Unfortunately, this post is not about sandwiches. I've written two previous times about the "bad guys" in movies, both about favorite villains, and the most evil movie characters. Those characters were always more interesting and entertaining to me. Heroes often seemed pretty "vanilla", and they didn't always matter to the movie, whereas, a great villain …
10 Most Enjoyable Movie Sequels
The other night, my only reader and I watched It: Chapter 2, and were very disappointed. Both of us were big fans of the 2017 reboot, and had high hopes for the sequel. The very next morning, we went and saw Jumanji 2 (technically Jumanji 3), and we both enjoyed it, even if not as …
The 14 Most Stacked Oscar Races of All-time
The Oscars have a lot of faults. Sometimes it's a popularity contest. There's campaigning to create positive narratives for nominees. At times, there's category fraud to help people win by avoiding a more challenging (but correct) group of nominees. Sometimes, however, our favorite nominees end up losing because they are nominated in a category that …
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Top 5 Physical Transformations for a Role
Physical transformations draw a lot of attention. Any time a movie comes out and an actor doesn't look like their normal self, either gaining weight or losing it, the media talks about it. Critics seem to like it, they think it shows extra commitment to the craft, and to the embodiment of the character. The …
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15 Best Single-year Resume`s in Movies
Often times it comes up in sports, what are the best individual seasons in history? For example, in 1961, Oscar Robertson averaged a triple double for the season, while Wilt Chamberlain averaged 50 points and 25 rebounds per game - who had a better season? What was the best Quarterback season ever: 2007 Tom Brady, …
11 Instances a Comedy Should’ve Been Nominated for an Oscar
One topic that comes up every year is how the Oscars have a narrow focus with what they're looking for. This is particularly true with regard to genres, where comedies, horror, and action, among others, rarely get their due. In my opinion, comedies, in particular, get a raw deal. The Oscars will recognize comedies on …
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Top 11 movies that would be amazing with Nicolas Cage
My good friend used to pose a question to me, "Nicolas Cage, great actor, or greatest actor?" It's easy for us to forget since Cage went broke and now says "yes" to every script, but Nicolas Cage was a good actor who was enjoyable to watch. As Bill Simmons has noted, we have to love …
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John Wick is far superior to The Equalizer
These two movies will always be linked for me because there is a lot of common ground between them. They were both released in the fall of 2014, Equalizer in September, Wick in October. Both feature highly skilled badasses dispatching of Russian gangsters. They're both "revenge movies", wherein the main character is mad about something …
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12 Favorite Movie Plot Twists
There's a twist, I went top 12 instead of top 10! Shocker! Plot twists are fun, and I don't know if there's a movie experience quite like a plot twist that you're not expecting. Just the shock, and its ability to blow one's mind. By the letter of the law, a plot twist is "introducing …
10 Most Enjoyable Sports Movies
Wikipedia defines sports movies as, "a film genre that uses sport as the theme of the film. It is a production in which a sport, sporting event, athlete (and their sport), or follower of sport (and the sport they follow) are prominently featured, and which depend on sport to a significant degree for their plot …
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