Best of the Rest

David Wain's feature debut barely had a theatrical release, and was despised by critics. Yet years later, it managed to grow an audience big enough to justify two Netflix spin offs. We're taking a second look at the summer camp comedy with an absolutely stacked cast to determine what exactly it got right over 20 years ago. Join the Best of the Rest discord: https://discord.gg/86P7jJXNPb...

Before he played White Goodman in Dodgeball, Ben Stiller starred as Tony Perkis in Heavyweights. Unfortunately this turn as an obsessed fitness instructor did not strike a chord with critics or make a splash at the box office, but this week we're taking a second look at everyone's favorite nostalgic summer movie about a fat camp to determine what it gets right! Join the Best of the Rest...

The character of Ernest P. Worrell finally made the leap from TV commercials to the silver screen in 1987 with Ernest Goes to Camp. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this movie found a bigger audience on home video than the box office. This week we revisit the nostalgia classic and discuss what it gets right! Join the Best of the Rest discord: https://discord.gg/86P7jJXNPb Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/u...

Unlike Halloween or A Nightmare on Elm Street, the Friday the 13th franchise did not begin with a critically acclaimed first entry. Nevertheless, it has stood the test of time and this week we revisit the horror classic as part of SUMMER CAMP month to discover what this one got right. Join the Best of the Rest discord: https://discord.gg/86P7jJXNPb Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/botrcast Em...

After a hiatus from adapting their sketches into feature length films, SNL gave it one more shot in 2010 with MacGruber and were quickly reminded why they had stopped. Despite it's initial reception, the Will Forte movie has grown an audience over time and today we take a look at why this movie became a modern cult classic. (Exactly one of us is in the cult.) Join the Best of the Rest discord...

The highly anticipated team-up is here! We dive into everything we loved about the Merc with a Mouth's intro to the MCU, the return of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, and the gratuitous amount of cameos!  Join the Best of the Rest discord: https://discord.gg/86P7jJXNPb Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/botrcast Email: bestoftherestpod@gmail.com Social Media @BotRCast on Twitter , Instagram , F...

In 1998, Saturday Night Live rushed their new hit star into theaters with A Night at the Roxbury. Although Will Ferrell would go on to much greater success, his first leading film failed to impress at the box office. Now we take a second look to ask.... what is love? And what does this movie do well? Join the Best of the Rest discord: https://discord.gg/86P7jJXNPb Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/...

After a very brief showing in theaters, It's Pat failed to gain much steam on the home video market either. But this week we're digging up this 90s relic to determine what the movie actually does well.  Join the Best of the Rest discord: https://discord.gg/86P7jJXNPb Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/botrcast Email: bestoftherestpod@gmail.com Social Media @BotRCast on Twitter , Insta...

The first SNL sequel was far less successful than its predecessor, but that doesn't mean it isn't EXCELLENT! We take a second look at Wayne's World 2 and it's outstanding cast and convoluted jokes to discuss everything this movie gets right. Join the Best of the Rest discord: https://discord.gg/86P7jJXNPb Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/botrcast Email: bestoftherestpod@gm...

When Saturday Night Live decided to debut some of its characters on the big screen, one of the first adaptations to get the green light was Coneheads. Despite a weak box office and less than stellar reviews, it worked its way into the popular culture of the 90s through cable TV and VHS rentals. Now we're taking a second look at this flop to find what's worth celebrating! Join the Best of...

Part man, part machine, all remake. Critics and audiences alike were dismissive of the 2014 remake of RoboCop, but this week we take a second look at the sleek reboot to find what the movie does well. The stacked cast includes Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, and Samuel L. Jackson, and the action has stood the test of time. Dead or alive, we're hashtag PP. Join the Best of the Rest discord: https...

The Day The Earth Stood Still is a bonafide classic of the sci-fi genre, so there was understandably much hesitation from movie buffs when it was announced there would be a remake in 2008 starring Keanu Reeves. Although a moderate financial success, the new version did not win over critics or supplant the original in many people's eyes. This week we take a second look to find what this reboot...

Many cried fowl at the very idea of remaking the Paul Verhoeven sci-fi classic, and when Total Recall released in 2012, not many people changed their minds. Today we're taking a second look at the Colin Farrell would-be blockbuster and searching for what works here! Join the Best of the Rest discord: https://discord.gg/86P7jJXNPb Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/botrcast Email: bestofthe...

