Movie matchup no. 20 Goodness gracious. A film about the vivacious innocence of childhood and the friendships we make along the way, and then a film about rape and violence and killing. It’s not the first time I’ve had polar opposites in one of these, but the difference in themes here is especially difficult…

Movie matchup no. 19 Definitely another weird matchup. I only managed to pull out one serious-ish topic in this one, and the other two are pretty silly. But after that sort of heavy one with The Great Gatsby and It’s a Wonderful Life, I didn’t feel like navigating the complicated and often difficult themes…

Movie matchup no. 18 This is definitely one of the more interesting matchups I’ve done. On the surface, the gap between these movies is huge: 67 years! But since The Great Gatsby is based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel, published in 1925, the stories themselves are a lot closer, only 21 years…

Movie matchup no. 17 I swear, every random matchup gets weirder than the last. A bad Disney live-action and a great action thriller. Talking dogs and a grumpy man. Spaghetti and guns. CGI and not CGI. It’s honestly shocking to me that both of these movies have the same rating of 7.3 in that…

Movie matchup no. 16 A surprisingly even matchup here! Two pretty good movies. Look, I know everyone just adores Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory because of Gene Wilder, and yes, he’s great. And yes, the movie overall is solid. But it’s also super weird and kind of uncomfortable in some parts. And Love…

Movie matchup no. 15 Welcome to the party, MCU! Too bad we couldn’t get one of the good movies, but oh well. (Thor: The Dark World is currently placed 30 out of 31 in my ranking of the MCU.) Lots of family dynamics across the board here, with a couple of families full of…

Movie matchup no. 14 I’m jumping right into this with my very fierce claim that It Comes at Night is criminally underrated. I see that 5.8 score in my picture of the matchup and it honestly starts upsetting me. I think it’s brilliant, tense, and terrifying. And especially in a world being ravaged by…

Movie matchup no. 13 Honestly just the kind of matchup I needed after that last one. A couple of silly, bonkers movies with lots of action, goofy team dynamics, and plenty of laughs to go around. I mean, those posters are basically the same. I do think The Suicide Squad (this version) is easily…

Movie matchup no. 12 This was a really interesting one. And even though I tried to kind of keep it in my usual light tone, the nature of them—especially Zero Dark Thirty—made that pretty difficult. They’re both really great, with E.T. being pretty much perfect. A couple of really gripping stories from opposite sides…