Follow us on other platforms: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast Follow along as we review each film in the James Bond series, ranking them against each other as we go. The list gets a little longer with every new episode, and in the end we'll have a complete ranking from top to bottom of our most favorite to least favorite. But no matter how high or low each movie goes, we love and adore each and every one of them, because nobody does it better than 007. So comment below with your personal ranking of these films and let us know if you agree or disagree with our list! PREVIOUS EPISODE RANKED LIST: 1. GoldenEye 2. Goldfinger 3. From Russia With Love 4. License To Kill 5. The Spy Who Loved Me 6. The Man With The Golden Gun 7. Dr. No 8. A View To A Kill 9. For Your Eyes Only 10. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 11. Thunderball 12. Tomorrow Never Dies 13. Octopussy 14. The Living Daylights 15. Live and Let Die 16. Moonraker 17. Diamonds Are Forever 18. You Only Live Twice THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH: Last time we got a remake of a remake when You Only Live Twice became The Spy Who Loved Me became Tomorrow Never Dies. And here we go again as Goldfinger became A View To A Kill became The World Is Not Enough, another plot involving a powerful individual with a vast quantity of something valuable, and they wanna blow up everyone else’s supply of the valuable thing in order to make their valuable thing even more valuable. However this time instead of a fatso or a nazi-freak baby, we get a spoiled-patricidal heiress, who is also sexy as f, Elektra King, A real man-eater. This is it everybody, this may be the ultimate James Bond villain. A woman, a delicious harpy-succubus-foul-temptress of a woman that no man, let alone international ladies man Bond James Bond, can resist. Good thing Bond has another sexy babe on his side to slap back. Oh, and there’s also Christmas Jones, a nuclear physicist who ain’t afraid to be sassy, but appears to be absolutely terrified of sports bras. GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 BOND MOVIE COLLECTION: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP TWINE MOVIE: https://amzn.to/3qYQi4u or https://amzn.to/3x2Xf8sTWINE NOVELIZATION: https://amzn.to/3u1S86sTWINE SOUNDTRACK: https://amzn.to/3u25lMC If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe *EON Productions Limited and Danjaq LLC are wholly owned and controlled by the Wilson/Broccoli family. Danjaq is the US based company that co-owns, with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, the copyright to the existing James Bond films and controls the right to produce future James Bond films. EON Productions, an affiliate of Danjaq, is the UK based production company that makes the James Bond films and together with Danjaq controls all worldwide merchandising. *Movie Poster by Sean Longmore: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SeanLongmoreDesign?ref=profile_header *Music by bensound.com *Song: 007 James Bond - Eleven Music No Copyright Music provided by Eleven Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/Zv-hLHFQSCU#jamesbond007 #theworldisnotenough #piercebrosnan #MichaelApted #IanFleming #jamesbondmovies --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

Follow us on other platforms: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast Follow along as we review each film in the James Bond series, ranking them against each other as we go. The list gets a little longer with every new episode, and in the end we'll have a complete ranking from top to bottom of our most favorite to least favorite. But no matter how high or low each movie goes, we love and adore each and every one of them, because nobody does it better than 007. So comment below with your personal ranking of these films and let us know if you agree or disagree with our list! PREVIOUS EPISODE RANKED LIST: 1. GoldenEye https://youtu.be/HzCdqmEc2FA 2. Goldfinger https://youtu.be/rJWYnd7VsMg 3. From Russia With Love https://youtu.be/QTdJwc5VNcM 4. License To Kill https://youtu.be/IxVzJWAPLzk 5. The Spy Who Loved Me https://youtu.be/0cwkHZB69GQ 6. The Man With The Golden Gun https://youtu.be/p7MJdltoAgM 7. Dr. No https://youtu.be/t1v81dsXTd4 8. The World Is Not Enough https://youtu.be/MWZqfiGf5l0 9. A View To A Kill https://youtu.be/yysqo4TQqL4 10. For Your Eyes Only https://youtu.be/IHnTmDO05sI 11. On Her Majesty's Secret Service https://youtu.be/ff-kknW82iE 12. Thunderball https://youtu.be/4r_K9eVbXlE 13. Tomorrow Never Dies https://youtu.be/04W7R3od_QM 14. Octopussy https://youtu.be/YelzN17nNWw 15. The Living Daylights https://youtu.be/nsms_4RPIAo 16. Live and Let Die https://youtu.be/X34xxjjtQTk 17. Moonraker https://youtu.be/u3o5CByVQBs 18. Diamonds Are Forever https://youtu.be/eEuhmncHzHs 19. You Only Live Twice https://youtu.be/uoEfmdIEzRI DIE ANOTHER DAY: Last episode, Ryan McCurdy left us with this final thought: Do we watch a bond movie because we want to think hard? Or because we want to be entertained? Well I welcome you to Die Another Day McF***Face, where thinking hard is verboten. You don’t just have to turn your brain off to watch this movie, you have to have a literal laser lobotomy. Starting out somewhat strong, the film takes us on a unique journey for 007 as we follow him on a torturous run through a North Korean prison camp, followed by a daring escape from the very government that disavowed him, right into a quest for revenge against the OHMSS agent that betrayed him to the Koreans in the first place. What an intriguing setup, we can’t wait to see what happens next! Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP GET DAD MOVIE HERE: https://amzn.to/3ASvzDp or https://amzn.to/3RobITw GET DAD NOVELIZATION HERE: https://amzn.to/3BjocXd GET DAD SOUNDTRACK HERE: https://amzn.to/3cO8QjO or https://amzn.to/3TQsa0K If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe *Movie Poster by Sean Longmore: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SeanLongmoreDesign?ref=profile_header *Music by bensound.com *Song: 007 James Bond - Eleven Music No Copyright Music provided by Eleven Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/Zv-hLHFQSCU#jamesbond007 #dieanotherday #piercebrosnan #LeeTamahori #IanFleming #JamesBondRanked #NoTimeToDie #JamesBondMoviesRANKED #jamesbondmovies #danielcraig --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

