Episode 27: Episode 27: Movies are getting worse - why?

You can check out our sponsor here: https://www.youtube.com/@anotherbookreview9903 Associated Press - "Streaming is overtaking theaters for movie watchers, an AP-NORC poll finds" by Lindsey Bahr and Amelia Thomson-Devaux: https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/streaming-is-overtaking-theaters-for-movie-watchers-an-ap-norc-poll-finds/ar-AA1NhswA?ocid=BingNewsSerp Science Direct - "Unravelling the complexity of the Video Game Industry: An integrative framework and future research directions" by Edward Goh, Omar Al-Tobbaa, and Zaheer Khan: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772503023000609 Progressive Policy Institute - "PPI’s Trade Fact of the Week: The price of a 40-inch TV set has fallen by 99% in 25 years" by Ed Gresser: https://www.progressivepolicy.org/ppis-trade-fact-of-the-week-the-price-of-a-40-inch-tv-set-has-fallen-by-99-in-25-years/ Netflix - "What We Watched the First Half of 2025": https://about.netflix.com/en/news/what-we-watched-the-first-half-of-2025 Museum of Arts and Design - "VHS" by Jake Yuzna, Matthew Desiderio and Rebecca Cleman: https://madmuseum.org/series/vhs Ask Earache - "Music videos made in the 90's were damn expensive " by Digby: https://askearache.blogspot.com/2010/07/music-videos-made-in-90s-were-damn.html Cord Cutters News - "DVD & Blu-ray Sales Plummet Over 93% Since 2005 Peak, Dipping Below $1 Billion in 2024" by Luke Bouma: https://cordcuttersnews.com/dvd-blu-ray-sales-plummet-over-93-since-2005-peak-dipping-below-1-billion-in-2024/ Matt Damon on Hot Ones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF6K2IxC9O8 Wikipedia "Donnie Darko": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Darko Top 100 List (Unranked) 100 500 Days of Summer 99 A Beautiful Mind 98 Avatar 97 Babylon 96 Be Kind Rewind 95 Beerfest 94 Best in Show 93 Black Dynamite 92 Black Swan 91 Blindspotting 90 Blue Ruin 89 Borat 88 Brick 87 Cabin in the Woods 86 Chicago 85 Children of Men 84 City of God 83 Crash 82 Dark Waters 81 Death of Stalin 80 Edge of Tomorrow 79 Encanto 78 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room 77 Finding Nemo 76 Gone Girl 75 Hacksaw Ridge 74 Hereditary 73 Hostiles 72 House of Sand and Fog 71 House of the Devil 70 Inside Out 69 Intacto 68 Intolerable Cruelty 67 Iron Man 66 Isle of Dogs 65 Jarhead 64 Judorowsky's Dune 63 Kid Detective 62 Kill Bill Vol.1 61 Lady Bird 60 Lego Batman 59 Locke 58 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 57 Narc 56 Nightcrawler 55 Malena 54 Master and Commander 53 Mean Girls 52 Moulin Rouge! 51 Mother! 50 Mulholland Drive 49 Mystic River 48 Old School 47 Prisoners 46 Red Rocket 45 Rent 44 Shrek 43 Sicko 42 Silver Linings Playbook 41 Sing 40 Snatch 39 Snow Piercer 38 Star Trek 37 Superbad 36 The Artist 35 The Babadook 34 The Dark Knight 33 The Expendables 32 The Fighter 31 The Fog of War 30 The Hangover 29 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 28 The Passion of the Christ 27 The Room 26 The Square 25 The Strangers 24 The Substance 23 The Witch 22 There Will be Blood 21 This is the End 20 Top Gun Maverick 19 Traffic 18 Triplets of Bellville 17 V/H/S 16 Walk Hard 15 West Side Story 14 Wet Hot American Summer 13 Who Killed the Electric Car? 12 Wind River 11 Zero Dark Thirty Top 10 (Ranked): 10 The Incredibles 9 Inception 8 Eigth Grade 7 Michael Clayton 6 Gladiator 5 Sexy Beast 4 Manchester by the Sea 3 Parasite 2 The Social Network 1 No Country for Old Men HMs Chef King's Speech When the Levee Breaks Downloaded Dig! The Night Before District 9 Pain and Glory The Town Baby Driver