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!
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Our month of listener DEMANDS continues with a John Candy Classic. It turns out that John Hughes was pretty good at writing movies about bad family vacations.
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If Who Framed Roger Rabbit invented a genre, Cool World ended it. This week we revisit the early Brad Pitt vehicle and find what works, or at least make sense of what we just watched.
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Long before The Avengers, the View Askewniverse gave us Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, which is a sequel to four loosely connected films. While some critics wrote favorably of the movie, audiences did not show up in the theaters. This week we take a second look at this stoner comedy classic to discuss everything it got right. Bong indeed.
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Half Baked may be considered a classic of the stoner comedy genre today, but in 1998 it failed to make an impression. Today we're revisiting this Dave Chappelle joint to find everything that works!
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Despite an all-time great movie title, the movie failed to win over the critics. This week we revisit this early 00's time capsule to ask ourselves.... Where's your car dude?
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Stoner month kicks off with with a horror comedy from 1999 that 14 people saw in theaters. This week we're breaking down everything we love about Idle Hands!
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Despite a heavy re-edit by the studio and a disappointing box office, Event Horizon still managed to find an audience on home video in the late 90s. This week we revisit the sci-fi horror film that scarred a generation and find everything it does well.
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In 1998 Deep Rising was lost in the box office wake of a different movie about a large sinking ship, but this week we're revisiting this forgotten adventure and celebrating everything it does well. And from the deep cast to the stellar visual effects, there's a lot worth celebrating!
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Just a few years after the massive success of Jurassic Park, another Michael Crichton sci-fi disaster novel was adapted. Unfortunately, the legacy of Sphere is far inferior to the dinosaur movie. But this week we're celebrating the mostly forgotten underwater thriller, with its great cast and thrilling and creative use of the unknown and the unseen.
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We're kicking off the spooky season with a notorious 1990's semi-erotic creature feature! I mean seriously what's not to love here.
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We're ending video game month with the second movie in a franchise that seems destined to border on the edge of blockbuster forever: TRON
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The massively popular video game series finally got its very faithful movie adaptation in 2016. Unfortunately for the fans, the movie failed to bring in enough at the box office to greenlight a sequel. This week we revisit this one off effort and determine what it got right! We also ponder the finer differences between orcs and ogres.
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While not too technically impressive by today's standards, the photorealistic animation in FINAL FANTASY was groundbreaking in 2001. Despite praise for its visuals, the movie failed to find its audience, even among fans of the video game franchise. This week we revisit the film to find everything it does right, and see what managed to age well.
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The latest Mortal Kombat adaptation tried to distance itself from previous films with a darker, bloodier tone. The result received a mixed reception from fans and critics alike, but this week we just want to talk about what we like! Did you know Sub-Zero makes a blade out of Scorpion's blood? Because Sub-Zero makes a blade out of Scorpion's blood.
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We're kicking off our third video games month with one of the most notorious adaptations: 2005's DOOM starring The Rock and Karl Urban. Sure, it takes plenty of liberties with the source material, but there's still some positives to be had... right?
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At the peak of their popularity, The Monkees released their only feature film. Virtually no one saw it. Perhaps it was because the movie was a deliberate subversion of their popular show, or maybe it was due to a bizarre marketing strategy, but this week all we care about is what the movie did well. Hey hey, it's the Hashtag PP.
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For 3 years in the late 90's, Spice Girls ruled the world. Their movie was a success at the box office but didn't please many critics, and has nearly faded into obscurity 28 years later. But this week we resurrect this strange pop star film to bring you everything it does well!
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Sure, a movie about a 25 year old band didn't resonate with kids in 1999, but now that KISS is 50 years past their prime, does the movie hold up? We found plenty to enjoy!
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As Jack Black's career was exploding in the early 2000's, he was given the greenlight to make a comedy about his band: Tenacious D. Unfortunately Black's popularity didn't translate to box office success at the time, but we're revisiting this modern cult classic to find everything it does well!
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Tom Hardy's Venom saga came to a close last year, and given that we have covered the previous two films it only felt right to end the month with this grand finale.
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