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The Greatest James Bond Films

Every James Bond film ranked, with the rating each one carries in its own review. Casino Royale first, Die Another Day last, and a series that survives by periodically admitting it has gone wrong.

Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark in the cave workshop scene from Iron Man, building the Mark I suit from salvaged parts.

The MCU Phase 1 – Proving It Could Work

The six films that built the MCU, ranked and reviewed in release order, with scores and craft notes. Phase 1 averages 8.67, the highest of any phase.

The MCU Phase 6 – The Reset

The reset in progress. Released entries scored, announced entries held as placeholders and filled in as the phase arrives.

The MCU Phase 5 – The MCU Pushes the Message

Fourteen projects, an average of 2.67 and a median of 1. The lowest scoring phase in the franchise, examined entry by entry.

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The MCU Phase 4 – The MCU Becomes the MSHEU

Seventeen projects in two years, scored and reviewed in release order. Phase 4 is where the cinematic universe became a content pipeline.

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The MCU Phase 3 – The Payoff

All eleven Phase 3 films in release order with scores. The first six average 7.33 and the last five average 3.20, which is where the decline actually starts.

A collage of six Marvel film posters from Phase 2, arranged in a grid showing Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain

The MCU Phase 2 – Finding the Formula

Iron Man 3 through Ant-Man, in release order with scores and craft notes. Phase 2 found the formula and set both the ceiling and the floor of the franchise.

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Horror for People Who Do Not Like Horror

Twenty horror films for people who believe they do not like horror. Almost none are gore, most contain no monster worth the name, and several are among the best films ever made in any genre. Ranked gentlest to hardest so…

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The Greatest Christmas Films

Twenty Christmas films ranked, including several that are genuinely bleak, one about an attempted suicide, one about a family destroying each other over the English crown, and one nobody thinks of as a Christmas film despite every scene being lit…

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The Greatest Cruise Ship and Ocean Liner Films

Twenty films set on cruise ships and ocean liners — from Titanic's class-divided sinking to Triangle of Sadness's savage yacht satire to The Love Boat's aspirational not-sinking. The ship is never just a ship. It's a floating world, a class…

Movies Rotten Tomatoes Got Dead Wrong

Twenty films that Rotten Tomatoes scored wrong — from Blade Runner's lukewarm 1982 reception to Soldier's inexplicable 10%. Why critics get films wrong, what the aggregator actually measures, and the political bias that explains why Disney's worst remakes score 90%…

The Greatest Road Movies

Twenty road movies covering every register of the genre — from Easy Rider's counterculture elegy to The Straight Story's 240-mile lawnmower journey to Mad Max: Fury Road's two-hour chase. The road does not take you to a destination. It takes…

Great Films Teach Great Writing

The best films work because their craft holds up, and that same eye goes into every book Richard Lowe writes. He has authored 113+ books and ghostwritten 54+ more across fiction, memoir, and nonfiction. If you want a book that respects the reader the way these films respect the viewer, start with a conversation.

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