Follow us on other platforms: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast 📋 PREVIOUS EPISODE RANKED LIST: 1. GoldenEye https://youtu.be/HzCdqmEc2FA 2. Casino Royale https://youtu.be/OJfNg6hXFIE 3. Goldfinger https://youtu.be/rJWYnd7VsMg 4. From Russia With Love https://youtu.be/QTdJwc5VNcM 5. License To Kill https://youtu.be/IxVzJWAPLzk 6. The Spy Who Loved Me https://youtu.be/0cwkHZB69GQ 7. The Man With The Golden Gun https://youtu.be/p7MJdltoAgM 8. Dr. No https://youtu.be/t1v81dsXTd4 9. The World Is Not Enough https://youtu.be/MWZqfiGf5l0 10. A View To A Kill https://youtu.be/yysqo4TQqL4 11. For Your Eyes Only https://youtu.be/IHnTmDO05sI 12. On Her Majesty's Secret Service https://youtu.be/ff-kknW82iE 13. Quantum of Solace https://youtu.be/E2YcCUewyJE 14. Thunderball https://youtu.be/4r_K9eVbXlE 15. Tomorrow Never Dies https://youtu.be/04W7R3od_QM 16. Octopussy https://youtu.be/YelzN17nNWw 17. The Living Daylights https://youtu.be/nsms_4RPIAo 18. Live and Let Die https://youtu.be/X34xxjjtQTk 19. Moonraker https://youtu.be/u3o5CByVQBs 20. Diamonds Are Forever https://youtu.be/eEuhmncHzHs 21. Die Another Day https://youtu.be/OrsKyDE8l-A 22. You Only Live Twice https://youtu.be/uoEfmdIEzRI SKYFALL is a frustrating movie and it’s a particularly difficult one for me to RANK, because precisely one half of me loves it, while the other half f***ing hates it. The guys who wrote The World Is Not Enough are back to once again give Bond a shoulder injury that hardly has any bearing on the plot while they try their best to remake GoldenEye, the story of an older and (according to other characters in the film) washed up James Bond who faces his equal but opposite, his shadow, an ex-00 agent named Silva who just like Alec Trevelyan heads up his own criminal enterprise taking on missions for cash instead of for king and country. However, where GoldenEye had the advantage of coming on the heels of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War (the very reason the 00 program was instituted in the first place), Skyfall has what? The Internet? Does that mean war and threats from rogue states and the necessity of maintaining boots on the ground is suddenly outdated? The whole argument is that the shadows don’t exist anymore, which is absurd because this movie takes place ten years after 9/11. It’s all meant to give the impression that this movie is super smart and meaningful, which perhaps it is in part, I’ll definitely give it good bad guy status, but simultaneously it is by far the most annoyingly contrived and self-aggrandizing Bond film to date, which we’ll get into in excruciating detail by tearing apart the plot, and when it crumbles, we will stand tall and face it all, together. Support the show by using these affiliate links: ☠ BUG-A-SALT: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 🎭 All the BOND MOVIES: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP 🎥 SKYFALL MOVIE: https://amzn.to/3TUMnot 🎧 SKYFALL SOUNDTRACK: https://amzn.to/48sRvVc 🫙 If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 Nanz: https://www.youtube.com/@hiro5449 🎨 James Bond Movie Poster by Sean Longmore: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SeanLongmoreDesign?ref=profile_header 🎹 MUSIC: *Spy On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paP4KftK-vE *Song: 007 James Bond - Eleven Music No Copyright Music provided by Eleven Music Video Link: • 007 James Bond Theme - Eleven Music N... *Dark Tension Music: Black Hole by Soundridemusic Link to Video: • NoCopyright Dark Tension Trailer Back... #jamesbond007 #skyfall #danielcraig #sammendes #ianfleming #jamesbondranked #martincampbell #jamesbondmoviesranked #jamesbondmovies #goldeneye --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #godzilla #godzillaminusone #godzillaminusonemovie Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. 🔥Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. The Holdovers 3. Killers of the Flower Moon 4. Beau Is Afraid 5. Infinity Pool 6. Talk to Me 7. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 9. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 10. John Wick: Chapter 4 11. Tetris 12. Gran Turismo 13. Air 14. Creed III 15. Sound of Freedom 16. A Haunting In Venice 17. The Creator 18. The Flash 19. Fast X 20. Asteroid City 21. The Killer 22. Napoleon 23. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 24. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 25. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 26. M3GAN 27. missing 28. The Machine 29. Barbie 30. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 31. The Exorcist: Believer 32. Scream VI 33. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 34. Dumb Money 35. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 36. Renfield 37. The Equalizer 3 38. Blue Beetle 39. Evil Dead Rise 40. The Pope’s Exorcist 41. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 42. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 43. Knock at the Cabin 44. Insidious: The Red Door 45. Five Nights at Freddy’s 46. The Nun II 47. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 48. Plane 49. Haunted Mansion 50. Cocaine Bear 51. Knights of the Zodiac ❝I don’t know much about Godzilla movies, but I know enough about movies to know that Godzilla Minus One has everything the body needs: Starting with the big stuff, Godzilla himself is absolutely incredible. The visual effect is of such a high quality that at times I felt I had the suspension of disbelief of a child. But that’s all just a cherry on top. Down at ground level is a story that leaves nothing to be desired. Among other things it’s the tale of one man’s struggle to rid himself of his survivor’s guilt following the Japanese army’s defeat after World War II. On a larger scale the story is a metaphor for post-WWII Japan’s fear of a loss of cultural identity to the looming threat of American influence and power done in the most Japanese way possible with a giant city-destroying monster and crowds of people running away screaming. Even if that’s not really your thing or you’ve never seen a single Godzilla movie you can and should still check it out because this movie brings it on every level.❞ Support the show by using these affiliate links: ☠GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 🎭GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP ☞If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe ⭐Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #thekiller #thekillermovie #davidfincher Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. The Holdovers 3. Killers of the Flower Moon 4. Beau Is Afraid 5. Infinity Pool 6. Talk to Me 7. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 9. