I’ll forever remember 2025 as the year in which I discovered a 4DX movie theater in downtown Denver. Alright, maybe there were other reasons besides that discovery that made 2025 special… but my first time at a 4DX movie was nothing short of amazing. When Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith had … Continue reading 2025 In Review: My Five Favorite Shows and Movies from a Memorable Year
The following essay is part of an upcoming Riker Scale project. Enjoy! The distinction of favorite movie is a subjective one. Each person is entitled to their own taste in film, and the variety in film opinions is part of what makes talking about movies so fun. At the same time, I firmly believe that … Continue reading Why The Incredibles is the Greatest Movie of All Time
The following is a spoiler-free review of the Christopher Nolan film Tenet. The review is part of an upcoming movie-related project. When I was a kid, I had this game called “Mindflex.” The user would strap on a headset with earlobe clamps and it would supposedly measure the intensity of your brainwaves to control the … Continue reading Excerpt: Reviewing the Tenet Experience
On January 3, just a couple days before heading back to Northwestern for our winter quarter, I took a trip to the movie theater with my dad to watch the Adam Sandler drama Uncut Gems. I enjoyed the flick trip, but little did I know that the first movie theater excursion I took in 2020 … Continue reading The Rich, Delectable Hollywood Year of 2019
In previous years, I've come out with a list of my top 50 movies of all-time. This year, I decided to expand that total to 100, including five releases from 2017. Each movie is rated on a scale from 1-100, and since these are my top 100 movies, the range of these are from 77 … Continue reading My 100 favorite movies! Riker Scale 2018
Usually, when awards or honors are announced, a good portion of the attention goes to the snubs, the candidates who could have or should have won but nevertheless did not. Recently, I came out with a list of my 50 favorite movies, called the Riker Scale. After watching a movie earlier this year, I realized … Continue reading Sorry, Shrek
Earlier this year, I released a list of my 50 favorite movies, called the Riker Scale. Each movie on the list was also given a value from 1-100 as a rating. If you haven’t checked it out, you can find the full list in the Movies tab. Going through the list, multiple interesting trends and … Continue reading Analyzing the Riker Scale Top 50 Movie List
We've arrived at the top 10. These movies are my absolute favorites and I've watched most of these more times than I have fingers. What are your takes on the top 10? Did I miss any? Comment below on this post or for the whole series. 1)Count of Monte Cristo (2002), PG-13, Directed … Continue reading The Riker Scale: Top Ten Movies
These 10 movies are just out of the top ten. Here are numbers 20-11. 11) Adventures of Tin-Tin (2011), PG, Directed by Steven Spielberg An Indiana Jones-style animated film, the Adventures of Tin-Tin is the greatest movie that I expected to be horrible. Tin-Tin, the subject of a comic book series, is a young journalist … Continue reading The Riker Scale: 20-11
The latest installment of the Riker Scale series counts down from movie #30 to #21. Check out next week for the next ten movies. 21) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), PG, Directed by Steven Spielberg Indiana Jones is not Star Wars, but the story of the world traveler and treasure seeker is … Continue reading The Riker Scale: 30-21
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