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Twenty-six shark movies in Twenty 20-Sharks!
Twenty 20-Sharks: Intro to Sharks
It's a new year, and therefore a new opportunity to completely bungle another year‑long movie challenge! Last year's project, Twenty 20‑Fav, burned out around October after 30 entries, with ten still left on the table. Maybe I'll get back to finishing it. Then again, maybe not. Who's to say? This year, though, we’re scaling back (slightly) with a much more manageable goal: 26 shark movies in 2026. That’s roughly two every month, with a couple extras thrown in just for fun. Why shark movies? Wasn't the 50th anniversary of…
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January 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Twenty-six shark movies in Twenty 20-Sharks!
Twenty 20-Fav continues with The Wolf of Wall Street, where the excess is very much the point, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
Twenty 20-Fav: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Okay, Marty, we get it. Money bad.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Twenty 20-Fav continues with The Wolf of Wall Street, where the excess is very much the point, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
Favreau may be out of the director's chair, but Happy Hogan will return.
Twenty 20-Fav: Iron Man 3 (2013)
A movie where Guy Pearce plays a fire-breathing dragon. Also it's Christmas.
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October 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Favreau may be out of the director's chair, but Happy Hogan will return.
The cinematic equivalent of busywork.
Twenty 20-Fav: People Like Us (2012)
This entire movie could have been an email.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The cinematic equivalent of busywork.
Favreau's "Cowboys & Aliens" feels more like a sticky note on a blank page than a finished screenplay.
Twenty 20-Fav: Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Favreau may have left Marvel for greener pastures, but this ain't it, chief.
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September 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Favreau's "Cowboys & Aliens" feels more like a sticky note on a blank page than a finished screenplay.
Iron Man 2 is still garbage, but it comes from a time when "Thunderstruck" wasn't the only AC/DC song in the world.
Twenty 20-Fav: Iron Man 2 (2010)
Second verse, worse than the first.
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September 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Iron Man 2 is still garbage, but it comes from a time when "Thunderstruck" wasn't the only AC/DC song in the world.
All these years later, I'm still mad at Vince Vaughn for making me pay money to watch him play Guitar Hero.
Twenty 20-Fav: Couples Retreat (2009)
In which I get mad about video games.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
All these years later, I'm still mad at Vince Vaughn for making me pay money to watch him play Guitar Hero.
For the evening crew
The film that put a face to the male loneliness epidemic before it even had a name also gave the world the phrase 'totes magotes'. Can't win em all...
Twenty 20-Fav: I Love You, Man (2009)
What's better than this? Guys bein' dudes...
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August 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
For the evening crew
The film that put a face to the male loneliness epidemic before it even had a name also gave the world the phrase 'totes magotes'. Can't win em all...
Twenty 20-Fav: I Love You, Man (2009)
What's better than this? Guys bein' dudes...
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August 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The film that put a face to the male loneliness epidemic before it even had a name also gave the world the phrase 'totes magotes'. Can't win em all...
For the daytime crew
Weapons is a great, stylish horror story with a lot to chew on. So naturally I spend most of this review talking about COVID times.
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REVIEW: Weapons (2025)
Asking the serious questions like “What if the Naruto run was evil?”
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August 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
For the daytime crew
Weapons is a great, stylish horror story with a lot to chew on. So naturally I spend most of this review talking about COVID times.
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REVIEW: Weapons (2025)
Asking the serious questions like “What if the Naruto run was evil?”
joescinemarama.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Weapons is a great, stylish horror story with a lot to chew on. So naturally I spend most of this review talking about COVID times.
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Twenty 20-Fav continues with Four Christmases, which brings back my favorite running gag in this series: Jon Favreau beating up Vince Vaughn.
Twenty 20-Fav: Four Christmases (2008)
Neither romantic, nor a comedy.
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August 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Twenty 20-Fav continues with Four Christmases, which brings back my favorite running gag in this series: Jon Favreau beating up Vince Vaughn.