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 10. John Wick: Chapter 4 11. Tetris 12. Gran Turismo 13. Air 14. Creed III 15. Sound of Freedom 16. A Haunting In Venice 17. The Creator 18. The Flash 19. Fast X 20. Asteroid City 21. Napoleon 22. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 23. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 24. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 25. M3GAN 26. missing 27. The Machine 28. Barbie 29. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 30. The Exorcist: Believer 31. Scream VI 32. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 33. Dumb Money 34. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 35. Renfield 36. The Equalizer 3 37. Blue Beetle 38. Evil Dead Rise 39. The Pope’s Exorcist 40. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 41. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 42. Knock at the Cabin 43. Insidious: The Red Door 44. Five Nights at Freddy’s 45. The Nun II 46. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 47. Plane 48. Haunted Mansion 49. Cocaine Bear 50. Knights of the Zodiac The Killer is about an assassin who for the first time botches a job and has to deal with the consequences. Throughout the film we see how meticulous this man is in the planning and execution of his work. We see his seemingly unlimited resources and false identities put to use internationally while he fills in the downtime with voiceover of his murder wisdom and nihilistic philosophy. All of this would be great if there was a story attached because this is a film we’re talking about, not a TV show, but that’s exactly what it feels like in the end, a very good pilot episode of a TV series meant to establish a main character. It feels like an introduction with no followup, like a series of events that suddenly ends. A person has to be killed and the killer kills them with little to no trouble. He even complains early on about the lack of creativity in his latest gigs. One would expect this to herald the coming of some exciting and unique killing sequences, but no. Just about everybody gets shot with a gun after a bit of stalking so we really never see his killing skills at their best, even after things get personal. Needless to say this is one leaves a lot to be desired. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #napoleon #napoleonmovie #napoleonbonaparte Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. The Holdovers 3. Killers of the Flower Moon 4. Beau Is Afraid 5. Infinity Pool 6. Talk to Me 7. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 9. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 10. John Wick: Chapter 4 11. Tetris 12. Gran Turismo 13. Air 14. Creed III 15. Sound of Freedom 16. A Haunting In Venice 17. The Creator 18. The Flash 19. Fast X 20. Asteroid City 21. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 22. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 23. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 24. M3GAN 25. missing 26. The Machine 27. Barbie 28. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 29. The Exorcist: Believer 30. Scream VI 31. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 32. Dumb Money 33. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 34. Renfield 35. The Equalizer 3 36. Blue Beetle 37. Evil Dead Rise 38. The Pope’s Exorcist 39. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 40. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 41. Knock at the Cabin 42. Insidious: The Red Door 43. Five Nights at Freddy’s 44. The Nun II 45. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 46. Plane 47. Haunted Mansion 48. Cocaine Bear 49. Knights of the Zodiac Napoleon focuses almost exclusively on Mr. Bonaparte’s relationship with his hussy wife Josephine, and not so much on painting the portrait of a small statured military genius turned emperor that conquered most of Europe, you know, a topic of absolute fascination. This makes it a frustrating movie, because it’s not like it needed to be ALL guts and glory, but did it have to be mostly simping and cuckery? Perhaps this would have worked if there was any spark between these two characters, but the movie makes it difficult to care about two people that mostly stare at each other blankly and then go cheat on one another, especially when the filmmakers fail to properly connect those story threads to his military motivations. So even if that was the point it still falls flat. And I mostly blame Joaquin Phoenix who is horribly miscast. At this point in his career he’s too much of a wild card to have the discipline for a role like this. That which made him perfect for movies like Joker or The Master makes him a liability in this historical drama, hence people laughing at inappropriate times in my theater. Frankly, the movie is a damn mess. It tries to be funny when it should be serious. It’s too stale when it should be romantic, and all of the interesting historical plot points are glanced over in favor of flatline Josephine. Prepare to be underwhelmed and let down. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #theholdovers #theholdoversmovie Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Killers of the Flower Moon 3. Beau Is Afraid 4. Infinity Pool 5. Talk to Me 6. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 8. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 9. John Wick: Chapter 4 10. Tetris 11. Gran Turismo 12. Air 13. Creed III 14. Sound of Freedom 15. A Haunting In Venice 16. The Creator 17. The Flash 18. Fast X 19. Asteroid City 20. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 21. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 22. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 23. M3GAN 24. missing 25. The Machine 26. Barbie 27. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 28. The Exorcist: Believer 29. Scream VI 30. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 31. Dumb Money 32. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 33. Renfield 34. The Equalizer 3 35. Blue Beetle 36. Evil Dead Rise 37. The Pope’s Exorcist 38. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 39. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 40. Knock at the Cabin 41. Insidious: The Red Door 42. Five Nights at Freddy’s 43. The Nun II 44. