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Watched on Wednesday May 28, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 28, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 28, 2025.

The durability of a franchise is something Hollywood constantly likes to test. Whether it’s tried and true series that continually deliver to some degree or what feels like reaching into a bag and deciding some cult favorite flop can somehow churn a profit as a rehashed image of itself years later, this is just part of the system that audiences have accepted. No matter their cries about the sacredness of the original, it hasn’t stopped them from going in droves to see what’s familiar over something new. The Karate Kid, much like the stars of their respective films, is a bit of an underdog among film franchises. It has had three out of five massively successful entries, along with an animated series, video games, an Broadway show, and, of course, a wildly successful, multi-season Netflix series. Karate Kid: Legends, if anything, is building on what has been working rather than feeling like a desperate attempt to keep the momentum going. Fortunately, this 2025 continuation of the series is also a lot of fun, with a fine handling of how to balance the past and present.

Read the whole review via We Live Entertainment.

Watched on Tuesday May 27, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 27, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 20, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 27, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 26, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 26, 2025.

There’s a part where the alien villains, the Kilaaks, believe they still have the upper hand against the humans, but while describing their next threat, they are interrupted by a particularly annoyed Godzilla. Seeing that split-second reaction shot of the Kilaak leader suddenly realizing they are screwed is pure cinema.

Watched on Saturday May 24, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 24, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 24, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 23, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 23, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 23, 2025.

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Watched on Thursday May 22, 2025.

Watched on Thursday May 22, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 21, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 21, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 20, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 20, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 20, 2025.

Not unlike the results of some of Stitch’s use of items as projectiles, talking about some of the same points involving live-action Disney remakes makes me sound like a broken record. Lilo & Stitch was a curious choice for me to see come up, as the film is fairly recent compared to other Disney cash gra…er remakes (don’t get me started on the Moana remake). In of the many (many) attempts to continually capitalize on different iterations of E.T., I just didn’t know what else could be gained from doing this particular story again. Sure, visual effects are at a point where the elaborate science fiction elements could be rendered in a new way, but it’s not as though there’s much in the way of innovation here, as opposed to just seeing what the tools filmmakers already have can do to rehash what’s been done before, but make it feel less special. With all of this in mind, Lilo & Stitch does have winning elements (largely the casting) that still make this version entertaining, despite my continual thoughts regarding the limbo these remakes exist in.

Read the whole review via We Live Entertainment.

In the same way that I find that some take what Wes Anderson delivers in his films for granted, I’m sure I’m idealizing his process. Making reasonably budgeted features with attractive ensemble casts, as far as studios are concerned, that get in and out in under two hours must feel like some sort of relief for a filmmaker who has seemingly never compromised on their proposed vision. As it stands, The Phoenician Scheme is another Anderson tale that entirely fits in line with his other features while still pushing into new directions. It has comparatively less heart than his previous feature, Asteroid City, but while that surprisingly emotional, Russian-doll-like structured film kept audiences contained in a summer-colored predicament, The Phoenician Scheme is an adventure lark with eyes on what happens when materialism and enlightenment collide. It’s also very funny and allows star Benicio del Toro to speak more lines in a row than I can ever .

Read the whole review via We Live Entertainment.

Bark Bark?

Watched on Monday May 19, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 17, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 16, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 16, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 16, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 16, 2025.

At the rate they are going, directors Danny and Michael Philippou seem likely to inflict some serious injury upon a toddler in the name of horror, yet it will somehow entertain. Bring Her Back is the follow-up film to the twin directors’ breakout indie horror film Talk To Me, and it finds these former YouTubers pushing themselves by going in a different direction. While they described their previous film as more of a “party horror movie,” Bring Her Back is decidedly more character-focused and intent on resting within a less expansive world, biding its time between gruesome moments, before launching an onslaught of pain by the end. Of course, having purpose means plenty, and while team RakaRaka doesn’t skimp on the extreme material, there’s a clear insistence on letting the impact of these matters truly affect the characters.

Read the full review via We Live Entertainment.

