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The Simpsons - Treehouse of Horror Ranked

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Introduction Growing up in the 90s, The Simpsons was a quintessential part of my upbringing. And in that vein, the yearly Halloween Treehouse of Horror  special was my signal that Fall was beginning, a new season of The Simpsons  was underway, and it was almost the time to eat my body weight in Halloween candy. This year, I decided to marathon every Treehouse of Horror episode with the intention of ranking them. To be fair, in many seasons, these episodes are a highlight, so ranking them is difficult. As such, I decided to create slightly more methodology than usual: First , I gave each individual segment its own score between 1 and 10. The segments in each episode are rarely connected except for some loose threads, so trying to come up with an overall ranking for an episode without individually scoring the segments was hard.  Second,  I decided to score on a weighted curve. I love The Simpsons , and it would be boring (and hard to rank) if most of the segments ...
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Unlocking the Cage: Nicolas Cage films ranked

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Nicolas Cage is the greatest actor of all time , or at least the most entertaining. Sometimes he is so over-the-top and gives an unconventional yet fascinating performance that no other living actor could hope to achieve. Other times, he shows nuance and acting skills where you truly forget this is Nicolas Cage and become fully immersed in the role. No matter the character, Cage’s unique acting methods make (almost) every film he has been in worth watching at least for him. To frame it differently, I have seen some movies starring Nicolas Cage that were not great, but I have never seen a movie where Nicolas Cage did not elevate the film in some way with his unique and unconventional acting or his charisma.    As such, I have watched every released Nicolas Cage movie.  I first did this in 2013, when there were far fewer movies. After I finished my “year of Cage," I ranked the at-the-time less than 60 films. Since then, I have rewatched many of those movies and have also wa...
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