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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Poor Man’s Seven. Eyes Wide Shut sets up a series of captivating mysteries but refuses to follow through on them. ????? This week I was assigned Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick’s final film. On the back of my ode to Tom Cruise, David decided to challenge me with a Tom Cruise film featuring a director […]

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Rich Man’s Comet: Both cover ground about relationships and both are sort of funny. However, Sleepwalk With Me did make me want to watch Birbiglia’s stand-up, which is a plus, I guess. ★★☆☆☆ This week I watched Sleepwalk with Me, Mike Birbiglia’s first foray into writing/directing. The film is basically a film adaptation of his […]

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Poor Man’s Mad Max: Fury Road: both movies strive for the beauty of simplicity, but John Wick falls a little short ★★★☆☆ John Wick is the 2014 action vehicle starring Keanu Reeves. The film follows an incredibly simple trajectory, which is usually a winning combination for me (more on that later): Keanu’s wife dies. He is […]

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Rich man’s Tucker and Dale vs Evil: This is a horror movie that’s not really about horror. Where Tucker and Dale use humor to pervert the horror genre, Let The Right One In uses drama. ★★★★☆ BOO! It’s Halloween! In honor of this holiday of candy and costumes, I was forced to watch Let The […]

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