Best of the Rest
Each week on Best of the Rest we take a second look at a movie that was poorly received upon release, but challenge ourselves to only talk about what the movie does well. Maybe not every movie is great, but all movies have GREATNESS!
Episodes
Multiplicity is a comedy that stars not one, not two, not three, but FOUR Michael Keatons and it somehow flopped at the box office. This week we revisit this sci-fi comedy to find everything it does well, including some truly stunning visual effects.
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Towards the end of Arnold Schwarzenegger's movie star era, he gave the sci-fi genre another go with a movie about clones. Despite Arnold in two roles, The 6th Day underperformed at the box office and didn't receive glowing reviews from critics. This week we're revisiting this very 2000 film to find what it got right.
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After making hit action movies like Armageddon and Bad Boys, Michael Bay directed a high concept sci-fi film about clones. Audiences and critics were not impressed at the time, but this week we take a second look at this movie's futuristic world of 2019 and find everything it got right!
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After a decades long production history, Gemini Man finally hit theaters in late 2019. Despite starring one of the most popular movie stars in the world in two leading roles, the movie failed to impress critics at the time. This week we revisit Ang Lee's action epic to find what this movie got right after all...
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We're wrapping up fake band month with the rise and fall of Conner4Real. Despite a warm reception from critics, Popstar was a bomb at the box office. This week we revisit the music mockumentary to find everything it does well. Doink de doink!
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As The Office was becoming the biggest comedy on TV, one of its stars was given the lead role in a comedy about an aging rock star. Unfortunately, the movie did not prove to be as successful as the TV show, but this week we are taking a second look at the Rainn Wilson vehicle to find what it got right! The movie features an undeniable cast, including Emma Stone, Jane Lynch, Josh Gad, Christina Applegate, Aziz Ansari, Jason Sudeikis...
From rapper to actor, and finally in 2001 to Rock Star. Mark Wahlberg has done it all, but this outing did little to impress critics at the time. Today we look back and this Judas Priest inspired tale to find everything it got right.
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Before they were movie stars, Brendan Fraser and Adam Sandler were in a band with Steve Buscemi. Critics were particularly harsh to Airheads, and audiences failed to show up in the theaters. But this week we take a second look at The Lone Rangers to find what really rocks in this movie.
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We're ending Nic Cage month with a horror remake that failed to impress critics, but gave audiences plenty of material for internet memes.
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Ryan Coogler's prohibition era vampire gangster film is burning up the box office, and we want to celebrate everything this movie does well. Turns out, it's a lot.
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We return to Nic Cage month and Nic Cage returns as a vampire! This time he's playing the father of all blood suckers, and we're diving in to find everything this box office flop does well!
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It's the obscure 80's Nicolas Cage comedy that spawned a thousand memes! We revisit this wacky dark comedy to find everything it does well, like possibly inspiring American Psycho.
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Disney's family friendly American history version of The Da Vinci Code was a hit at the box office, but received underwhelming reviews from critics. This week we take a second look at this Nic Cage caper flick to discover everything worth celebrating.
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We're kicking off a whole month of Nic Cage with a movie from his action star era. While this may not be the most over the top Cage performance, the movie itself is one of the more bonkers films he has been a part of. We're revisiting what is perhaps the most pre 9/11 movie of all time to find what it does well.
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It's one of the most notorious box office bombs of all time, and for our 200th episode we're scouring this film for signs of life. Plus, Bob Buel returns for BotR Trivia!
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This Andy Samberg vehicle may have crashed harder at the box office than a moped stunt gone wrong, but the movie managed to find its audience on home video. Today we take a second look to find out why.
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Critics weren't too kind to the Chris Farley vehicle at the time, but this week we're taking a second look at the comedy cult classic Tommy Boy and discussing everything we love!
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SNL-ish month begins with the Adam Sandler movie that established what to expect from an Adam Sandler movie.
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BIG ANIMAL MONTH concludes with one of the most infamous movies in the genre. This special effects heavy jungle adventure film was praised by Roger Ebert, but not many others at the time of its release. This week we revisit Anaconda to find everything it does well!
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Can you believe the 90's film about a talking gorilla that leads a team to a lost city to fight a group of ugly gorillas with lasers didn't receive much critical acclaim?
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