Sam Kench
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The Man Who Invented Independent Filmmaking
A tribute to and a showcase of the remarkable talents and accomplishments of John Cassavetes, a successful actor who used the money he made from appearing in movies to self-finance his own films independently. Truly one of the most important filmmakers of all time. Read more
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The Top 100 Best Action Movies Ever Made
The full list is available below the video and on Letterboxd. Read more
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Randy Quaid’s Star Whackers Documentary is the Worst Thing I’ve Ever Seen
Randy Quaid used to be a talented actor at the start of his career, as exemplified by his phenomenal performance in The Last Detail. Unfortunately, he got sucked down the conspiracy theorist rabbit hole and lost his mind along with all his acting ability and common sense. His Star Whackers “documentary” is genuinely the worst… Read more
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Jump Scares Suck (Except When They Don’t)
Jump scares are always terrible (except for the good ones). This video looks at jump scares from all angles and attempts to break down why they work or don’t work, why they’re so common, how to make them better, and also provides more in-depth breakdowns for a few specific movies and jump scares including The… Read more
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The Face of Another is Essential Cinema
The Face of Another is a 1966 Japanese drama, thriller with horror elements from director Hiroshi Teshigahara and author Kobo Abe and starring the incredible Tatsuya Nakadai, RIP. This video is part of my Essential Cinema series examining what I consider to be some of the best films ever made. 10/10 Read more
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The Best Games I Played in 2023
A ranking of all the video games that I played to completion in 2023, from worst to best and color coded by general quality. The video that explains the rationale behind the ranking is below. Read more
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The Best Films of 2023
At the time I made my 2023 recap video, I had only seen eight or so films released in 2023, so I instead ranked best films released any time that I watched for the first time in 2023. You can find that video below, but now that I’ve seen way, way, way more films released… Read more
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Red Rooms is a New Kind of Horror Movie
Grey joined me to review Pascal Plante’s new courtroom drama, thriller, horror hybrid “Red Rooms” starring Juliette Gariépy and Laurie Babin. One of my favorite films of 2023. Sam’s score = 9/10 Grey’s Score = 9/10 Read more
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The Many Faces of Song Kang-ho
A tribute to the wonderful South Korean movie star Song Kang-ho, who I consider to be one of the finest actors of all time. Read more
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Jackie Chan Does NOT Do All His Own Stunts, or the Perils of Stunt Double Erasure
I’ve been a vocal Jackie Chan superfan on this channel for years, so a video essay about Jackie Chan using stunt doubles and not doing all of his own stunts is certainly not something I had planned on making. Just to reiterate once more, I love all of the films discussed in the video. Stunt… Read more
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