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Human Nature is a 2001 comedy-drama film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry in his directorial debut. The film stars Tim Robbins, Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto and Patricia Arquette. I was 100% sure this came out before Being John Malkovich (which I'll be reviewing tomorrow), but alas no — some Mandela effect shit, folks.

Well color me Suzie and call me Jack, I guess I'm a MUSICALS GUY now.

Trash Humpers is a 2009 experimental black comedy horror film written and directed by Harmony Korine. Shot on worn VHS home video, the film features a "loser-gang cult-freak collective" (not my words, I would never call them that, I love them) living in Nashville, Tennessee. NOTE: This Episode 1 of the RANKING HARMONY KORINE series where I'll be counting down, worst to first, all six of Harmony Korine's feature films — check out the YouTube playlist here.

The final piece of the PTA puzzle. I hadn't watched Paul Thomas Anderson's 2014 adaptation of the Thomas Pynchon novel since it came out... I really loved it. Inherent Vice is underrated. Check out all my PTA reviews here.

After another extended break, I'm back with another D.C. review. This one, 1983's Videodrome starring James Woods was the best yet. NOTE: This is the 8th Episode (audio-only) of the CHRONENBURG YouTube series where I'm watching all of David Cronenberg's films in chronological order — check out the playlist here.

Films examined: Prospero's Books (1991), Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012), The Baby of Mâcon (1993) & Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015). NOTE: This is the 3rd Volume (audio-only) of the RANKING GREENAWAY YouTube series — check out the playlist here.

It's 2 for MONDAY! Presenting a couple of biopics: one new (the Sorkin I Love Lucy anti-communist propaganda film starring Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos) and one twenty years old (George Clooney's horrendous directorial debut starring Sam Rockwell, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) that both feature one of the worst tropes you can use in any movie (you'll have to listen to find out what the hell I'm talking about - sorry!).

Today kicks off a new series on the filmography of Harmony Korine. This podcast audio is taken from the short introduction which you can watch on YouTube here. Each and every Friday throughout March and April 2020, a new Ranking Harmony Korine episode focusing on each of his six films will be debut.

We got a double dose of PTA today at MovieJeff.com for ya.... Next up, There Will Be Blood is a 2007 American epic period drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, loosely based on the 1927 novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview, a silver miner turned oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California's oil boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds, and Dillon Freasier co-star.

Punch-Drunk Love is a 2002 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzmán, and Mary Lynn Rajskub. It follows an entrepreneur with social anxiety in love with his sister's co-worker. For a long time I said this was my favorite PTA movie. Is it still? You'll have to follow the podcast in the next couple of weeks to find out.

And we're back! The first NICOLAS CAGE review of 2022. It's City of Angels, a 1998 American romantic fantasy film directed by Brad Silberling and also starring Meg Ryan, Dennis Franz and Andre Braugher. Set in Los Angeles, California, the film is a loose remake of Wim Wenders' 1987 film Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin), which was set in Berlin, and I really wonder if that movie has as much of a problem with "angel rules" and "angel logic" as this one does.

Wish Dragon is a 2021 computer-animated fantasy comedy film written and directed by Chris Appelhans and stars Jimmy Wong, John Cho, Constance Wu, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Jimmy O. Yang, Aaron Yoo, Will Yun Lee, and Ronny Chieng. It's the best animated movie featuring a dragon of 2021.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 American romantic science-fiction film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry. It follows an estranged couple who have erased each other from their memories. The ensemble cast includes Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, and Tom Wilkinson. The title of the film is a quotation from the 1717 poem Eloisa to Abelard by Alexander Pope.

A Glitch in the Matrix is a 2021 American documentary film directed by Rodney Ascher on the topic of simulation theory/hypothesis. While I'm at it, I also rank the four feature-length docs he's made thus far. Check out the ranking here.

After reviewing all of the French-Canadian master Denis Villeneuve's films individually, I decided to rank his filmography. Check out the video version of this episode here https://themoviereviewshow.blogspot.com/p/denis-villeneuve.html

After reviewing all of the South Korean master Bong Joon-ho's films individually, I decided to rank his filmography. Check out the video version of this episode here https://themoviereviewshow.blogspot.com/p/bong-joon-ho.html

Films examined: Four American Composers (1983), Fear of Drowning (1988), Death in the Seine (1989), A TV Dante (1989), Darwin (1992) & Stairs 1 Geneva (1994). NOTE: This is the 2nd Volume (audio-only) of the RANKING GREENAWAY YouTube series — check out the playlist here.