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 45. Plane 46. Haunted Mansion 47. Cocaine Bear 48. Knights of the Zodiac The Holdovers is what they call an “instant classic.” It’s what people are talking about when they say “they don’t make ‘em like they used to.” It’s one of those snapshot of life, full range of emotion type of movies that keeps you hooked from beginning to end because the story flows as naturally as a stream as opposed to the artificial canal of formulaic story structure. It’s nostalgic without being forceful. It’s hilarious in a subtle, very down-to-earth way. And it’s never more melancholic or dramatic than it needs to be. It’s everything that Wes Anderson movies used to be, before he left reality for his quirkily filmed stage-plays. Instead, this movie reads like a classic American novel, with a limited cast and setting and by the end you fully understand (and therefore love) each character because they ARE real people trapped in the tragic shortcomings of real life where the losers lose while watching the winners win and making the best of it regardless. Therefore it’s not triumphant. It’s not even particularly heartfelt or inspiring. Hardly anything changes from beginning to end, other than a greater understanding and connection between a small group of disparate people. And to that end, it is beautiful. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #talktome #talktomemovie #a24 Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Killers of the Flower Moon 3. Beau Is Afraid 4. Infinity Pool 5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 7. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 8. John Wick: Chapter 4 9. Tetris 10. Gran Turismo 11. Air 12. Creed III 13. Sound of Freedom 14. A Haunting In Venice 15. The Creator 16. The Flash 17. Fast X 18. Asteroid City 19. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 20. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 21. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 22. M3GAN 23. missing 24. The Machine 25. Barbie 26. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 27. The Exorcist: Believer 28. Scream VI 29. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 30. Dumb Money 31. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 32. Renfield 33. The Equalizer 3 34. Blue Beetle 35. Evil Dead Rise 36. The Pope’s Exorcist 37. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 38. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 39. Knock at the Cabin 40. Insidious: The Red Door 41. Five Nights at Freddy's 42. The Nun II 43. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 44. Plane 45. Haunted Mansion 46. Cocaine Bear 47. Knights of the Zodiac Talk to Me is a refreshing take on the possession genre, taking the essence of an exorcism or seance movie and reducing it to an immature party drug allegory. The premise is so captivating and terrifying that the film doesn’t need to rely on jump scares, of which I don’t recall there being a single one—the mark of a true horror movie. Instead the horror comes when you realize the complete lack of reverence that the young party kid cast has for discovering a method of communicating with spirits of the dead. Instead of falling to their knees and repenting to God having found proof of the afterlife, they film each other freaking out, not under the influence of drugs and alcohol, but under the influence of these ghosts they willingly allow into their bodies. The kids eventually become addicted to the act, including the dopamine hit from carelessly posting these videos online. The horrific thing is that nobody is afraid of the horrific thing happening right before their eyes and iPhones. This of course reflects the age we live in, where nothing is too sacred to post and everyone seems keen to take a video of someone in distress rather than step in and help them out. Carelessly conjuring fiendish spirits for the almighty click is a terrifying glance at how the pursuit of digital attention is slowly but surely dehumanizing and desensitizing all of us digital addicts as we communicate exclusively through our devices instead of face to face, hence the brilliance of the title. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #fivenightsatfreddys #fivenightsatfreddysmovie Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Killers of the Flower Moon 3. Beau Is Afraid 4. Infinity Pool 5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 7. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 8. John Wick: Chapter 4 9. Tetris 10. Gran Turismo 11. Air 12. Creed III 13. Sound of Freedom 14. A Haunting In Venice 15. The Creator 16. The Flash 17. Fast X 18. Asteroid City 19. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 20. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 21. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 22. M3GAN 23. missing 24. The Machine 25. Barbie 26. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 27. The Exorcist: Believer 28. Scream VI 29. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 30. Dumb Money 31. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 32. Renfield 33. The Equalizer 3 34. Blue Beetle 35. Evil Dead Rise 36. The Pope’s Exorcist 37. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 38. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 39. Knock at the Cabin 40. Insidious: The Red Door 41. The Nun II 42. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 43. Plane 44. Haunted Mansion 45. Cocaine Bear 46. Knights of the Zodiac Five Nights at Freddy’s is a mediocre attempt to adapt a seemingly unadaptable video game, which is about a guy working a security job at a Chuck E. Cheese-like establishment, only to realize that the seemingly friendly android mascots have a murderous will of their own. Upside: the actualized look of Freddy’s androids is great. Downside: nearly everything else. Because when it comes to the story, it feels like they wrote a draft or two at the most and then decided to go straight into production. Half the runtime is about this security guy trying to solve a mystery about who kidnapped his little brother when they were kids. Meanwhile his little sister is a telepath and can communicate with all of the androids, who as it turns out, are actually possessed by the ghosts of murdered children. At that point we simply don’t need the little brother plot when giant anthropomorphic pizza place animals are threatening to murder your little sister. Let’s focus on what’s actually interesting here. But no, a movie that should have been self-aware of its own ridiculousness spent way too much time telling a completely unrelated story and taking itself too seriously when it should have been telling its own backstory while delivering fun scares. