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2020: The Year in Tiers - The Worst
It's a couple of months later than usual so that we could include all of the 2020 Oscar eligible films released, but here we are with the...
Mar 1, 2021


The Best (and Worst) Films of 2019: The Best
Top tier consists of the best of the best, undisputed heavyweight champions of the world. I usually try to keep it to 10 but this year...
Jan 3, 2020


The Best (and Worst) Films of 2019: The Runners Up
The fourth tier consists of great movies that are just a step behind the best. The consummate silver medalists, the runners up, the Karl...
Jan 2, 2020


The Best (and Worst) Films of 2019: The Middle
This third tier is the "Just Fine" group of average or slightly above flicks that are passable but it wouldn't be the end of the world if...
Jan 1, 2020


The Best (and Worst) Films of 2019: The Bad
The second tier contains films that are decidedly bad but not terrible either. Nobody's first choice but if it's the only thing left in...
Dec 31, 2019


The Best (and Worst) Films of 2019: The Worst
Our 2019 Year in Review now takes aim at dividing this year's cinematic output into our 5 tiered system and we're starting with the worst...
Dec 30, 2019


The Art of Self-Defense
It's pretty easy to pigeon-hole Jesse Eisenberg as a one note actor but in all honesty, he's one of the only actors working who intrigues...
Oct 18, 2019


Joker
It took me a minute to sift through my thoughts on this one but I'll try and toss in my two cents without it sounding like more of what...
Oct 16, 2019


El Camino
6 years after the reign of Heisenberg was thought to be over, Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan returns to the crumbling meth empire...
Oct 11, 2019


Critters Attack
Critters is not what most would call a classic horror franchise. For most people, it's hardly worth mentioning as anything more than an...
Aug 2, 2019


The Beach Bum
It's been 6 years since Harmony Korine blessed us with his surreal take on late capitalism in his neon drenched fever dream Spring...
Aug 1, 2019


Under the Silver Lake
While I appreciated the concept of director David Robert Mitchell's indie horror breakout, It Follows, I wasn't necessarily sold on the...
Aug 1, 2019


Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino occupies an incredibly unique space in Hollywood. Not only does he turn genre pictures into Oscar caliber works of art...
Jul 29, 2019


The Hateful Eight
Say what you will about Tarantino's work, each of his films certainly has it's own unique flare. But with the Hateful Eight, for the...
Jul 25, 2019


Django Unchained
After reclaiming his position as one of Hollywood's most exciting filmmakers with Inglorious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino returns with...
Jul 25, 2019


Inglorious Basterds
It probably seems odd to call a film that rewrites the death of one of history's most notorious villains "traditional" but Inglorious...
Jul 24, 2019


Grindhouse
On the surface, it's easy to look back and see why Grindhouse was such a commercial failure. Setting out to make a 3 hour celebration of...
Jul 24, 2019


Kill Bill
If Jackie Brown is Tarantino's most overlooked movie, Kill Bill has to be his most over-celebrated. It feels like Tarantino took the...
Jul 24, 2019


Jackie Brown
Following a cultural revelation like Pulp Fiction was never going to be an easy task, but with Jackie Brown, Tarantino delivers one of...
Jul 23, 2019


Pulp Fiction
It's hard to believe it's already been 25 years since Quentin Tarantino took Hollywood by storm with his second feature film, Pulp...
Jul 22, 2019
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