When events in the world shit the bed, it is nice to escape reality and go to the movies. Even movies that explore difficult and painful subjects felt like a calming relief from reading the newspaper every day in 2017. So let’s celebrate the year in film with my annual review of all the new releases I saw!
Continue reading Watson Ranks the Top 125 Movies of 2017
I’m totally off the grid these days, but Ryan’s predictions are so bad I had to come in and rip them to shreds and give you the REAL numbers. His bold predictions about how the 2015 domestic box office would turn out were pretty weak. He called his performance was mixed–but for him mixed was chocolate plus peanut butter. In reality, it is a mix of Ex-lax and motor oil. So I am going to go, one by one, through his 2016 picks and give the real number. We have a lunch bet on who has the lowest delta between the acutals and their predictions. NO PRICE IS RIGHT RULES IN EFFECT!
Continue reading Bold Predictions: 2016 Edition- Watson’s Rebuttal
Monday, we kicked off Oscar week discussing who would get the Oscar nods if only geek movies were eligible for consideration. Well, what if we took that rule, and stretched it to ALL time? Who wins? Who gets snubbed? Read on, gentle jerkwads!
This was a great year for movies, so I didn’t want to just discuss my top ten. There were so many movies that were worthy of consideration. I’ll post the full list Thursday, but first here are the films that, while not worthy of top ten rankings, are surely praiseworthy. With so many great films released, there is no shame in silver!
Continue reading Watson's #11-20 Best Movies of 2014…Silver Medalists, All!
