One of my favorite comedic actors, Will Ferrell, turned 55 on July 16th. With that in mind, I thought, should I do a top 10 Ferrell post? Of course! However, I figure that his leading man performances and biggest SNL skits have probably been talked about a lot. I may post about them later, but …
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I haven’t been to a movie theater in over two years, but one memory I have from being in there is that sometimes they’d have posters of movies that weren’t yet in the previews. So, seeing posters could potentially be my first view at a new movie, which was exciting. I didn’t think too much …
One “party game” type of question that’s been posed in many forms is ‘what 10 _____ would you bring with you to a desert island?’ As a movie lover, I’ve certainly thought about this many times with regard to movies. I thought I would write a post about that, but then I got concerned that …
The Oscars were a couple of weeks ago and I didn’t really care because I haven’t seen any of the movies over the last two years. However, one thing that even the pandemic can’t shutdown is the sense of annoyance I feel when the Oscars mess up. I don’t know why. I don’t have any …
Character arcs are somewhat of an unspoken aspect of movies. If we ask someone how they feel about a movie, normally they respond about the thrilling action, or crazy twist, or comedy stunts. We may talk about the characters being funny or badass, but the whole arc is an underrated aspect of a movie. Characters …
A few years ago, I wrote a post about my 12 favorite plot twists. One thing I noticed about that post is that 9.5 out of 12 entries took place near the end of the movie (I say 9.5 because one of the entries had a twist in the middle and at the end). That’s …
It’s been a while since I’ve written. I’ve spent much of the last year focusing on other projects. But after listening to a Rewatchables podcast for the fantastic, Inside Man, I got an itch to write. My one reader said she’s really excited about it. The discussion on the podcast turned to the 2006/2007 Oscars …
The idea for favorite Closing lines, is far from new, but says as much about personal movie tastes as any other movie list. Comparing openings and closings is an interesting exercise because for openings we often look at the whole scene or sequence, whereas the end of a movie is often summed up by a …
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…And we’ve reached the top 10. What a journey. If my only reader has made it this far, thank you for hanging in! I’ve immensely enjoyed compiling and writing about this list. I wanted to note a few statistics about the composition of my top 100 list that might add a little perspective. As noted, …
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Every year the NFL comes out with a list of the Top 100 players and they announce their list ten spots at a time; I’m ripping off their format with these posts. The second to last showing, #20 – #11, is often times the most exciting and controversial because it’s really the last reveal – …
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