Watched on Wednesday May 14, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 14, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 14, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 14, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

One of my favorite line readings in the entire Mission: Impossible film series comes from one of its more derided entries, 2000’s Mission: Impossible 2. When Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt dares to question the challenge of his task, Anthony Hopkins’ Mission Commander Swanbeck replies, “Well, this is not mission difficult, Mr. Hunt, it’s mission impossible.” It would be a silly line were it not delivered with such skill, but it was also spoken about something relatively straightforward. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is the eighth entry in this franchise, and the notion of just how impossible these missions can get has grown so exponentially that the film’s only justification for such high stakes is by blaming Hunt for his choice of gambling billions of lives to accomplish things his way. As a result, this (possibly final) entry in the blockbuster series aims to be as emotional as it is thrilling, with an addition of past reflection in the form of numerous callbacks to the other entries in the series. That last point may rub some the wrong way, given the extra lengthiness of this installment becoming a result of said blasts from the past, however, being such an earnest series, it made little difference to my overall enjoyment, especially with director Christopher McQuarrie and star/producer/daredevil Cruise going above and beyond for some bravura set pieces, including one wild and incredibly tense finale.

Read the whole review via We Live Entertainment.

Also - Outstanding gimbal work in this one.

Watched on Monday May 12, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 12, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 11, 2025.

A ranking of The Karate Kid films.

1. The Karate Kid
2. The Karate Kid Part II
3. The Karate Kid
4. Karate Kid: Legends
5. The Karate Kid Part III
6. The Next Karate Kid

A ranking of all of Guy Ritchie's films.

1. Snatch
2. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
3. RocknRolla
4. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
5. Sherlock Holmes
6. Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
7. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
8. Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
9. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
10. The Gentlemen

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A ranking of the live-action (or otherwise) remakes/reimaginings/whatever of Disney films.

1. The Jungle Book
2. Cruella
3. Cinderella
4. Pete's Dragon
5. Mufasa: The Lion King
6. 101 Dalmatians
7. Aladdin
8. The Sorcerer's Apprentice
9. The Jungle Book
10. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Wes Anderson is one of my favorite filmmakers, with a style I love. I've decided to rank his films right here. Yes, I love The Life Aquatic.

1. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2. Fantastic Mr. Fox
3. Rushmore
4. The Royal Tenenbaums
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel
6. Moonrise Kingdom
7. Asteroid City
8. The Phoenician Scheme
9. The French Dispatch
10. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My ranking of the Final Destination horror franchise.

1. Final Destination 5
2. Final Destination
3. Final Destination 2
4. Final Destination Bloodlines
5. The Final Destination
6. Final Destination 3

Taking a somewhat offhand approach to ranking my favorite films of the 21st century up to 2025.

One rule - Limit directors to one film.

Hardest cut - Michael Clayton

1. City of God
2. The Social Network
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. Shaun of the Dead
6. Lovers Rock
7. No Country for Old Men
8. Memento
9. Munich
10. Spirited Away

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to enjoy my rankings of the Mission: Impossible film franchise.

1. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
2. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
3. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
4. Mission: Impossible
5. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
6. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
7. Mission: Impossible II
8. Mission: Impossible III

Here's a ranking of the Star Wars films. Not all that surprising, but here it is.

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Return of the Jedi
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
5. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
6. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
7. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
8. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
9. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
10. Solo: A Star Wars Story

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A ranking of the films from prolific director Ridley Scott.

1. Alien
2. Blade Runner
3. Kingdom of Heaven
4. Matchstick Men
5. Thelma & Louise
6. Black Hawk Down
7. Prometheus
8. The Martian
9. The Duellists
10. American Gangster

...plus 19 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A ranking of the films in Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Thunderbolts*
• The Marvels
• Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2
• Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'

  Pretend this is Daredevil: Born Again.

• Deadpool & Wolverine
• Agatha All Along
• Captain America: Brave New World
• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
• Echo

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My ongoing take on the MCU, including the connected shows.

1. Guardians of the Galaxy
2. Black Panther
3. The Avengers
4. Captain America: The First Avenger
5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
6. Avengers: Age of Ultron
7. Iron Man
8. Avengers: Endgame
9. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
10. Avengers: Infinity War

...plus 41 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A full ranking of the features of the MCU.

1. Guardians of the Galaxy
2. Black Panther
3. The Avengers
4. Captain America: The First Avenger
5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
6. Avengers: Age of Ultron
7. Iron Man
8. Avengers: Endgame
9. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
10. Avengers: Infinity War

...plus 26 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A list of my favorite films from the year I was born, 1986.

1. The Fly
2. Aliens
3. Manhunter
4. Hannah and Her Sisters
5. Big Trouble in Little China
6. Platoon
7. Little Shop of Horrors
8. Blue Velvet
9. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
10. Night of the Creeps

...plus 22 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Here's a list of my favorite films of 2015, ranked.