How do you remake a classic film with one of the most famous sci-fi twist endings ever and still win over critics and audiences? You don't. But that's not stopping us from diving into Tim Burton's star studded remake of Planet of the Apes and finding everything it does well!  Join the Best of the Rest discord: https://discord.gg/86P7jJXNPb Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/botrc...

Video game adaptations don't have the best reputation when it comes to their critical reception, but none may be as infamous as Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, which holds just a 4% on Rotten Tomatoes. We're revisiting the infamous sequel to find what is worth celebrating in this film.  Bring it on. Join the Best of the Rest discord: https://discord.gg/86P7jJXNPb Merch: https://www.teepubli...

Just a few years after Resident Evil hit theaters, Silent Hill got an adaptation of its own. Although it stayed closer to the tone of its source material, critics were not impressed. This week however we are diving into everything this movie does right! Creepy atmosphere, crazy monsters, whole body degloving, there's a lot to discuss... Join the Best of the Rest discord: https://discord.gg/86...

This week we are presenting a debate from our appearance on the Great Game Debate Podcast! What is the best year for movies: 1957 or 1999? Listen to the Great Game Debate wherever you get your podcasts, and watch the video version of the debate here ! Join the Best of the Rest discord: https://discord.gg/86P7jJXNPb Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/botrcast Email: bestoftherestpod@gmail.com So...

One of Capcom's biggest franchises got its own big screen adaptation in 2002 with Resident Evil, directed by the same man that brought us Mortal Kombat in 1995: Paul W. S. Anderson. Critics were not kind, as is the case with most video game movies, but the movie found its audience and spawned numerous sequels.  One of us loves the RE games, the other has never picked one up. Will this affect...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has had a very successful, if not uneven run in Hollywood. Rampage seemed to please casual movie goers well enough, even if it did not win over critics. We are kicking off Video Game Month II with one of the more bizarre adaptations made so far. Does the monster mayhem satisfy? Is Jeffrey Dean Morgan criminally underrated? Is the world ready for another Shane Bl...

Not only does this movie feature a young boy that can talk to dead people, but it released within months of The Sixth Sense. After a disappointing run at the box office and a slew of unfavorable comparisons, Stir of Echoes has quietly slipped into obscurity. Today we take a second look at the Pepsi of 1999 ghost movies to find what it actually does well! Kevin Bacon is shirtless, the ghosts are sp...

The Illusionist was a moderately successful and well reviewed film about a magician. The only problem was it released in the same year as The Prestige, a movie with not one but TWO magicians, and a much higher budget. This week we take a second look at the overlooked magic movie starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, and Jessica Biel to find all the things this movie got right! Join the Best of th...

If you ask someone if they remember that talking toy movie from the 90s, they will probably tell you about Woody and Buzz. But in between Toy Story 1 and 2, Small Soldiers hit the big screen with a PG-13 attitude. Loaded with an incredible cast including Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, and Tommy Lee Jones, we believe this movie is worthy of having a legacy outside of the Pixar shadow. Join the Best o...

Released less than a year after The Truman Show, audiences and critics were quick to dismiss EdTV as a poor imitation. This week we take a second look at this Matthew McConaughey vehicle to find what it got right! You can catch us on the Great Game Debate podcast wherever you listen to podcasts, or on YouTube ! Join the Best of the Rest discord: https://discord.gg/86P7jJXNPb Merch: https://www.tee...

Despite beating Armageddon to theaters, Deep Impact almost immediately became that "other movie about an asteroid heading towards Earth." Today we take a second look to find what this one does different, and what it does well! An all star cast led by Morgan Freeman, Téa Leoni, Robert Duvall, and Elijah Wood ask the audience: What would you do if the world was ending? Join the Best of the...

We're taking a second look at Arnold Schwarzenegger's most infamous flop to find everything that works, and this week we are joined by Adal Rifai! After revolutionizing the action movie genre with Predator and Die Hard, director John McTiernan made a movie entirely about Arnold's movie star persona. The cameo filled romp was panned by critics, but we think there's still a joke...