The Greatest James Bond Films
September 11, 2026
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.
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Film ListThe MCU Phase 1 – Proving It Could Work
September 10, 2026
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.
Film ListThe MCU Phase 5 – The MCU Pushes the Message
September 10, 2026
Fourteen projects, an average of 2.67 and a median of 1. The lowest scoring phase in the franchise, examined entry by entry.
Film ListThe MCU Phase 6 – The Reset
September 10, 2026
The reset in progress. Released entries scored, announced entries held as placeholders and filled in as the phase arrives.
Film ListThe MCU Phase 3 – The Payoff
September 10, 2026
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.
Film ListThe MCU Phase 4 – The MCU Becomes the MSHEU
September 10, 2026
Seventeen projects in two years, scored and reviewed in release order. Phase 4 is where the cinematic universe became a content pipeline.
Film ListThe MCU Phase 2 – Finding the Formula
September 10, 2026
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.
Fiction WritingHorror for People Who Do Not Like Horror
September 9, 2026
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…
ChristmasThe Greatest Christmas Films
September 9, 2026
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…
Fiction WritingThe Greatest Cruise Ship and Ocean Liner Films
March 24, 2026
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…
Cult ClassicMovies Rotten Tomatoes Got Dead Wrong
March 23, 2026
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%…
CountercultureThe Greatest Road Movies
March 23, 2026
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…