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*SPOILER-FREE* Part 5: M | Avengers: Endgame
Entries #90 - 76 are here, just in time for Thanksgiving. Check out what I recommend for when you kick back in your post-turkey bliss!

John Rymer
Nov 18, 202110 min read


IMDb Top 150 Watch-Through Part 4: #105 | #91
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Lawrence of Arabia. Hitchcock. India. Japan. Russia. Addiction. Poverty. Tragedy. Love. Thrills. Chills. We got it all!

John Rymer
Nov 4, 20219 min read


IMDb Top 150 Part 3: Toy Story 3 | Full Metal Jacket
*SPOILER-FREE* Scarface. Kubrick. Pixar. Bollywood. 40's. 2010's. It's all here, and it's (mostly) great.

John Rymer
Sep 28, 202111 min read


In Defense of Tenet
Be the change you want to see in the world, friends.

John Rymer
Aug 26, 20216 min read


*SPOILER FREE* IMDb Top 150 Part 2: Batman Begins | To Kill A Mockingbird
Old Samurai movies, Westerns, superheroes and folk heroes collide in these next 15 - there's some great stuff here!

John Rymer
Aug 18, 202110 min read


*SPOILER FREE* IMDb Top 150 Part 1: My Neighbor Totoro | Some Like It Hot
Nothing but my spoiler-free thoughts on 15 movies people think are great. I agree most of the time.

John Rymer
Aug 5, 20219 min read


ANNOUNCEMENT: IMDb Top 150 Watch-Through
Holy cow, I've been doing this for a year! Time to change it up.

John Rymer
Jul 15, 20212 min read


BEST OF THE 2000'S
To quote an artist of the era: oops, I did it again. Sound off, y'all.

John Rymer
Jul 9, 20218 min read


THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Spray on a healthy dose of L'Air de Panache and immerse yourself in a delightful masterpiece: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).

John Rymer
Jun 30, 20218 min read


Ranking the MCU
How does Asgard stack up against Wakanda? SHIELD to Thanos? Captain America to Iron Man? Here's my rankings for the films of the MCU.

John Rymer
Jun 17, 20218 min read


THE IRISHMAN
One of my top 10 movies of last decade, and one of the best by one of the best: The Irishman (2019)

John Rymer
Jun 9, 202111 min read


THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Daniel Plainview is here to drink your milkshake: There Will Be Blood (2007).

John Rymer
Jun 2, 20218 min read


HELL OR HIGH WATER
A fast, entertaining film that manages to update two genres and make some real statements: Hell or High Water (2016)

John Rymer
May 20, 20218 min read


CHINATOWN
Back at it with perhaps the best mystery film of all: Chinatown (1974)

John Rymer
May 12, 20218 min read


Oscar Feels.
Between the telecast and the outcomes, I've got some thoughts. TL,DR: they're mixed.

John Rymer
Apr 27, 20215 min read


Some Oscar Travesties
Will they get it right this Sunday?

John Rymer
Apr 21, 20219 min read


OLD COMFORT RECS: AMERICAN GRAFFITI
As comforting as a warm hug, incredibly-well crafted with plenty on its mind: American Graffiti (1973)

John Rymer
Apr 14, 20217 min read


OLD COMFORT RECS: 12 ANGRY MEN
Old-fashioned, inspirational, and timeless: 12 Angry Men, the Comfort Rec.

John Rymer
Apr 7, 20216 min read


OLD COMFORT RECS: CASABLANCA
Of all the comfort movies in all the towns in all the world, this might be the best.

John Rymer
Mar 29, 20215 min read


2021 OSCAR NOMINATIONS: THE GOOD AND THE BAD
They were mostly good and I'm mostly pumped! Mostly...

John Rymer
Mar 15, 20214 min read
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