Rich man’s The Man with The Golden Arm: Both films have elements of addiction and how an addict’s relationships are affected by their lifestyle. Rounders is definitely slicker and more fun. ★★★★★ Damn it, Josh has really hit it out of the park the last couple of weeks. T2 kicked ass. I watched Ex Machina […]

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Poor Man’s Se7en. Morgan Freeman has been a few days way from retirement for his entire career but this movie’s villain doesn’t hold a torch to John Doe. ★★★☆☆ Earlier today, I heard someone describe The Eagles as rock and roll for people who don’t want to put the effort into liking music. This analogy […]

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Rich Man’s Heathers: Both films are definitely in the dark comedy genre, but I feel like World’s Greatest Dad has more meat on the bone. Out of the two, it definitely made me think more. ★★★★☆ World’s Greatest Dad is a black comedy film written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, who, if you’re a 90s […]

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Rich Man’s Lord of War — they are both highly-stylized tales of men who struggle with morality and consequence in worlds devoid of them, but The Devil’s Advocate offers more satisfying answers. ★★★★☆ The Devil’s Advocate is the 1997 courtroom drama starring Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, and Al Pacino. Keanu Reeves plays hotshot Florida attorney […]

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Rich Man’s The Matrix Reloaded: Both of these movies deal with the fate of humanity when overcome with technology and both of these movies have both good and bad parts. However, T2 is able to create  cohesive and overall enjoyable film, while Reloaded is just another sequel that didn’t live up to the original. ★★★★☆ […]

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Poor Man’s The Departed. It’s possible that The French Connection hasn’t aged well or that newer movies learned from is mistakes, but The Departed is just better at everything this movie tries to do. ★★☆☆☆ Sometimes, I wish I liked a movie more than I did. I spend time trying to get people to talk me into […]

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Poor man’s Sleepwalk With Me. Harmontown and Sleepwalk With Me felt like very similar movies. Both look at someone in the middle of traumatic period in their lives, but I didn’t find either that interesting, although I do want to learn more about the characters studied. ★★☆☆☆ I have mixed feelings about documentaries. In order […]

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Rich Man’s Van Wilder — simplicity is a good formula for a college comedy hinging mainly on stereotypes. It helps that Animal House invented most of them. ★★★☆☆ Now, before I receive a ton of angry Facebook comments, I want to remind everyone that 3 stars is not a bad review. I gave John Wick […]

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Josh and Netflix are not making this easy on me. When first asked to complete this list, I sent Josh a document with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in all five slots. He rejected this idea, but only on the grounds that the movie is not currently available for streaming on Netflix. To remedy this inadequacy, […]

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Rich man’s Spectre: I didn’t really enjoy Spectre. To quote Samuel L Jackson in Kingsman, “Nowadays they’re all a little serious for my taste, but the old [Bond films]… marvelous. Give me a far-fetched theatrical plot any day.” Kingsman: The Secret Service delivers on that promise. ★★★★★ Daniel Craig is at the same time one […]

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