January 2012
4 posts
2011 Top Ten Lists
A lot of historic events occurred in 2011, but its impact on pop culture will probably be fleeting. Working on my top ten movies list, I realized there were a lot of pretty good movies, but nothing truly great. The superhero freight train produced some truly watchable films like Thor, Captain America, and X-Men: First Class, but there were no transcendent classics released (either commercial or...
December 2011
5 posts
Roger Ebert on why movie revenue is dropping this... →
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Mission Impossible: Movie Series Breakdown
Last night, I saw Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. As of this writing, MI4 is at an improbable 95% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. MI3 finished at 70%, MI2 reached only 57%, and the original scored 61%. Is MI4 the best? Is the series actually getting better or are critics just fickle? The only way to be sure is an analytic, categorical breakdown.
My disclaimer: I haven’t pre-calculated...
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“The President has initiated Ghost Protocol.”
– Also, What We Say Goes is back.