Best of the Rest

When Saturday Night Live decided to debut some of its characters on the big screen, one of the first adaptations to get the green light was Coneheads. Despite a weak box office and less than stellar …

Part man, part machine, all remake. Critics and audiences alike were dismissive of the 2014 remake of RoboCop, but this week we take a second look at the sleek reboot to find what the movie does well…

The Day The Earth Stood Still is a bonafide classic of the sci-fi genre, so there was understandably much hesitation from movie buffs when it was announced there would be a remake in 2008 starring Ke…

Many cried fowl at the very idea of remaking the Paul Verhoeven sci-fi classic, and when Total Recall released in 2012, not many people changed their minds. Today we're taking a second look at the Co…

How do you remake a classic film with one of the most famous sci-fi twist endings ever and still win over critics and audiences? You don't. But that's not stopping us from diving into Tim Burton's st…

Video game adaptations don't have the best reputation when it comes to their critical reception, but none may be as infamous as Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, which holds just a 4% on Rotten Tomatoes. …

Just a few years after Resident Evil hit theaters, Silent Hill got an adaptation of its own. Although it stayed closer to the tone of its source material, critics were not impressed. This week howeve…

This week we are presenting a debate from our appearance on the Great Game Debate Podcast! What is the best year for movies: 1957 or 1999?

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One of Capcom's biggest franchises got its own big screen adaptation in 2002 with Resident Evil, directed by the same man that brought us Mortal Kombat in 1995: Paul W. S. Anderson. Critics were not …

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has had a very successful, if not uneven run in Hollywood. Rampage seemed to please casual movie goers well enough, even if it did not win over critics. We are kicking off V…

Not only does this movie feature a young boy that can talk to dead people, but it released within months of The Sixth Sense. After a disappointing run at the box office and a slew of unfavorable comp…

The Illusionist was a moderately successful and well reviewed film about a magician. The only problem was it released in the same year as The Prestige, a movie with not one but TWO magicians, and a m…

If you ask someone if they remember that talking toy movie from the 90s, they will probably tell you about Woody and Buzz. But in between Toy Story 1 and 2, Small Soldiers hit the big screen with a P…

Released less than a year after The Truman Show, audiences and critics were quick to dismiss EdTV as a poor imitation. This week we take a second look at this Matthew McConaughey vehicle to find what…

Despite beating Armageddon to theaters, Deep Impact almost immediately became that "other movie about an asteroid heading towards Earth." Today we take a second look to find what this one does differ…

We're taking a second look at Arnold Schwarzenegger's most infamous flop to find everything that works, and this week we are joined by Adal Rifai!

After revolutionizing the action movie genre with Pr…

Paul Verhoeven took a risk when he released an NC-17 movie in nationwide theaters, and after a disastrous box office performance and poor reviews it seemed the risk did not pay off. Or did it? This w…

After making beloved animated films like The Iron Giant and The Incredibles, Brad Bird successfully made the jump to live action with Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. His highly anticipated foll…

At long last, we are revisiting one of the most notorious flops of all time: Waterworld! As always, we are here to find the positives and celebrate the best scenes and performances of this post apoca…

Stanley Kubrick made his fair share of polarizing films, but perhaps none have had a greater shift in reception than The Shining. While the movie struggled at the box office and was reviled by critic…