Chris Ryan

The Baseball Movie Draft

1. #4 Field of Dreams — Drama▶ 37:25
2. #5 Major League — Comedy▶ 40:00
3. #12 Eight Men Out — Based on a True Story▶ 59:51
4. #13 Night Game — High Concept▶ 1:01:47
5. #20 Summer Catch — Kids Movie▶ 1:18:01
6. #21 Interstellar — Wild Card▶ 1:19:33

The Flops Movie Draft

1. #4 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford — Star Bomb▶ 27:57
2. #5 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga — $100M Losers Club▶ 32:33
3. #12 Blackhat — Under $30M Domestic▶ 49:22
4. #13 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World — Failed Franchise Launch▶ 54:02
5. #20 Wolf Creek — Ebert Zero Stars▶ 1:16:29
6. #21 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter — Sub-25% Rotten Tomatoes▶ 1:20:01
7. #28 Battleship — Wild Card▶ 1:39:39

The Canadian Movie Draft Live from Toronto!

1. #1 Videodrome — David Cronenberg▶ 47:26
2. #8 MASH — Canadian star▶ 1:04:49
3. #9 Sicario — Cameron/Villeneuve▶ 1:07:47
4. #16 Only God Forgives — Ryan Gosling▶ 1:26:43
5. #17 Dawn of the Dead — Toronto plays itself or somewhere else▶ 1:26:50
6. #24 The Adjuster — Canadian director▶ 1:44:51

The ‘Sinners’ Surge. Plus: The Val Kilmer Hall of Fame!

• Inducted Spartan

The 2026 Movie Auction Returns!

• Bought Whalefall — $310
• Bought Paper Tiger — $5
• Bought Fjord — $1
• Bought Werewolf — $200

The 2026 Movie Auction

• Bought Wuthering Heights — $75
• Bought Resident Evil — $72
• Bought The Devil Wears Prada 2 — $26
• Bought Disclosure Day — $72

The 2025 Movie Auction Returns!

• Bought Ballad of a Small Player — $165
• Bought Weapons — $465
• Bought Is This Thing On? — $70
• Bought Now You See Me: Now You Don't — $36
• Bought Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere — $60

The Physical Media High Council Reconvenes!

• Underworld Chronicles — Radiance Films · Fudoh, Agitator, Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (Miike V-cinema)
• At Close Range — Cinematographe (Vinegar Syndrome) · 4K UHD with hardcover book
• The Stunt Man — Transmission (Radiance sub-label) · Booklet, postcards, poster; new restoration
• Excalibur — Arrow Video · Deluxe edition, new restoration
• Red Rooms — Utopia · Light on extras
• Illustrious Corpses — Radiance Films

The Physical Media High Council Awards

• Welcome to Fun City — Fun City Editions · ~5-hour 1960s/70s trailer-compilation disc
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly — Arrow Video · UK 4K: poster, intl + extended cuts, booklet
• Sympathy for the Underdog — Radiance Films
• Hard-Boiled: Three Pulp Thrillers by Alain Corneau — Radiance Films · 3 Corneau thrillers incl. Choice of Arms
• Kingdom of Heaven — Director's Cut steelbook; Ridley Scott commentary
• The Worricker Trilogy — 3 David Hare BBC spy films w/ Bill Nighy
• End of the Line — Terror Vision

‘Tony’ and the Top 5 Coming-of-Age Movies, With Matt Johnson!

1. 1. Stand by Me▶ 58:07
2. 2. Hud▶ 53:22
3. 2. The Last Picture Show▶ 53:22
4. 3. Breaking Away▶ 48:13
5. 4. Fresh▶ 44:44
6. 5. My Own Private Idaho▶ 38:22

‘The End of Oak Street’ and the Top Five 'Twilight Zone' Movies. Plus: Will Poulter!

1. 1. The Game▶ 1:41:37
2. 2. Shutter Island▶ 1:41:07
3. 3. The Swimmer▶ 1:39:12
4. 4. Field of Dreams▶ 1:38:05
5. 5. It Ends▶ 1:37:07

The Top Five Movies of 2025

1. 1. 28 Years Later▶ 1:46:51
2. 2. One Battle After Another▶ 1:34:28
3. 3. Weapons▶ 1:16:19
4. 4. Sinners▶ 1:06:29
5. 5. Eephus▶ 53:55

Honorable mentions: F1 · Warfare · Splitsville · Havoc