Posts in Opinion
How ‘Succession’ Managed To Break Form And Peak In Its Final Season

Season 4 of HBO’s Succession feels like such a refreshing and miraculous deviation from a common trend seen in many finales. It never forgets to prioritize its central characters and the authenticity of their journeys over shock value and sentimentality, and that is why it was the perfect time for this show to end.

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Three Reasons Book to Film Adaptations Suck!

This weekend, the first of two major Stephen King book to film adaptations coming out this fall will arrive. While there's an enormous amount of anticipation for these two films, there is also a certain level of apprehension. While there are some great Stephen King cinematic adaptations, many are horrible.

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How A Doctor Doom Movie Could Save Fox's Fantastic Four Franchise

This year’s San Diego Comic-Con gave us tons of exciting trailers, announcements, and news regarding the future of the superhero movie genre, but one piece of information that appeared to go somewhat under the radar.

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Best and Worst of July

July was a pretty good month for quality films and just like any month it had its highs and lows!  This is going to be the first time that Men vs. Movies is doing a written best and worst for the month.  This article will compile Nick, Brody, and Sean's list so that you could see our respective favorite and least favorite movies of this month and some of the reasons why. 

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TV for the Week 07/31/2017 – 08/05/2017

Hello, to my fellow earthlings. Welcome to the newly created tv segment of Men vs. Movies. If you are wondering “Why would a website for movies have a tv section?” I honestly don’t know, I can’t answer that question but I can happily bring you reviews of our favourite tv shows and open your eyes to shows that may have missed you. I’m going to break down tv shows I will be watching this week and dropping a couple of reviews along the way.

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Christopher Nolan Movies Ranked

Let's talk Nolan movies! With Dunkirk having been released just last Thursday we thought that it would be awesome to give you guys our opinions of Christopher Nolan's best films so that you could have a Nolan marathon from worst (if there really is one) to best if you so desire!  We have compiled lists from Sean Chandler, Tyler Tompkins, as well as our very own Griffin Schiller for this weeks ranking. 

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Luc Besson: The Creative Creator

Opening this week is French director Luc Besson’s latest film, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The $180 million dollar sci-fi epic is both the highest budgeted independent and French film of all-time. While the title is unfamiliar to the casual movie goer in North America, the film is actually based off of a 50 year old French comic book. On the surface, it would seem strange for Besson to follow up his previous film, the international Scarlett Johansson hit Lucy, with a sci-fi film, but this kind of genre hopping has been a staple of Luc Besson’s career.

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Planet of the Apes Movies Ranked! (Only the Good Ones)

War for the Planet of the Apes has finally hit theaters across the country and to no surprise at all has amassed massive amounts of critical and commercial praise. The franchise that began in 1968 with the original Charlton Heston classic Planet of the Apes, is no stranger to the sequel and reboot process having spawned several sequels in the early to mid-70s and of course the infamous 2001 reboot by Tim Burton. 2011 brought about the arrival of arguably the biggest surprise of the year in Rise of the Planet of the Apes and also our next attempt at a revival of the beloved cult classic franchise. In honor of the conclusion to the prequel apes trilogy, the writers here at Men vs. Movies have decided to rank the Apes films from worst to best.

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Planet of the Apes: The Original Modern Franchise

Ever wonder the history of the Planet of the Apes Franchise?  Well here Sean Chandler gives you a rundown of it and why it is the original modern franchise! 

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The Weekend Update 7/14/17

Hey everyone, we are back with this week's Weekend Update! There 3 films getting wide releases this week and as always you can purchase tickets through Fandango by clicking on the pictures associated with each movie. Let's dive into this.

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The Feige Effect: It's Not What You Think

All good things must come to an end. This phrase applies no differently to the tenure of Kevin Feige with Marvel Studios. Feige began producing for Marvel 17 years ago with the first X-Men movie (directed by Brian Singer), and last week’s Spider-Man Homecoming marks the 16th film within the Marvel Cinematic Universe that Feige has overseen since 2008 (Iron Man).

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How Marvel Studios Brought Spider-Man Home

Owen Farrington from Own Likes Comics has provided us with his script for his latest case study of Spider-Man coming home to Marvel!  It's quite the read or watch and if you don't have the time to watch it just read it here and enjoy what he has to say in written form!  This will be a treat on the Men vs. Movies site every now and again, let us know how you like it and check out Spider-Man: Homecoming this weekend!

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The Welcome Return of the Action Movie

Here we get a clear layout of the disappearance and reappearance of the mid-budget action movies that we all loved from back in the day! Check out what Sean Chandler has to say about this phenomenon and why he thinks that we need to be getting more of them than we already are! 

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The Valuable Importance of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Franchise

Gear up web heads!  Let's talk about why the Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies are so awesome and are arguably the origin of the Superhero craze that has shaped the MCU of today!

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In Defence of the Almighty Remake (and Reboot, and sequel, and spinoff AND franchise or whatever)

Originality. That’s the goal, right? That is the common denominator. The thing that we all care about, and the vital element that filmmakers should always be striving for. Sometimes they achieve it… And sometimes they clearly don’t…

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