Horror Films Part 6 – The Dependable
The sixth tier of the horror ranking. Park, Glazer, Kent, Eggers and Wan, plus the vampire films that rebuilt the rules from scratch.
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Fiction WritingHorror Films Part 7 – The Watchable
The seventh tier of the horror ranking. Carpenter, Fulci, Romero and Wan, plus the vampire films that treated hunting as a trade.
Fiction WritingHorror Films Part 8 – The Flawed
The eighth tier of the horror ranking. The Hammer and seventies vampire cycle, plus the films that took the premise somewhere domestic.
Fiction WritingHorror Films Part 9 – The Failures
The ninth and final tier of the horror ranking. What went wrong, and what each failure teaches about structure, character and nerve.
BureaucracyScience Fiction Part 6 – The Dependable
The sixth tier of the science fiction ranking. Cronenberg, Garland, Wise and Frakes, plus the television that earned its place.
Fiction WritingScience Fiction Part 7 – The Flawed
The seventh tier of the science fiction ranking. Kubrick, Spielberg, Nolan and Niccol, plus the films whose best idea arrived and was never used again.
Fiction WritingScience Fiction Part 8 – The Failures
The final tier of the science fiction ranking, including the negatives. Scott, Nolan, Zemeckis and Cameron, plus the most expensive failures the genre has produced.
EspionageThe 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.
Film ListThe 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 8.00, the highest of any phase.
Film ListThe MCU Phase 5 – The MCU Pushes the Message
Fourteen projects, an average of 2.62 and a median of 1. The lowest scoring phase in the franchise, examined entry by entry.
Film ListThe MCU Phase 6 – The Reset
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
All eleven Phase 3 films in release order with scores. The first six average 6.0 and the four conventionally rated films that close it average 4.5, which is where the decline starts.