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. The Hateful Eight
3. Son of Saul
4. Victoria
5. Ex Machina
6. Love & Mercy
7. Steve Jobs
8. Creed
9. Spotlight
10. Predestination

...plus 30 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A ranking of the films from Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho.

1. Parasite
2. Snowpiercer
3. The Host
4. Memories of Murder
5. Mother
6. Mickey 17
7. Okja
8. Barking Dogs Never Bite

   Need to revisit

My ranking of all of the Oscar winners for Best Picture that I have seen.

1. The Godfather
2. The Godfather Part II
3. The Apartment
4. Casablanca
5. On the Waterfront
6. It Happened One Night
7. The Silence of the Lambs
8. The Bridge on the River Kwai
9. Unforgiven
10. No Country for Old Men

...plus 56 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Letterboxd Showdown - Best primates in film

"It’s been a prime year for primates. Yes, The Monkey is swinging its way into theaters, but let’s not forget the CGI chimps of Better Man, Wicked, Gladiator II, and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (three of which are vying for visual-effects Oscars at the time of this Showdown’s posting). Compile a list of your ten most superb simians, your greatest gibbons, your leading lemurs—King Julien is just as eligible as King Kong!"

1. King Kong
2. King Kong
3. Monkey Business
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey
5. Speed Racer
6. Planet of the Apes
7. Nope
8. The Wizard of Oz
9. The Lion King
10. Twelve Monkeys

...plus 21 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

All of the films I watched at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

• Trifole
• I Hate Myself and Want to Die
• O Horizon
• The Knife
• To Kill a Wolf
• Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2
• Mistura
• My Dead Friend Zoe
• Space Cowboy
• Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A ranking of the films from 87North Productions, and directors and producers Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, who kicked things off as directors with their work on John Wick, and have grown from there.

1. John Wick: Chapter 4
2. John Wick: Chapter 2
3. John Wick
4. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
5. Nobody
6. The Fall Guy
7. Day Shift
8. Violent Night
9. Bullet Train
10. Deadpool 2

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A ranking of the films directed by surrealist David Lynch.

1. The Straight Story
2. Blue Velvet
3. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
4. The Elephant Man
5. Mulholland Drive
6. Lost Highway
7. Inland Empire
8. Wild at Heart
9. Eraserhead
10. Dune

Probably one of the more important lists I'll make - ranking the Sharknado films that originally aired on the SyFy channel.

1. Sharknado 2: The Second One
2. Sharknado
3. Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
4. The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
5. Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
6. Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens

My list of favorites from 2024.

Read the full list here, including honorable mentions, special mentions, Easter eggs, and more...

1. Nickel Boys

   “All those lost geniuses…they had been denied even the simple pleasure of being ordinary. Hobbled and handicapped before the race even began, never figuring out how to be normal.”

2. Hundreds of Beavers

   “Oh!”

3. The Brutalist

   “Promise you won’t let it drive you mad.”

4. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

   “The question is, do you have it in you to make it epic?”

5. Sing Sing

   “We’re here to become human again and enjoy the things that are not in our reality.”

6. Dune: Part Two

   “May thy knife chip and shatter.”

7. Ghostlight

   “It seems like you might want a chance of being someone else.”

8. Anora

   “I don’t need anyone’s permission to be who I am.”

9. Red Rooms

   “I want to ask your forgiveness for what I will inflict on you.”

10. Rebel Ridge

    “So, I was thinking, what if we just walk away? But then I was like, naaah…”

...plus 66 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A ranking of the films from Netflix that have been nominated for Best Picture.

1. Mank
2. The Power of the Dog
3. Marriage Story
4. The Irishman
5. Roma
6. All Quiet on the Western Front
7. Don't Look Up
8. Emilia Pérez
9. Maestro
10. The Trial of the Chicago 7

A ranking of the films watched for the Summer of 2004 at 20 podcast series - part of The Brandon Peters Show.

1. Spider-Man 2
2. Before Sunset
3. Collateral
4. Hero
5. Donnie Darko

   The Director's Cut

6. Zatoichi
7. Baadasssss!
8. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
9. The Bourne Supremacy
10. Shrek 2

...plus 61 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A list of the best films released prior to 2024 that I managed to see for the first time during that year.

1. The Last Dragon
2. Diabolique
3. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
4. The Rain People
5. PlayTime
6. 3 Women
7. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
8. A Perfect World
9. Bullet in the Head
10. Act of Violence

...plus 40 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I seem to have a lot of thoughts on which video game movies I consider to be some version of "good" and how I would rank them. So, in a realm where I don't care for the Resident Evil franchise films, and Silent Hill doesn't impress me as much as it does for others, here is that list.

