Category: Lists
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Top Five Worst Films of 2025
These lists are bullshit. Movies, film, art, blockbusters…they are designed to entertain us in exchange for money. It’s a system and that’s okay, as it’s what we got and it works for now. The good ones make us feel; feel excited, annoyed, joy, and away from our lives for a short while as we experience…
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Five Killer Medieval Movies
The Dark Ages. What a glorious time to explore…from this safe distance. A swift decline in culture and science, and a rapid rise in the plague, are archaic fodder for some tremendous films. Here are five that do the brutality of this time period justice. VALHALLA RISING (2010) In between The Pusher Trilogy (1996 –…
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Top Five Overrated Horror Films
Like a lot of you out there, our plan for Halloween night, after the trick-or-treaters are safe at home and eating their hauls, is to eat whatever’s leftover and enjoy a horror movie. We threw out some ideas for this year’s watch…a classic or something new perhaps? There are so many subgenres to choose from,…
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The Substance of Demi Moore: Body Art
Though not perfect (we have thoughts, see our review), Demi Moore’s newest film The Substance is a cheeky choice for the American actress. Some might say it’s courageous and daring, being that she is literally baring it all while deconstructing the plight of an aging Hollywood starlet. It’s bullseye casting. However, we argue that this…
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5 Thanksgiving films that don’t have Thanksgiving in the title…
…and so you may missed that they are in fact Thanksgiving films Hopefully your first Thanksgiving watch was A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973). This list is for watching after that most wholesome introduction: PRISONERS (2013) In Denis Villeneuve’s thriller, Hugh Jackman’s character (the Bruce Spingsteen lovin’, deer huntin’, independent contractin’ Father Keller Dover) offers…
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5 Underrated Russell Crowe Films
Most of us are familiar with contenders for the top 5 best Russel Crowe movies: Gladiator (2000), L.A. Confidential (1997), A Beautiful Mind (2001), The Insider (1999), 3:10 To Yuma ( (2007), Cinderella Man (2005), American Gangster (2007), the list deservedly goes on. One of the greatest actors living today has a plethora of acclaimed…
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5 films that you either forgot were Halloween or missed altogether
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (2011) A beautifully disturbing film that ponders the nature vs. nuture/are some kids just pieces of shit question. Plan-B Mother in training Tilda Swinton’s unraveling is accelerated as trick or treaters arrive abruptly and she realizes she doesn’t have any candy. Booooo! (Are you saying Boo-Urns?’) She hits the…
