The landing page, with rationale and links to other posts in this series, can be found here. We’re entering the Wolfgang Reitherman portion of the program, which I’m pretty jazzed about. (Everything from here on out is at least okay, which is kind of a relief…writing about bad movies isn’t super fun.) There’s good and bad… Read More Disney/Pixar Rankings: 50-46
For a brief introduction and a running list of movies covered in this project, click here 55) Sabotage (1936), directed by Alfred Hitchcock I wasn’t ready for Hitchcock to do it, and then he did it anyway. That sounds naive, but the man was called the “Master of Suspense,” not the “Master of Dropping the Hammer,” and Sabotage is… Read More Better than BFI’s Top 100: 55-51
The landing page, with rationale and links to other posts in this series, can be found here. Wreck-It Ralph is not an interesting or good enough movie to deserve a sequel, which is just resoundingly obvious in Ralph Breaks the Internet. Ralph and Vanellope are forced to reckon with their natures in the first movie, and that’s a story… Read More Disney/Pixar Rankings: 55-51
For a brief introduction and a running list of movies covered in this project, click here 60) Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott Last year I was in my living room with a cockroach. I thought I saw it duck out from behind my curtains and then run back behind them, and I wasn’t entirely sure that… Read More Better than BFI’s Top 100: 60-56
For a brief introduction and a running list of movies covered in this project, click here 65 Straw Dogs (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah Why didn’t they call it The Violent Bear Trap It Away? Hee hee. Seriously, though, when that thing finally goes off I gasped. It was not a cute “Oh, merciful heavens” gasp, but one… Read More Better than BFI’s Top 100: 65-61
The landing page, with rationale and links to other posts in this series, can be found here. A fear of what it means to grow old is at the heart of a number of Pixar’s better movies: Toy Story 2 stands alone on this thematic promontory, but there’s applause to be shared for movies like Up or Toy Story 3 or The Incredibles,… Read More Disney/Pixar Rankings: 60-56
The landing page, with rationale and links to other posts in this series, can be found here. There are times when a movie being boring is kind of the point. Loving is sort of a boring movie. There are long stretches of Stalker which are well short of exciting. Columbus is not a thrill ride. Incidentally, those are three of the… Read More Disney/Pixar Rankings: 65-61
For a brief introduction and a running list of movies covered in this project, click here 70) The Mission (1986), directed by Roland Joffe If a movie features the most beautiful piece of music ever written for a film, does it deserve to make a list like this without question? The Mission is a very good movie on… Read More Better than BFI’s Top 100: 70-66
Seeing Things Secondhand 