Today we continue the 3-part series on sequels, The Good, The Bad, And The Contentious. Last time we looked at The Good – some of the very best sequels of all time; the ones that rise above the expectations.  Read that list here. And today? The Bad. Numbers 10—6 of the worst of the bunch. […]

(Yesterday began our analysis of some of the best movie sequels of all time.  You might want to start there, if you missed it, for the explanation and number 10-6.) And numbers 5-1? 5. Gremlins 2: The New Batch.   Gremlins was great.  It was creepy, funny and fun.  Gremlins 2 completely derails the first film […]

Sequels.  Much maligned and mocked.  Yet some of the best films ever made have been sequels.  Also some of the worst, laziest pieces of crap ever put to celluloid.  But those are for later.  Today we begin a look at sequels in three categories: the good, the bad, and the contentious, and we begin with […]

Rejected titles for the recently green-lit sequel to Snow White & The Huntsman Hunstman: Snow Whiter Snow White & The Gathererman Snow White & The Huntsman & Ted & Alice Snow White & The Huntsman 2: The Whitening 2 Snowy 2 Hunty Snow White 2: We Guarantee That Kristen Stewart Makes An Expression Besides That […]

You may want to stay up for several nights in a row in order to properly field test this: it’s time to vote for the best movie to watch when you have insomnia!  Bear in mind, you’re not necessarily looking for the movie on the list you’d most like to watch, or your personal favorite […]

So, there are the genres of movie we all know – the romcom, the horror film, et cetera.  But movies go way beyond that, in terms of niche.  Then there are the genres that are a bit more specified – genres you couldn’t really plan for. For example, some years ago one of my best […]

Highlights from this weekend’s movie theater showings: Topping the box office this weekend was Think Like A Man, which is apparently a movie that’s out right now.  It was also number one last weekend. Huh. An impressive number of people turned out to see Avengers, only to realize that it opens next weekend, and then […]

Why is Pulp Fiction just so, so great? I realize you can’t answer until after the fact, but it’s really not a rhetorical question.  It’s a question that needs answering because Pulp Fiction is great; it was great when it came out, and continues to be great, viewing it now… 10… 12… 15… OH MY GOD, […]

If you’ve seen a preview for a movie lately, you may have noticed a couple of trends emerging.  One is awesome/lame (which I’ll clarify), the other needs to stop, immediately. The first, is the sudden popularity of the BWWWWAAAAAARRRMM!!!! This, in case you’re for some reason unsure what I’m talking about, is the blast of […]

So, listen, we all have different feelings about the Oscars…often not great, sure, but there’s something unmistakably alluring about whole thing.  Maybe it’s just trying to identify the “best” movie, maybe it’s trying to identify what will win through examining the odds, maybe it’s just waiting for it to be over so you can huff […]

So I’m a big fan of Christopher Nolan’s films.  I’m particularly a fan of his collaboration with his brother Jonathan, because his brother is a prose writer, primarily, and lends a really interesting literary undercurrent to the films.  People who hated the end of Dark Knight tend to hate it because it wasn’t a very […]