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #killersoftheflowermoon #killersoftheflowermoonmovie Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Beau Is Afraid 3. Infinity Pool 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 7. John Wick: Chapter 4 8. Tetris 9. Gran Turismo 10. Air 11. Creed III 12. Sound of Freedom 13. A Haunting In Venice 14. The Creator 15. The Flash 16. Fast X 17. Asteroid City 18. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 19. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 20. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 21. M3GAN 22. missing 23. The Machine 24. Barbie 25. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 26. The Exorcist: Believer 27. Scream VI 28. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 29. Dumb Money 30. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 31. Renfield 32. The Equalizer 3 33. Blue Beetle 34. Evil Dead Rise 35. The Pope’s Exorcist 36. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 37. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 38. Knock at the Cabin 39. Insidious: The Red Door 40. The Nun II 41. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 42. Plane 43. Haunted Mansion 44. Cocaine Bear 45. Knights of the Zodiac Quentin Tarantino has said for years that he’ll make ten films and then retire because directors only make worse and worse films as they age. Somehow the old-timer Martin Scorsese is a rare exception to this general rule, of which Killers of the Flower Moon is further evidence. Showcasing the lengths to which people will go to obtain money and power is certainly a central theme of Marty’s more iconic films, and here’s another for that list. Only this time it’s a significantly more subtle approach than the likes of Goodfellas, The Departed, or Wolf of Wall Street. Murder and death isn’t handled with style and flair set to a Rolling Stones soundtrack, but with deference and care and a cold objectivity because the victims aren’t gangsters, but members of the Osage Nation, bumped off one by one by white men looking to gain control of oil discovered on Osage tribal land. It’s hauntingly tragic, shockingly inhuman, and beautifully rendered. Not so coincidentally, as Marty’s time on this Earth elongates, so too do the runtimes of his films, the last two being 3 and a half hours. I for one consider this a blessing from a master filmmaker with nothing left to prove. So if you have a problem with it, watch it on Apple TV+ so that every 20 minutes you can pause the movie to take your damn ADHD medication, sit back down, shut up, watch the movie and be thankful that Martin Scorsese still has plenty to give. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #theexorcist #theexorcistbeliever #exorcist #exorcistbeliever Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Beau Is Afraid 3. Infinity Pool 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 7. John Wick: Chapter 4 8. Tetris 9. Gran Turismo 10. Air 11. Creed III 12. Sound of Freedom 13. A Haunting In Venice 14. The Creator 15. The Flash 16. Fast X 17. Asteroid City 18. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 19. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 20. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 21. M3GAN 22. missing 23. The Machine 24. Barbie 25. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 26. Scream VI 27. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 28. Dumb Money 29. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 30. Renfield 31. The Equalizer 3 32. Blue Beetle 33. Evil Dead Rise 34. The Pope’s Exorcist 35. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 36. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 37. Knock at the Cabin 38. Insidious: The Red Door 39. The Nun II 40. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 41. Plane 42. Haunted Mansion 43. Cocaine Bear 44. Knights of the Zodiac The Exorcist: Believer ups the exorcism ante by giving us not one possessed little girl, but TWO possessed little girls. It follows the original Exorcist film’s true to life approach, honing in on the human drama of the characters and using this knowledge to heighten the intensity of the exorcism scenes. But does it go far enough? Not quite. Like Creed III, the final fight feels just a beat short of truly earning its payoff. And that payoff was designed to come down to a simple choice that the odd team of exorcist superfriends (a witch doctor, a catholic priest, a baptist minister, the parents, etc) were forced to make, only that choice was written as to be stacked in the favor of one of the girls over the other, thereby weakening the emotional significance and intended tragedy of the climax. So just like The Creator, the movie is very effective and creepy up until the third act where it comes off as rushed and contrived, and therefore doesn’t hold a votive candle to its predecessors. Speaking of which, they brought back the original characters and for some stupid reason did absolutely nothing with them. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #thecreator #thecreatormovie Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Beau Is Afraid 3. Infinity Pool 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 7. John Wick: Chapter 4 8. Tetris 9. Gran Turismo 10. Air 11. Creed III 12. Sound of Freedom 13. A Haunting In Venice 14. The Flash 15. Fast X 16. Asteroid City 17. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 18. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 19. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 20. M3GAN 21. missing 22. The Machine 23. Barbie 24. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 25. Scream VI 26. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 27. Dumb Money 28. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 29. Renfield 30. The Equalizer 3 31. Blue Beetle 32. Evil Dead Rise 33. The Pope’s Exorcist 34. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 35. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 36. Knock at the Cabin 37. Insidious: The Red Door 38. The Nun II 39. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 40. Plane 41. Haunted Mansion 42. Cocaine Bear 43. Knights of the Zodiac The Creator checks the box for our ration of quality high-concept science fiction that today’s audiences only receive on an annual basis. Appropriately set 100 years after 1970, the film is a futuristic retelling of the Vietnam War (but this time against robots) in a frightening but probably accurate vision of the future of artificial intelligence as the inevitable next step in human evolution centered around a human/robot hybrid messiah figure in the form of a little girl named Alphie, short for Alpha Omega (as in Jesus’ final words in the book of Revelation), and her parents Mary and Joseph, I mean Maya and Joshua, sent by the Creator to end the war and bridge the gap between humankind and AI. So yea, there’s A LOT going on here. The only downside is that even with this amazing intersection of themes, the overall story is bogged down by too many ideas and unnecessary twists and turns and would have benefited from some streamlining because with so much to get through it oftentimes feels a bit rushed, which only compounds confusion and dampens the emotional significance, which is too bad because the conceptualization and production value is so damn high. Don’t let that deter you from seeing it, but unfortunately there’s lots of room for improvement on this one. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #dumbmoney #dumbmoneymovie #gamestop #gamestopmovie #GME Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Beau Is Afraid 3. Infinity Pool 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 7. John Wick: Chapter 4 8. Tetris 9. Gran Turismo 10. Air 11. Creed III 12. Sound of Freedom 13. A Haunting In Venice 14. The Flash 15. Fast X 16. Asteroid City 17. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 18. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 19. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 20. M3GAN 21. missing 22. The Machine 23. Barbie 24. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 25. Scream VI 26. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 27. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 28. Renfield 29. The Equalizer 3 30. Blue Beetle 31. Evil Dead Rise 32. The Pope’s Exorcist 33. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 34. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 35. Knock at the Cabin 36. Insidious: The Red Door 37. The Nun II 38. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 39. Plane 40. Haunted Mansion 41. Cocaine Bear 42. Knights of the Zodiac Dumb Money was a tough watch for me because to this day (and to my deep shame) I’m a diamond handed ape, so reliving the 2021 GameStop saga meant I had a pit in my stomach from beginning to end. Of course one can’t help but compare this to the other comedic, “stick it to those wall street bastards” film: The Big Short. But the core difference is that the characters in The Big Short were primary players in the story of the 2008 financial crisis whereas the GME saga involved millions of individuals (known as apes) all banded together across the globe following the lead of a hilarious madman named Roaring Kitty, AKA Keith Gill. Unfortunately, this movie chose to tell the story of a select few of those apes where it should have just been the Keith Gill vs Wall Street movie coupled with random people around the world interacting with them on Reddit and Youtube. On top of that the film is way too immature for its own good. For a movie telling a true story, everyone behaves like they’re in a mid-2000’s Judd Apatow film. This is precisely how Wall Street Bets of Reddit should have been characterized, not every character in the film. In total, this movie manages to take one of the wildest stories in history and suck most of the meaning and fun out of it by bypassing important events yet emphasizing unfunny moments with characters that we don’t care about, and then pissing me off by showing them showing off their paper hands while Tik Tok dancing. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #ahauntinginvenice #ahauntinginvenicemovie #kennethbranagh Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: OppenheimerBeau Is AfraidInfinity PoolGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant MayhemMission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part OneJohn Wick: Chapter 4TetrisGran TurismoAirCreed IIISound of FreedomThe FlashFast XAsteroid CitySpider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseShazam! Fury of the GodsDungeons & Dragons: Honor Among ThievesM3GANmissingThe MachineBarbieIndiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyScream VIThe Super Mario Bros. MovieAnt-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaRenfieldThe Equalizer 3Blue BeetleEvil Dead RiseThe Pope’s ExorcistMagic Mike’s Last DanceTransformers: Rise of the BeastsKnock at the CabinInsidious: The Red DoorThe Nun IIThe Last Voyage of the DemeterPlaneHaunted MansionCocaine BearKnights of the Zodiac A Haunting in Venice once again puts Hercule Poirot to the task of figuring out who-dun-it, but this time with an interesting supernatural element that somewhat turns this story into a horror film. The movie does a good job of presenting questionable events involving spirits and ghosts to the point that their realness is arguable either way based on one’s personal interpretation, while also thematically plugging directly into Hercule’s personal story of having lost his faith in God because of the horrible things he’s seen over the course of his career. However, in the end it is a very subtle movie, as really nobody is heavily suspected by the audience or otherwise up until Hercule figures everything out after a single conversation per suspect and exposes the killer in one fell swoop and then immediately regains his faith because he believes he saw a ghost. So just like the aforementioned faith theme there are two interpretations of this subtle quality to the film: one that it is simply and classically told, and the other that it is tired and lazy. I lack a strong emotional connection to this movie, so it wouldn’t take the world’s greatest detective to figure out where I stand… Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