These are the first 2 films written and directed by Denis Villeneuve before he took a 9-year hiatus. August 32nd on Earth is a satire of romantic comedies and Maelström is about a talking fish set in the Saw franchise universe.

The El Duce Tapes takes a long, hard look at Eldon "El Duce" Hoke, the front-man of the controversial '90s shock metal band The Mentors. And new Pixar insta-classic from Lin Manuel Mirando Encanto does not do that. Me thinks we need to talk about Bruno...

Magnolia is a 1999 American epic psychological drama film written, directed and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. It stars an ensemble cast, including Jeremy Blackman, Tom Cruise, Melinda Dillon, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay, William H. Macy, Alfred Molina, Julianne Moore, Michael Murphy, John C. Reilly, Jason Robards (in his final film role) and Melora Walters. The film has a mosaic of interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley. It is a wonderful, beautiful mess.

The Host is a 2006 South Korean monster film directed by Bong Joon-ho and starring Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona and Go Ah-sung. It's an incredibly fun and crazy film.

Films examined: Intervals (1969), Windows (1974), Dear Phone (1976), H is for House (1976), A Walk Through H (1978), Water Wrackets (1978), The Sea in Their Blood (1983) & Vertical Features Remake (1978) + a brief introduction to the man himself, Peter Greenaway. NOTE: This is the first Volume (audio-only) of the RANKING GREENAWAY YouTube series.

Dune (titled onscreen as Dune: Part One, hmm interesting) is a 2021 American EPIC science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve. It is the first of a two-part adaptation (oh ok) of the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert, primarily covering the first half of the book, or what have you. The ensemble cast includes Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, David Dastmalchian, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem. It's DUUUNNNNE

The Nightmare is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Rodney Ascher on the topic of sleep paralysis, which your humble podcast host has also experienced.

Boogie Nights is a 1997 American period comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley and focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic films, chronicling his rise in the Golden Age of Porn of the 1970s through to his fall during the excesses of the 1980s, starring Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Heather Graham.

Mother is a 2009 South Korean thriller film directed by the great Bong Joon-ho, starring Kim Hye-ja and Won Bin. The plot follows a mother who, after her intellectually disabled son is accused of the murder of a young girl, attempts to find the true killer in order to get her son freed. It's great.

Sing 2 is a 2021 American computer-animated jukebox musical comedy film written and directed by Garth Jennings, co-directed by Christophe Lourdelet, and stars the ensemble cast consisting of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly, Nick Kroll, Jennings, Peter Serafinowicz, Jennifer Saunders, and Nick Offerman, reprising their roles from the first film. The sequel also features new characters voiced by Bobby Cannavale, Pharrell Williams, Halsey, Chelsea Peretti, Letitia Wright, Eric André, Adam Buxton, and Bono. Like the previous film, Sing 2 features songs from many artists, most of which are performed diegetically in that classic computer-animated jukebox musical comedy film style that we all know and love. The story is set after the events of the previous film, where Buster Moon (McConaughey) and his group put on a show in Redshore City (Las Vegas) while working to impress an entertainment mogul and enlist a reclusive rock star (Bono) to perform. It's as good as these things tend to get, folks (adults).

Don't Look Up is a 2021 American science fiction film written, produced, and directed by Adam McKay. It features an ensemble cast consisting of Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande and Scott Mescudi, and while it is bad, it isn't quite as bad as everyone says it is. The other Don't Look Up from 1996 is a Japanese horror film and is somehow even worse!

Room 237 is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Rodney Ascher about interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining (1980) which was adapted from the 1977 novel of the same name by Stephen King. I am very sorry about the stupid intro to this one

The Wandering Earth is a 2019 Chinese science fiction film and the 5th biggest movie all-time in great and all powerful China. Set in the far future, it follows a group of astronauts and rescue workers guiding the Earth away from an expanding Sun, while attempting to prevent a collision with Jupiter. This movie is not very good. It's boring and feels like it was made by A.I.

Beginning a mini-series on / filling in the gaps of the great Bong Joon-ho, I review 2003's crime thriller Memories of Murder, loosely based on the true story of Korea's first confirmed serial murders, which took place between 1986 and 1991 in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province. Song Kang-ho and Kim Sang-kyung star as Detective Park and Detective Seo, respectively, two of the detectives trying to solve the crimes.