1. Mortal Kombat
2. Werewolves Within
3. Street Fighter
4. Gran Turismo
5. Pokémon Detective Pikachu
6. Rampage
7. Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
8. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
9. Super Mario Bros.
10. Sonic the Hedgehog 2

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A ranking of all the Spider-Man films... and Venom, I guess (And I've yet to see a bad Spider-Man movie).

(not counting the films from before 2002)

1. Spider-Man 2
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
3. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
4. Spider-Man
5. The Amazing Spider-Man 2
6. Spider-Man: No Way Home
7. Spider-Man 3
8. Spider-Man: Far From Home
9. Spider-Man: Homecoming
10. The Amazing Spider-Man

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A ranking of the films by director James Mangold.

1. 3:10 to Yuma
2. Ford v Ferrari
3. Logan
4. A Complete Unknown
5. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
6. The Wolverine
7. Identity
8. Walk the Line
9. Heavy
10. Knight and Day

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The ranking is a bit debatable, but this is my ongoing list of favorite movies.

• Jackie Brown
• Jaws
• Grosse Pointe Blank
• City of God
• Fight Club
• Pulp Fiction
• The Big Lebowski
• The Empire Strikes Back
• Star Wars
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

...plus 157 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A ranking of the films directed by Jon M. Chu.

1. In the Heights
2. Step Up 3D
3. Wicked
4. Step Up 2: The Streets
5. Crazy Rich Asians
6. G.I. Joe: Retaliation
7. Now You See Me 2
8. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
9. Jem and the Holograms
10. Justin Bieber's Believe

My ranking of Steve McQueen's films, with links to my reviews for each of the Small Axe series entries.

1. Lovers Rock

   weliveentertainment.com/welivetvshows/tv-review-small-axe-episode-2-lovers-rock/

2. Mangrove

   weliveentertainment.com/welivetvshows/tv-review-small-axe-episode-1-mangrove/

3. 12 Years a Slave
4. Widows
5. Hunger
6. Education

   weliveentertainment.com/welivetvshows/small-axe-review-education/

7. Blitz
8. Alex Wheatle

   weliveentertainment.com/welivetvshows/small-axe-review-alex-wheatle/

9. Shame
10. Red, White and Blue

    weliveentertainment.com/welivetvshows/small-axe-review-red-white-blue/

A ranking of the films from director Steven Spielberg.

1. Jaws
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Munich
4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
5. Schindler's List
6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
9. Minority Report
10. Saving Private Ryan

...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A ranking of the “Old Man Action Hero” films that star Liam Neeson.

1. The Grey
2. Taken
3. Non-Stop
4. Cold Pursuit
5. The A-Team
6. In the Land of Saints and Sinners
7. The Commuter
8. A Walk Among the Tombstones
9. Run All Night
10. Retribution

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

It's Halloween, so time to rank the films in one of my favorite Horror franchises.

1. Halloween
2. Halloween II
3. Halloween II
4. Halloween Ends
5. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
6. Halloween
7. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
8. Halloween Kills
9. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
10. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

    The Producer’s Cut gets 3 Stars.
    The Theatrical gets 1 1/2 stars and would rank lower.

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A ranking of the films by Rob Zombie.

1. The Devil's Rejects
2. The Lords of Salem
3. Halloween II
4. House of 1000 Corpses
5. The Munsters
6. The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
7. Halloween
8. 31
9. 3 from Hell

A ranking of the films directed by Robert Zemeckis.

1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
2. Back to the Future
3. Forrest Gump
4. Back to the Future Part II
6. Beowulf
7. Cast Away
8. I Wanna Hold Your Hand
9. Back to the Future Part III
10. A Christmas Carol

...plus 12 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A ranking of the various Hellboy productions.

1. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2. Hellboy
3. Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
4. Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
5. Hellboy: The Crooked Man
6. Hellboy

A ranking of the films in the V/H/S series.

1. V/H/S/2
2. V/H/S/94
3. V/H/S/85
4. V/H/S
5. V/H/S/99
6. V/H/S/Beyond
7. V/H/S: Viral

A ranking of the films by Jason Reitman.

1. Up in the Air
2. Juno
3. Young Adult
4. Tully
5. Saturday Night
6. Thank You for Smoking
7. The Front Runner
8. Ghostbusters: Afterlife
9. Labor Day
10. Men, Women & Children

A ranking of the films directed by Todd Phillips.

