5 posts tagged ‘alex mclevy’
The January Canon: 20 good movies released during Hollywood’s worst dump month
AV Club,
Historically and annually speaking, January is a bad month for Hollywood movies. It’s a “dump month,” that time of year when the major studios offload the projects in which they have no faith. Sandwiched between the holidays and the Super Bowl, these four weeks are generally treated like a write-off season, as bad… Read more...
Add these Christmas classics to your Netflix playlist for some holiday cheer
What makes a classic holiday film? Browsing Netflix’s options, it seems a malleable term; 1954’s White Christmas is as classic as they come, but what about Kurt Russell’s modern hit The Christmas Chronicles? Or Lindsay Lohan’s newly released comeback, Falling For Christmas? If trope-tastic holiday romance is your… Read more...
The best thriller movies to watch on Netflix right now
In the film genre pecking order, thrillers often get short shrift. They sometimes overlap with the far flashier horror genre, and seldom make the kinds of best-of lists that tend to get filled up with, say, historical dramas, crowd-pleasing comedies, and awards fare. Read more...
The Marvel Cinematic Universe, ranked from worst to best
Conventional critical wisdom holds that the floor and the ceiling of the 15-year-strong Marvel Cinematic Universe are not so far apart—that in devising a recipe for success, the company has managed to avoid any outright disasters, even as its principle of quality-without-risk also more or less negates the possibility… Read more...
Every Marvel TV show, ranked from worst to best
Updated 11/10: The Marvel Cinematic Universe shows no signs of getting any smaller, does it? Now that Disney+’s Loki has wrapped up its second season, it’s high time to see where the series sits in our ranking, from worst to best, of the whopping 25 Marvel shows that have premiered since 2013. Prepare for some… Read more...