With the help of an alien organism, a man brainwashes audiences through television and troubled but brilliant high school student with a penchant for pranks is determined to stop them. It's The Brain! A Canadian sci-fi horror movie that wasn't directed by David Cronenberg, nope it was directed by the man (Ed Hunt) who brought us 2014's Halloween Hell starring Eric Roberts and used to make pornos in the early 70s (seriously).

It's the 400th Episode! I've done 400 of these things and all I have to show for it is this shirt that says I've done 400 episodes of a really stupid podcast nobody listens to! Haha (I'm not crying). It's Licorice Pizza! The 9th movie from the people's auteur, Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman's son and one of the ladies from krautrock outfit Haim. One of those characters (fictional) is older than the other and conversely, as it were, the other one is younger. Don't worry about it! It's Licorice Pizza!

It's a Christmas double feature! Today I review two timeless holiday classics: one for sappy antiquated idiots and another for burgeoning violent psychos. Just covering all my bases, kids ;) Also, the show will be on hiatus till about mid-February 2022 as I retool and whatnot. Read my full reviews

I watched the new Peter Jackson mega-documentary on a little band from Liverpool, four lads who by The Beatles — ever heard of 'em? Then, because I am a massive freak who can't take enough punishment, I watched the original 1970 Michael Lindsay-Hogg film, Let It Be. Read my full reviews

it's a' movie alright! Nicolas Cage is just a romantic Italian soldier stuck in this damn World War 2 and he speaks English with an Italian accent and Christian Bale is also in this doing some sort of accent. Penelope Cruz already had the built-in accent so she's good to go. It's NFL Legend John Madden's follow-up to his Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love, motherfuckin' Captain Corelli's Mandolin! Kapeesh? Read my full review

I did it. I finally watched all five Neil Breen feature films in a little over a month. I am now The Joker (sorry). Read my full review

pigs are still pigs Read my full review

I reviewed two movies with the same title that couldn't be any more different: Tom McCarthy's ode to post-9/11 white liberal guilt starring career character actor turned leading man Richard Jenkins and the 1979 Steve Sommers vehicle. Both of these films are called The Visitor. Capice? Read my full reviews

This movie is one of the best ever made and if you disagree then I would slowly take off one of my white gloves (that I always wear) and I would slap you across the face with it Read my full review

More Netflix garbage I watched and reviewed for some reason. Read my full review

Here it is people, the winner of #GatorVsCrocVember. That's right, the biggest underdog out the gate, Crocodile 2: Death Swamp, directed by the mastermind behind Mosquito (1994) and Spiders (2000), Mr. Gary Jones, take the top spot among the four Alligator and Crocodile films. Congratulations? Read my full review

One more of these to go... One more to go. Read my full review

Come for the whimsical but warped psychological drama, stay for the puppet sex! It's the 2nd Charlie Kaufman (directed by) movie, Anomalisa. Starring David Thewlis as a fucked up, delusional curmudgeon, Jennifer Jason Leigh as a fucked up, well-intentioned simpleton, and the great Tom Noonan as literally every other character. Read my full review

Will Tobe Hooper's descent into direct-to-video madness pay off? Find out! (Or don't. It's unclear why I continue to do these.) It's 2000's early CGI & practical monster FX blended Crocodile featuring a cast of no-names who can't really act and it's a movie! Read my full review

One of the longest episodes ever: it's Neil Breen's 3rd feature film, perhaps his magnum opus, 2012's Fateful Findings, and goddam it's a good one. Read my full review

I finally did the next David Cronenberg review in case you thought I was gonna do those any more because it's been like months between them but I did it and I reviewed Scanners and you should watch the 2-part video-essay instead of listening to this because this is just the ripped audio from that and I think the video thing came out OK. It's right here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIPIINJHfh4&t=0s Read my full review

Not much to say about this one. It's incredibly bad. It has it Read my full review

A strikingly original movie that is easily one of the year's best. Wait what year did this come out in? What year is it now? What are "years" ? It's I'm Thinking of Ending Things, a 2020 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. It is an adaptation of the 2016 novel of the same name by Iain Reid. The plot follows a young woman (Jessie Buckley) who goes on a trip with her boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) to meet his parents (Toni Collette and David Thewlis). Throughout the film, the main narrative is intercut with footage of a janitor (Guy Boyd) going to work, with both stories intersecting by the third act. And there is a talking maggot-filled animated pig as well. Read my full review

Spike Jonze and the Adam Horovitz/Mike D of the Beastie Boys bring their stage show to the silver screen (Apple + TV Max) and the results are extremely satisfying. Read my full review