Yipee-Ki-Yay Mr Falcon

This should actually be called "Best Movies to Watch on Thanksgiving," because while many of these movies are tangentially related to the American holiday of food, precious few are actually dedicated to turkey day. So if you're like us and you'd rather watch a few good flicks instead of football while you're digesting away, dig this. 

A couple Jersey guys take a deep dive into the movie universe of one of our favorite directors who hails from a place just a few miles away. Kevin Smith never quite became a MEGA success, and because of that, his movies, especially his early View Askew flicks, still feel like ours. 

American Beauty gets a bad rap, it's not nearly as dated as some people say it is, and along with Fight Club and Office Space, all of which came out in 1999, they create an interesting picture of the American psyche at the time and shows us a bit how we got from there to here almost three decades later. 

You truly won't believe how many excellent, quirky, and even legendary movies were released in 1996. We tried to do a speed run through them, but there were so many this ended up becoming a deep dive. Let's get into it!

There's something special about the trilogy, whether they're an accidental collection of sequels or a purposeful trilogy like The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, or the OG Star Wars films. In most cases, if not all, the trilogy is muddied by further sequels that ruin the original triumverate, but we can remember or dis-remember any installments we want, right? Here they are, the best film trilogies of all time. 

They've been on the gory fringe of horror movies for a long time, and then came the great wave in the early 2000s — zombies. They're everyone's favorite apocalyptic flesh eaters, and they come in a ton of varieties, from the voodoo variety to the brain eaters of the 70s and 80s, to the rage-infected runners and speedy zombies that just want to kill — these are the best zombie movies of all time.  

We sometimes think of the superhero-movie era as beginning with the Marvel Phase 1 films, specificaly Iron Man (2008). But the truth is, folks who grew up in the 1980s and 1990s had more superhero movies at their disposal than you might think. Here are the best, from the first big screen (sort of) Punisher, to the OG Superman and Batman, to the Incredible Hulk from TV, they're all here. 

There is seriously hope for the next generation. Find out what some brand spanking new horror fans thought of their first viewings of The Monster Squad (1987), The Wolf Man (1941), and Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). This is the perfect wayt o kick off the Halloween season. 

It's kind of astounding how many amazing, lasting classic movies came out in 1994. Dozens, far too many to mention one by one - but we try our damn best! Take a nostalgic tour through one of the best years in movie history. 

Some movies are just as memorable for the songs backing the imagery and the score weaving it all together. There have been some epic movie soundtracks from the past few decades, and they show the power a really good mixtape can have. What's your favorite movie soundtrack of all time? Let us know in the comments!

Plus...learn everything you absolutely must know...about WOLF JAZZ. 

There's a growing movement of movie fans who are committing to buying physical media so they are no longer at the mercy of streamers. But we were doing it before it was cool — because it was all we had. Now, recollecting movies on 4K is becoming an awesome way of watching movies you love with new eyes, and in a lot of ways, for the first time again. 

There are a few years that are landmarks in cinema for the sheer volume of awesomeness that was released in theaters between January and December. One of those years...is 1987.

Yes we have another one of those mysterious occurrences from the 1990s where two movies with extremely similar subject matter tackled in very different ways were released right on top of each other: Dante's Peak and Volcano, both from 1997. Which movie about molten magma spurting from the earth's core did it better? 

We were having a weird day and bounced around from a tribute to the late Michael Madsen to potential new James Bonds, William S. Burroughs, and weird old biker movies, and a new one, too. Sometimes, we're just, like, not super focused or whatever. 

"What are you rebelling against, Johnny?"

"Whaddaya got?"