I know Netflix kind of hangs its hat on shows these days, but I have always been a movie guy, and I’m glad to see they still release so many new original films. I like television programs, sure, but they’re an awful big commitment. Several seasons of several episodes, all lasting between thirty and sixty minutes each. Sometimes much more if you enjoy something like … Continue reading Train Dreams Review
Chapter 26 Sam cursed in the deepest, throatiest voice he could push from himself. Not just at the wind that was ripping through his body and shearing his soul with its cold, and not just at the snow that was falling faster, harder, and more violently as it began sticking to his face and clothes rather than selflessly melting away. No, he was cursing the … Continue reading Brothers’ Bond: A Pokemon Story, Chapter 26
I’m bad at acknowledging the 1960’s–much less anything before the 1960’s!–ever happened. Which, honestly, is pretty generous of me! I was born in 1980, so I don’t even have any tangible proof that the 1970’s happened either, but I’ve decided to allow them into my thinking. I used to be relatively anti-The-1970’s, but I have since realized the 1960’s is where I actually hold most … Continue reading Thirteen The Fridayth: 2020’s Horror
Demond from the Demond Does podcast joins The Order this episode to discuss Shazam and all things DCEU. For more from Demond, click HERE! Continue reading Episode 164: Shazam
When your favorite movie is from a particular sub-genre, it can mean one of two things. You either grade that sub-genre really kindly because you know you love it, or you grade it harshly because any competition has an uphill battle to measure up. With me, my favorite movie is somehow NOT from the horror genre, which shocks even me. No, my favorite film of … Continue reading Fight Or Flight Review
Chapter 25 The lobby chair had a comforting material that Sam couldn’t quite identify; it felt like a kind of faux-Linoone fur (at least, Sam hoped it was faux). It was so soft that, where it touched Sam’s skin, he couldn’t feel any particular strand of it—it just all blended into one wash of luxury against him. The chair coddled him and relaxed him and … Continue reading Brothers’ Bond: A Pokemon Story, Chapter 25
I just recently, as of this writing, passed one hundred movies released in 2025 watched. In that hundred films, I’ve obviously seen a lot of movies in theaters and that were big, major releases (Predator: Badlands was officially #100, for instance), but you don’t get to that figure without finding a lot of independent flicks on streaming services. When you watch a lot of indie … Continue reading Don’t Log Off Review
Guys. Guys, I think I like musicals, guys. And this has been a really disappointing revelation in my life. I guess I always wanted to be one of those people that was “too cool” for musicals. “Why is everyone just busting out until song?” I’d ask. “Why are the extras in the background happily partaking in their music?”. It all seems so odd, right? Aliens … Continue reading Sing Street Review
I need to watch more of the classic Universal Horror features from the 1930’s through 1950’s. I’ve seen a handful of them, sure, but there are several more out there. For instance, I have skipped The Mummy and The Phantom Of The Opera because I had heard they didn’t quite measure up to the rest. But maybe I’ll dig them anyway when I try them … Continue reading Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein Review
Robert from Crooked Table Productions is back for another go ’round in The Order, as he and Stew discuss 2007’s Oscar-nominated Persepolis! For more from Robert, click HERE! Continue reading Episode 163: Persepolis
It’s funny to me, but in the last three years, I’ve seen FAR more movies released prior to 1970 than I had in my entire life combined leading up to that trio of years. Hell, you could almost certainly make that about movies made prior to 1980! It’s not that I had a particularly strong bias against “old” movies; it’s just that I never felt … Continue reading Rashomon Review
We are back, and when we last looked at this list, we counted down #20-11 of the best non-new-release films that I watched in 2025. I had seen 169 such movies in the calendar year, so we are talking some great pictures across the board here. Everything from #20 onward has been at least a 4.0 out of 5.0! Now it’s time to finish this … Continue reading Top 20 First Time Watches In 2025: #10-1
So far this January, I’ve discussed the worst movies that released in 2025 and my favorite movies that came out in that same year. But it’s time to leave the past in the past, as we move on to looking at… the more distant past, I suppose? My perpetual New Year’s Resolution for the past few years is to watch 200 movies in a calendar … Continue reading Top 20 First Time Watches In 2025: #20-11
I love ranking franchises! Even bad franchises. And I think that’s what shocked me the most after my recent watch of the entire Alien franchise: it’s not particularly good! Whereas many of the classic horror franchises I’ve ranked to this point (your Halloweens and your Friday The 13ths and your Child’s Plays, etc) tend to have a roller coaster like experience of highs and lows, … Continue reading Ranking The Franchise: Alien
Chapter 24 As Sam stood outside Rowan’s laboratory in Sandgem Town and stared through it, he couldn’t help but imagine it a cold, stone castle on a jagged mountainside. Despite the typically Sandgemian beautiful day of sunshine and blue skies, Sam could have sworn he saw a malevolent lightning bolt crack behind the lab and silhouette it in shadows. Tommy and Miah emerged from the … Continue reading Brothers’ Bond: A Pokemon Story, Chapter 24
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