Karate Kid: Ranked from Worst to Best

By Charles Pugh The 1980s were one of the best decades for escapist entertainment in music, television and film genres such as fantasy, sci-fi and the subject matter of this list, sports themed underdog stories. While films such as Rocky and The Bad News Bears started in the late seventies, it was the high financialContinue reading “Karate Kid: Ranked from Worst to Best”

Mission: Impossible films. Ranked from Worst to Best

By Charles Pugh. Created in response to the popularity of the James Bond films in the U.K., along with a range of other spy and espionage films and television shows like Charlie’s Angels, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, Bruce Geller’s Mission: Impossible 1966 tv series was a show that focused more on impossible heists and teamworkContinue reading “Mission: Impossible films. Ranked from Worst to Best”

Final Destination Films: Ranked from Worst to Best.

The concept of unavoidable death is one of the most frightening concepts to have ever permeated horror cinema. Whereas slasher films like Halloween, Friday the 13th and It usually have their antagonists be visible threats where the protagonists can usually avoid, Final Destination, based on a rejected idea for an episode of The X-Files ,Continue reading “Final Destination Films: Ranked from Worst to Best.”

Classic Reviews (2025)

Zodiac (2007) Directed by: David Fincher Written by: James Vanderbilt Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brain Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch and Dermot Mulroney Music by: David Shire Rated: 15 In the summer of 1969 Northern California, a mysterious serial killer calling himself “The Zodiac” commits fiveContinue reading “Classic Reviews (2025)”

Current Film Reviews (2025)

We Live in Time Directed by: John Crowley Written by: Nick Payne Starring: Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh, Lee Braithwaite, Aoife Hinds, Adam James, Niamh Cusack and Douglas Hodge Music by: Bryce Dessner Rated: 15 Told in a nonlinear narrative, Tobias Durand (Andrew Garfield), a recently divorced cereal executive, gets accidentally injured by a young BavarianContinue reading “Current Film Reviews (2025)”

Middle-Earth in Film: Ranked from Worst to Best.

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, or J,R.R. Tolkien, was one of the most influential figures in the history of modern fantasy fiction. Created out of a desire to give England its own mythology that wasn’t copied from other world cultures, and further built on in 1911 when he began writing The Silmarillon (which wouldn’t be finishedContinue reading “Middle-Earth in Film: Ranked from Worst to Best.”

Spider-Man in film.

Reviews listed below of all the live-action Spider-Man films. This list does not include the Marvel Cinematic Universe films that feature Spider-Man as a supporting character (Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame), Sony’s Spider-Man films that don’t include Spider-Man at all (Morbius, Madame Web, Kraven the Hunter and the Venom trilogy)Continue reading “Spider-Man in film.”

Best Animated Feature Academy Award nominees and wins. Ranked from Worst to Best. 9-1.

9. Coraline (2009) Directed by: Henry Selick Written by: Henry Selick Starring: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David, John Hodgman, Robert Bailey Jr. and Ian McShane Music by: Bruno Coulais Rated: PG Coraline Jones (Dakota Fanning), an 11 year old girl from Michigan moves into the mysterious Pink Palace Apartments withContinue reading “Best Animated Feature Academy Award nominees and wins. Ranked from Worst to Best. 9-1.”

Best Animated Feature Academy Award nominees and wins. Ranked from Worst to Best. 19-10.

19. Wreck-it Ralph (2012) Directed by: Rich Moore Written by: Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee Starring: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch and Alan Tudyk. Music by: Henry Jackman Rated: PG Within the plug sockets of the arcade machines of Litwick’s Arcade, numerous video-game characters interact with each other whenever the placeContinue reading “Best Animated Feature Academy Award nominees and wins. Ranked from Worst to Best. 19-10.”

Best Animated Feature Academy Award nominees and wins. Ranked from Worst to Best. 29-20.

29. Moana (2016) Directed by: Ron Clements and John Musker Written by: Jared Bush Starring: Auliʻi Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger and Alan Tudyk. Music by: Mark Mancina Rated: PG Long ago in Ancient Polynesia, the residents of the island of Motunui live a very sheltered lifestyle eating coconuts,Continue reading “Best Animated Feature Academy Award nominees and wins. Ranked from Worst to Best. 29-20.”