cinema Archives - Taylor Holmes inc. https://taylorholmes.com/category/cinema/ Movies, Books & TV for people who like to think.. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:03:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://taylorholmes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cropped-light-bulb-1-32x32.jpg cinema Archives - Taylor Holmes inc. https://taylorholmes.com/category/cinema/ 32 32 Full Metal Jacket IMDB Top 250 Challenge https://taylorholmes.com/2026/08/09/full-metal-jacket-imdb-top-250-challenge/ https://taylorholmes.com/2026/08/09/full-metal-jacket-imdb-top-250-challenge/#respond Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:59:52 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=34037 This is film two of the IMDB Top 250 Challenge, where I let a cryptographically secure random number generator dictate my watch order through all 250 films on the IMDB Top 250 Films list and write up each one as they come. If you missed film one, we opened with Andrei Rublev, so believe me when I say the tonal whiplash of going from a three hour Soviet meditation on faith to Stanley Kubrick’s Vietnam is not lost on me. […]

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]]> https://taylorholmes.com/2026/08/09/full-metal-jacket-imdb-top-250-challenge/feed/ 0 Top 100 Netflix Documentaries to Watch Right Now (#45 to #41) https://taylorholmes.com/2026/08/07/top-100-netflix-documentaries-45-to-41/ https://taylorholmes.com/2026/08/07/top-100-netflix-documentaries-45-to-41/#respond Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=33759 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. This is where documentaries stop being ‘pretty good’ and start being life-altering. 13th is in this batch, and I already told you what that one did to me. It literally changed my brain chemistry, it fundamentally altered how I think about life. You can’t say that really anything will do that to you… but the 13th did. Regardless, every doc here hits different. Netflix Documentary #45 — 13th 2016 | Film | Directed by Ava DuVernay […]

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]]> https://taylorholmes.com/2026/08/07/top-100-netflix-documentaries-45-to-41/feed/ 0 Andrei Rublev Explained IMDB Top 250 Challenge https://taylorholmes.com/2026/08/06/andrei-rublev-explained-imdb-top-250-challenge/ https://taylorholmes.com/2026/08/06/andrei-rublev-explained-imdb-top-250-challenge/#respond Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:11:18 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=34032 Okay. Let’s do this. I’m about to start what might be the dumbest – or possibly the most rewarding thing I attempt on this site in the last 10 years. I am going to be watching every single film on the IMDB Top 250 list and writing about each one. I am going to do them in a random order… it’s going to be completely out of my control. In a word – fullon random. Why? Great question… I thought […]

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]]> https://taylorholmes.com/2026/08/06/andrei-rublev-explained-imdb-top-250-challenge/feed/ 0 Top 100 Netflix Documentaries to Watch Right Now (#50 to #46) https://taylorholmes.com/2026/08/04/top-100-netflix-documentaries-50-to-46/ https://taylorholmes.com/2026/08/04/top-100-netflix-documentaries-50-to-46/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=33758 We’ve hit the 96% tier on Rotten Tomatoes. Every doc in this batch is near-universally acclaimed. Cheer, The Last Dance, Girl in the Picture — these aren’t just good documentaries, they’re cultural events. I’ll be honest, I didn’t think I’d be a huge fan of Cheer, but it was wild. But my favorite doc in today’s list? The Girl in the Photo. Just mind blowingly crazy. Check them all out… because they are all that good. Netflix Documentary #50 — […]

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]]> https://taylorholmes.com/2026/08/04/top-100-netflix-documentaries-50-to-46/feed/ 0 Top 100 Netflix Documentaries to Watch Right Now (#55 to #51) https://taylorholmes.com/2026/07/31/top-100-netflix-documentaries-55-to-51/ https://taylorholmes.com/2026/07/31/top-100-netflix-documentaries-55-to-51/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=33757 Top 55 to 51 — and we’ve got David Attenborough, the Boy Scouts scandal, Obama-produced Oscar winners, and the OG true crime docuseries. The range on this list is wild. My personal favorite of today’s list of five Netflix Documentaries is The Staircase. Just a crazy story that completely unravels the deeper you get into it. Alright, let’s dig in. Netflix Documentary #55 — Our Planet 2019 | Series | Directed by Alastair Fothergill 93% from both critics and audiences. […]

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]]> https://taylorholmes.com/2026/07/31/top-100-netflix-documentaries-55-to-51/feed/ 0 Is The OA Coming Back Season 3 Rumors Are Loud https://taylorholmes.com/2026/07/30/is-the-oa-coming-back-season-3-rumors-are-loud/ https://taylorholmes.com/2026/07/30/is-the-oa-coming-back-season-3-rumors-are-loud/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:10:42 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=34016 Something is happening with The OA and I need to talk about it. Why? Because I am one of the biggest fans of this show out there – and rumors are running wild about the possibility that The OA is coming back. And I couldn’t possibly be happier. The internet is currently in the middle of a fresh round of genuine, legitimate, this-time-it-feels-different excitement about The OA Season 3, and if you are not already in the fandom or have […]

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]]> https://taylorholmes.com/2026/07/30/is-the-oa-coming-back-season-3-rumors-are-loud/feed/ 0 Lucky on Apple TV is the Best Show No One Is Talking About https://taylorholmes.com/2026/07/29/lucky-on-apple-tv-is-the-best-show-no-one-is-talking-about/ https://taylorholmes.com/2026/07/29/lucky-on-apple-tv-is-the-best-show-no-one-is-talking-about/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:11:08 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=34008 I have a confession to make before we get into this. I am four episodes into Lucky on Apple TV and I am writing this post at what feels like an irresponsible hour because I cannot stop thinking about it and the only thing that is going to help me sleep is getting these thoughts out of my head and into yours. Lucky premiered on July 15, 2026 on Apple TV. The first two episodes dropped together and then it […]

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]]> https://taylorholmes.com/2026/07/29/lucky-on-apple-tv-is-the-best-show-no-one-is-talking-about/feed/ 1 Tinsman Road Movie Ending Explained and Discussed https://taylorholmes.com/2026/07/28/tinsman-road-movie-ending-explained-and-discussed/ https://taylorholmes.com/2026/07/28/tinsman-road-movie-ending-explained-and-discussed/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:24:49 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=34005 I’m probably in the minority on this one… but I literally don’t care. I absolutely loved this movie by Robbie Banfitch. (Anyone happen to have his email address? I’d gnaw my own arm off to interview this guy.) So yeah, let’s talk about this guy. Because understanding who made this film is essential to understanding why the film works the way it works. Banfitch burst onto the indie horror scene in 2022 with The Outwaters, a psychedelic found footage nightmare […]

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]]> https://taylorholmes.com/2026/07/28/tinsman-road-movie-ending-explained-and-discussed/feed/ 0 Top 100 Netflix Documentaries to Watch Right Now (#60 to #56) https://taylorholmes.com/2026/07/28/top-100-netflix-documentaries-60-to-56/ https://taylorholmes.com/2026/07/28/top-100-netflix-documentaries-60-to-56/#respond Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=33756 Rolling Thunder Revue. Take Care of Maya. The Crash. We’re into Martin Scorsese territory now, and the hits just keep coming. These docs are sitting at 92-93% on RT, and they earned every percentage point. I’m enjoying running these docs while also working on other things. It puts my brain into overdrive. Normally I’m all about focusing on the movie in front of me… but something about documentaries just puts my work into over drive. (Want to know what is […]

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