror.
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FeaturedThe Blair Witch Project (1999) Review
Celebrating the movie that popularized found footage horror.
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FeaturedThe Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 1977
It’s finally time to celebrate one of the all time best years for popular music.
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FeaturedThe Top Eleven Most Poorly Regarded Films That I Enjoy
Putting every ounce of credibility that I once had on the line.
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Featured“Uncle Rod’s Poemy Things and Witty Ditties” by Rodney Southworth – Review
Messy sincerities and family lovelies.
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FeaturedThe Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2013
Is it possible? Were there ten good songs in 2013? Let’s find out.
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FeaturedEvery 2022 Release That I’ve Seen So Far, Reviewed in 100 Words or Less
A fifty-three movie speedrun.
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FeaturedAll of the Land Before Time Films Ranked
Ranking fourteen mediocre movies has never been so fun.
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FeaturedSix Olivia Rodrigo Knock-Offs Ranked By How Much They Annoy Me
The second most deadly plague currently sweeping the nation.
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FeaturedAtlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) Review
How deserving is this film of an “underrated masterpiece” label anyway?
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FeaturedThe Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) Review
The better of the two 2018 films about conversion therapy, but by how much?
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FeaturedDon’t Look Up (2021) Review
A climate change level disaster.
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Featured[CLASSIC] The Thing (1982) Review
I’m the millionth person to re-evaluate this film, and I’m proud of it.
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FeaturedThe Top Ten Best Films of 2021
A proper love letter to one of the best years for film in recent memory.
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Featured[CLASSIC] The Village (2004) Review
In honor of his new film, I’m re-evaluating M. Night Shyamalan’s misunderstood masterpiece.
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FeaturedThe Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2007
My ten favorite hit songs from the most formative year for music of my life so far.
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FeaturedThe Ten Best Songs by Artists We Love (feat. Austin Shinn)
Part two of four.
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FeaturedThe Ten Worst Songs by Artists We Love (feat. Austin Shinn)
No band can bat a thousand, and these ten songs prove it.
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Featured[CLASSIC] Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) Review
An absolutely stunning work of animation is playing in select theaters this week.
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FeaturedThe Pod People and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Are the humans the heroes of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” after all?
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Featured[CLASSIC] Up (2009) Review
Disney Pixar’s Up is one of the best drama-comedies that I’ve ever seen.
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FeaturedTenet (2020) Review
To be Robert Pattinson; a man with immense talent and no great films to show for it.
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FeaturedMy Mom Recommended…A Beautiful Mind (2001)
My thoughts on a film that left a shockingly prominent imprint on me.
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FeaturedMulan (2020) Review
A completely joyless butchering of an already average movie.
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Featured[CLASSIC] I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) Review
My favorite movie of the year, which is not a surprise.
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FeaturedMy Mom Recommended…Finding Nemo (2003)
It was an impressive feat of animation in 2003, but how well does it hold up today?
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FeaturedMy Mom Recommended…Milk (2008)
Did this LGBT film work for me or did I find it aged like milk?
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FeaturedThe One and Only Ivan (2020) Review
Cute, but “cute” only does so much for me.
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FeaturedMy Mom Recommended…Beetlejuice (1988)
Do I finally understand the appeal of this staple of my childhood?
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FeaturedMy Mom Recommended…A Star is Born (2018)
Was I gaga for the latest reimagining of this classic story, or did it leave me cold?
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FeaturedMy Mom Recommended…The Basketball Diaries (1995)
As a fan of Leonardo DiCaprio, I don’t know if this is one of his best.
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FeaturedThe Rental (2020) Review
A perfectly fine attempt at reinventing Psycho. Better than the remake, at least.
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FeaturedMy Mom Recommended…8 Mile (2002)
Is Eminem’s own Good Will Hunting as good as its predecessor?
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FeaturedReviewing Other 2020 Releases in 100 Words or Less
A short dive into films from 2020 that I haven’t reviewed on this blog.
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FeaturedGreyhound (2020) Review
Tom Hanks is a charming man, what can I say?
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FeaturedNever Be Done: The Richard Glen Lett Story (2020) Review
An honest little documentary that shows the filmmakers have a fair bit of room for improvement.
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FeaturedHamilton (2020) Review
In short: my expectations were high but GOOD LORD.
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FeaturedIrresistible (2020) Review
A pretty boneless political comedy that would’ve been a lot more charming four years ago.
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FeaturedMy Spy (2020) Review
A surprisingly cute and funny take on a stereotypical 2000s comedy setup.
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The Search for Realism in Documentary Cinema
How important is realism to the DNA of documentary cinema? Should we even spend our time looking for it?
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