This is for the miscellaneous material. These are the editorials, lists, and Year-in-Review columns that don’t fit on the other pages. Unlike those other pages, these are not arranged alphabetically, but in chronological order, because timing and context matters and can add perspective. These are some of my most popular posts, so I hope you find something to dig your teeth into!
Audiences Demanded An Unfaithful Deadpool, Got It, And It’s a Huge Success
“Harley Quinn = Money” Should Be Warner Brothers’s Takeaway From the Success of Deadpool
Films That Every Self-Professed Film Lover Should See
God’s Not Dead 2 Is This Year’s Fifty Shades Of Grey
Eight Marvel Cinematic Universe Films That I (And You) Want To See
Five Films With Commonly-Mistaken Directors
The Universe Won’t Allow Me To See THE LOBSTER (or Why I Hate Washington, D.C.)
The 10 Most Annoying Moviegoers
50/50, Part 1 – The Top Five Standout Performances
50/50, Part 2 – The Top Five Pleasant Surprises
50/50, Part 3 – The Top 5 Underperformers
50/50, Part 4 -The Top Five Pulse-Pounders
50/50, Part 5 – My Top Five Favorite Films
You’re Using Rotten Tomatoes Incorrectly
This Weekend Proved That Americans Don’t Want Movie “Originality”
10 Fourth-Quarter 2016 Films to Be Excited About!
My Eleven Favorite TV Characters
2016 Year In Review – Top 5 Horror Movies
2016 Year in Review – 2016’s Five Coolest Characters
2016 Year in Review – The Five Most Thrilling Action Scenes
The Movie March Golden Globes Preview!
2016 Year In Review – The Five Worst Films
2016 Year in Review – The Top 5 Faces of the Future
2016 Year In Review – The Top 5 Funniest Movies
2016 Year in Review – The Top 25 Films of 2016: #25-16
2016 Year in Review – The Top 25 Films of 2016: #15-11
2016 Year in Review – The Top 25 Films of 2016: #10-6
2016 Year in Review – The Top 25 Films of 2016: #5-1
The Movie March Oscar Preview!
How I was C*ckblocked by ROGUE ONE’s Real Darth Vader (or “Another Kind of Star Wars Story”)
A Plea to Warner Brothers and DC – Stop Jerking Us Around!
Get Over Yourselves, America! The Movies Don’t Need You, Anymore!
The Ten Best Comic Book Movie Castings
10 More Films That Every Self-Professed Film Lover Should See
Why Event Films are as Relevant as Current Events
Ten Fourth-Quarter 2017 Films to be Excited About!
What Should – and Shouldn’t – be Expected from Marvel after the Disney-Fox Deal
2017 Year in Review – Top Five Horror Movies
2017 Year in Review – 2017’s Five Coolest Characters
2017 Year in Review – 2017’s Five Best Villains
2017 Year in Review – 2017’s Five Best Box Office Bombs
2018’s Twelve Biggest Oscar Snubs!
Let’s All Stop Pretending the Razzies Have Credibility
2017 Year in Review – The Top 25 Films of 2017: #25-21
2017 Year in Review – The Top 25 Films of 2017: #20-16
2017 Year in Review – The Top 25 Films of 2017: #15-11
2017 Year in Review – The Top 25 Films of 2017: #10-6
2017 Year in Review – The Top 25 Films of 2017: #5-1
Black Panther Settles It: You Aren’t Too Good For Marvel Studios’ Movies
The 2018 Movie March Oscar Preview
Spoiler-Filled Infinity War Discussion (and the Audience Reaction to That Ending)!
The Movie March! 