Follow us on other platforms: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #thenun #thenunii #thenun2 #nun2movie Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Beau Is Afraid 3. Infinity Pool 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 7. John Wick: Chapter 4 8. Tetris 9. Gran Turismo 10. Air 11. Creed III 12. Sound of Freedom 13. The Flash 14. Fast X 15. Asteroid City 16. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 17. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 18. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 19. M3GAN 20. missing 21. The Machine 22. Barbie 23. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 24. Scream VI 25. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 26. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 27. Renfield 28. The Equalizer 3 29. Blue Beetle 30. Evil Dead Rise 31. The Pope’s Exorcist 32. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 33. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 34. Knock at the Cabin 35. Insidious: The Red Door 36. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 37. Plane 38. Haunted Mansion 39. Cocaine Bear 40. Knights of the Zodiac The Nun 2 left me none too pleased. A corny opener, but I’ll never be able to make that joke again so let’s savor it. Once again a demon entity possesses someone in order to get a thing it needs to break into the physical world, and yet at the same time it is capable of affecting the physical world for things like murder regardless of having a meat puppet do things for it because it doesn’t need the magical thing it needs to do stuff with, thereby having it both ways at all times while withholding some basic limitation by which to hang a conducive or interesting plot. So once again we get a cookie-cutter, snooze-inducing story with minimal character development pocked by jump-scare set-pieces that admittedly are sometimes fresh but obnoxious all the same because they’re still fucking jump-scares. Mostly they lead to more laughter than scares, but maybe that’s a point in the movie’s favor… So the heroes have to get a magical thing to stop the demon and then they do in banal Harry Potter fashion, bringing to mind the eternal wisdom of Peter Jackson in not relying heavily upon magic to carry the dramatic fire in Lord of the Rings, because magic in storytelling is more often than not too simplistic and meaningless and in this case lowers the dramatic majesty of Christianity to the triviality of paganistic wizardry. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

Follow us on other platforms: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #equalizer3 #equalizer3movie #theequalizer Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Beau Is Afraid 3. Infinity Pool 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 7. John Wick: Chapter 4 8. Tetris 9. Gran Turismo 10. Air 11. Creed III 12. Sound of Freedom 13. The Flash 14. Fast X 15. Asteroid City 16. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 17. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 18. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 19. M3GAN 20. missing 21. The Machine 22. Barbie 23. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 24. Scream VI 25. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 26. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 27. Renfield 28. Blue Beetle 29. Evil Dead Rise 30. The Pope’s Exorcist 31. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 32. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 33. Knock at the Cabin 34. Insidious: The Red Door 35. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 36. Plane 37. Haunted Mansion 38. Cocaine Bear 39. Knights of the Zodiac The Equalizer 3 is a decent end to the Equalizer trilogy, a series of films following in the footsteps of John Wick, Taken, Jack Reacher, and nearly every Clint Eastwood movie whereby an older fella comes out of professional people killer retirement to once again punish those taking advantage of others in the classic Western style of one man versus a web of corruption, specifically in the “a stranger comes to town” style since this iteration takes place entirely in a small village in Sicily overrun by the mafia. However, this movie is basically a “feel good” story within that genre, as the story lacks any meaningful sacrifice on the part of ancillary characters or even the Equalizer himself (AKA Robert McCall), greatly diminishing the overall emotional impact of the story. Put short, a problem arises and then McCall quickly and badassly takes care of it without issue or loss of life or anything at all really. Watching Denzel Washington brutally murder bad guys will make you feel bloody righteous in the moment, but for lack of any deeper meaning or significance you’ll quickly forget this story. Feels good, but not memorable. So is it bad? No. It’s just cinematic comfort food, so you’re not missing anything if you skip this one. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

Follow us on other platforms: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #granturismo #granturismomovie Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Beau Is Afraid 3. Infinity Pool 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 7. John Wick: Chapter 4 8. Tetris 9. Air 10. Creed III 11. Sound of Freedom 12. The Flash 13. Fast X 14. Asteroid City 15. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 16. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 17. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 18. M3GAN 19. missing 20. The Machine 21. Barbie 22. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 23. Scream VI 24. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 25. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 26. Renfield 27. Blue Beetle 28. Evil Dead Rise 29. The Pope’s Exorcist 30. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 31. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 32. Knock at the Cabin 33. Insidious: The Red Door 34. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 35. Plane 36. Haunted Mansion 37. Cocaine Bear 38. Knights of the Zodiac Gran Turismo is a very good movie, but it doesn’t quite make it into the “great” category.And the reason for this is simple. While it has excellent character development and a really unique story about a video gamer turned professional racer, it feels like a 6-part mini series that some fan editor cut down to a two hour run time. With zero puns intended, it’s a bit rushed.What this means is that little character moments and big plot elements that should have had more emphasis are quickly breezed over, leading to an overall feeling of being slightly underwhelmed.However, the story has such a fresh approach to the racing genre and David Harbour’s character is so good that it easily makes up for these shortcomings, even if you’ve never heard of the video game this true story is based on. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