1. Old School
2. The Hangover
3. Joker
4. Road Trip
5. Starsky & Hutch
6. The Hangover Part II
7. War Dogs
8. The Hangover Part III
9. Due Date
10. Joker: Folie à Deux

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

As this cinematic universe grows, here's my thoughts on how these DC cinematic Universe films stack up.

1. The Suicide Squad
2. Wonder Woman
3. Shazam!
4. Aquaman
5. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
6. Zack Snyder's Justice League
7. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
8. The Flash
9. Wonder Woman 1984
10. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A ranking of the various theatrical Transformers films.

1. Bumblebee
2. The Transformers: The Movie
3. Transformers
4. Transformers One
5. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
6. Transformers: Age of Extinction
7. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
8. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
9. Transformers: The Last Knight

A ranking of the various films directed by Kevin Smith.

1. Dogma
2. Clerks
3. Clerks II
4. Chasing Amy
5. Red State
6. Jersey Girl
7. Mallrats

   The commentary is funnier than the movie itself, though there's still some fun to be had here.

8. Zack and Miri Make a Porno
9. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
10. The 4:30 Movie

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Letterboxd Showdown:

"Best underseen family films

It’s back-to-school season, which means your reserves of family-friendly films may be running low after a summer of movie nights. For this Showdown, raise your voice and come up with a valiant list of your ten favorite movies that are (a.) suitable to watch with kiddos aged twelve or under and (b.) boast fewer than 100,000 watches. While this threshold doesn’t necessarily scream ‘underseen’, it’s to protect the underdogs; without it, Paddington 2 would rightfully win in a marmalade landslide. As such, Ratatouille is ineligible with 3.4 million watches, though his Brazilian-Portuguese cousin Ratatoing is fair game. Lists up, little monsters, little princes and little princesses!"

1. The Adventures of Robin Hood
2. The Cameraman
3. Whale Rider
4. The Rocketeer
5. The Red Turtle
6. Little Big League
7. Missing Link
8. Akeelah and the Bee
9. Millions
10. The Kid Who Would Be King

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

It is not at all fully thought out, but so far, looking at the 2020s decade.

1. Small Axe
2. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
3. RRR
4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
5. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
6. Everything Everywhere All at Once
7. Nope
8. Godzilla Minus One
9. Tenet
10. Da 5 Bloods

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I love Tim Burton and even though he has gone down my list director's who are consistently great, I still wanted to put something together that lists out my favorite Burton films, which I think functions as his "bests" as well.

1. Sleepy Hollow
2. Ed Wood
3. Batman Returns
4. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
5. Beetlejuice
6. Batman
7. Big Fish
8. Edward Scissorhands
9. Pee-wee's Big Adventure
10. Mars Attacks!

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My year end list, where I ranked my 30 favorite films of 2014.

1. A Most Violent Year
2. Nightcrawler
3. Boyhood
4. Selma
5. The Lego Movie
6. Snowpiercer
7. Only Lovers Left Alive
8. Chef
9. Enemy
10. Godzilla

...plus 31 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

An ongoing ranking of the stop-motion animated films produced by Laika.

1. ParaNorman
2. Kubo and the Two Strings
3. Coraline
4. Missing Link
5. The Boxtrolls

Since there is a necessity to link these two franchises, I figured I would rank them all right here. It helps that I'm a big fan of both of these sci-fi movie monsters.

1. Alien
2. Predator
3. Aliens
4. Prometheus
5. Prey
6. Alien: Romulus
7. Alien: Covenant
8. Predator 2
9. Predators
10. Alien³

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Letterboxd Showdown:
Cuckoo and Trap are the happening events right now, stirring up the dead calm of northern hemisphere summer. So, ready or not, here’s the invitation: we’re searching for the best thrillers with the tightest runtimes. While the options are limitless, you are rope-bound to some rules: selections must be in our ‘thriller’ genre and must be 105 minutes or shorter. Now, hush up and crank out a chronicle of the 10 (Cloverfield Lane) movies—within our circle of parameters—that you’re most taken with, whether they’re about strangers on a train or snakes on a plane.

Note: This list is more offhand picks than a deep study, but they're all great.

1. Bad Day at Black Rock
2. The Night of the Hunter
3. Point Blank
4. Blood Simple
5. A History of Violence
6. Good Time
7. Enemy
8. The Killing
9. Run Lola Run
10. Act of Violence