Follow us on other platforms: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #bluebeetle #bluebeetlemovie #DC #DCEU Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Beau Is Afraid 3. Infinity Pool 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 7. John Wick: Chapter 4 8. Tetris 9. Air 10. Creed III 11. Sound of Freedom 12. The Flash 13. Fast X 14. Asteroid City 15. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 16. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 17. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 18. M3GAN 19. missing 20. The Machine 21. Barbie 22. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 23. Scream VI 24. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 25. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 26. Renfield 27. Evil Dead Rise 28. The Pope’s Exorcist 29. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 30. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 31. Knock at the Cabin 32. Insidious: The Red Door 33. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 34. Plane 35. Haunted Mansion 36. Cocaine Bear 37. Knights of the Zodiac Blue Beetle isn’t the worst movie in the DCEU, but it’s by far the most weary. It’s essentially “superhero fatigue the movie” because there’s nothing we haven’t seen before while ALSO having trouble taking itself seriously while ALSO wishing it was a Marvel movie. A down on his luck fella gets bit by a radioactive spid— Sorry, a blue space scarab burrows into his spine turning him into a reluctant and awkward superhero. Then the evil head of a giant weapons manufacturer steals the secrets of this scarab to make a fleet of men in iron suits called Ironma— sorry again, I mean OMACs. Meanwhile everything feels random and disconnected from everything else that’s happening, as if the script was really long so they just deleted every other scene leading to constant confusion and contradiction of character. Maybe a more serious version of this would’ve worked back at the very outset of the DCEU, but at this point it’s just tired and weak. And also all white people are racist. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

Follow us on other platforms: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #TMNT #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantMayhem #mutantmayhem Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Beau Is Afraid 3. Infinity Pool 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 6. John Wick: Chapter 4 7. Tetris 8. Air 9. Creed III 10. Sound of Freedom 11. The Flash 12. Fast X 13. Asteroid City 14. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 15. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 16. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 17. M3GAN 18. missing 19. The Machine 20. Barbie 21. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 22. Scream VI 23. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 24. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 25. Renfield 26. Evil Dead Rise 27. The Pope’s Exorcist 28. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 29. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 30. Knock at the Cabin 31. Insidious: The Red Door 32. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 33. Plane 34. Haunted Mansion 35. Cocaine Bear 36. Knights of the Zodiac Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is terrific. I definitely had a big smile on my face for most of this movie. And why’s that? Nostalgia? Revisiting my childhood? No. I loved this movie because it felt like the people making it actually cared about the CHARACTERS, and that the characters behaved and spoke true to themselves as mutants and/or teenagers or father figures or relatably embittered and vengeful bad guys. And then built overtop of that is a clear “destroy all humans” plot that easily carries a simple story of longing to belong in a world that typically runs from or destroys anything regarded as unfamiliar or alien, which is exactly how people would initially react to four teenage mutant ninja turtles, their giant rat father, and all of their mutant bad guy cousins seeking revenge for humanity’s mutant-phobia. This movie brings it on every level: A fresh and apt style of animation, good humor, good fun, motivated bad guys with a sympathetic plot, excellent characterization and fulfillment of individual character arcs, a KILLER soundtrack, lots of pizza and all wrapped up in the most comprehensive and appropriately awkward origin story the turtles have ever seen on the big screen. All that’s left to say my dear McCurdy, is cowabunga. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message

Follow us on other platforms: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #lastvoyageofthedemeter #lastvoyageofthedemetermovie #dracula Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Beau Is Afraid 3. Infinity Pool 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 6. John Wick: Chapter 4 7. Tetris 8. Air 9. Creed III 10. Sound of Freedom 11. The Flash 12. Fast X 13. Asteroid City 14. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 15. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 16. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 17. M3GAN 18. missing 19. The Machine 20. Barbie 21. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 22. Scream VI 23. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 24. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 25. Renfield 26. Evil Dead Rise 27. The Pope’s Exorcist 28. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 29. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 30. Knock at the Cabin 31. Insidious: The Red Door 32. Plane 33. Haunted Mansion 34. Cocaine Bear 35. Knights of the Zodiac The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a decent movie, no question about it. It’s well made and at times has genuine moments of horror. Unfortunately, it’s another example of one of these movies that just doesn’t carry the ball far enough to deserve remembrance. It is exactly what one expects, and nothing more. And I hate saying this about a movie that has the balls to kill a child, but overall this small story such as it is would have been better off remaining as a part of a larger one. And when tasked with pinpointing exactly what’s missing, I believe it to be a certain amount of cleverness within the confines of the premise. As a big fan of this brand of story, both horror and the “a bunch of people trapped in a confined space within a desperate situation” genres, what’s needed is some clever setup and payoff, especially because we as an audience already know that this Dracula tale is going to end in tragedy. Instead what we get in the end is more or less going through the motions as each cast member gets picked off one by one without any fulfillment of character or personal sacrifice or anything else that may have made this story more than just scraping the bottom of the Dracula lore barrel. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message