Ryan Ritter

Probably revealing too much about myself on this one, but the fact that the last two minutes of “The Subway” gives me chills is probably the biggest proof that I’ll never fully exorcise my theater kid upbringing, no matter how fast or long I run

(severely condescending tone) Umm let me explain something to you sweetie: [objectively the wrongest information you've ever heard]

RAIDERS and The Lost Art of Action and Humility: Spielberg Summers Return! — Crittical Analysis This week, Spielberg Summer returns with a weekly walk-through of the Spielberg films of the 80’s. We start off with perhaps his biggest and most popular movie ever, the initial Indiana Jones adventu...

Kicking off another round of Spielberg write-ups on the blog! For the rest of summer, I’m working my way through his 80s filmography, starting with his timeless masterpiece RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK! Read it here!

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I feel like if you still have a genuine opinion about that fucking Sydney Sweeney ad at this point, you’re a mark

I find the HAN SOLO’S REVENGE cover so funny for some reason lmfao

Happy new Chappell Roan music video day for those who celebrate

When I saw that Louis Armstrong sang this song in ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE I thought to myself “I bet he’s gonna pronounce it ‘woild’” and you know what? He didn’t let me down.

This week on the pod, we dig into the original Superman big screen reboot. It’s Bryan Singer’s SUPERMAN RETURNS! Link below.

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A lowkey wack time in life is that period where you genuinely had to sweat whether you were going to be tall enough to go on the ride

Robert Mitchum at the gate in an artificial landscape in THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (Laughton, 1955)

The Night of the Hunter turns 70 today, on the short list of the movies that forever changed the medium

Regular horror movie: We found the body on Carpenter Avenue, outside the old Craven mansion. Dr. Romero says the flesh was partially chewed

Prestige horror movie: We found the body on Aster Avenue, outside the old Peele mansion. Dr. A24 says the flesh was partially Robert Eggers

This week on the pod, we break down X-MEN: THE LAST STAND! It’s….as not great as you might have remembered it.

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This is the kind of fit I rock when my wife is gone for the morning

Devastated to learn that I find a lot of pride in taking care of increased responsibilities

“What would Jane Austen do?”: Amy Heckerling on Clueless at 30 Thirty years on, Clueless director Amy Heckerling looks back at remodelling Jane Austen in modern Beverly Hills, her struggles to get a foothold in the film industry, and why she’s nothing like the bu...

I interviewed Amy Heckerling, director of my favourite movie, Clueless, for its 30th anniversary this week www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/w...

I’ll be right there, honey, I just have to comment “wow” on a Doughboys social media post really quick

Such a beautiful movie

SKY HIGH! (2005) Podcast Episode · Pop Culture Historians · 07/14/2025 · 1h 11m

This week on the pod, we discuss the 2005 superhero school DISNEY comedy SKY HIGH! Is this movie a hero, or merely a sidekick? Listen and find out!

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28 Years Later w/ Ryan Ritter Podcast Episode · Movie Friends · 07/12/2025 · 59m

Got to gab about 28 YEARS LATER on the @moviefriendspod.bsky.social podcast! Yes, the rumors are true, I somehow managed to work in a defense of A LIFE LESS ORDINARY.

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I remember, when I was a kid, there was a genuine panic over the prospect of OVERpopulation, lol

I Had To Go Back: Sifting Through LOST Season Six! — Crittical Analysis It’s finally here! I finally close out my long LOST retrospective by breaking down the controversial final season. Centered around a Big Gimmick, the structure of LOST Season Six highlights the thin...

I finally finished up my big LOST retrospective by going long on the sixth and final season, a complicated collection of episodes that showcased the show at its very best and its very worst.

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Just gave the most dog-shit handshake of my life, pray for me in this troubling time

Happy Fourth of July to the Fruitopia machine in INDEPENDENCE DAY

Pride Month is over. Greed Month begins.

The thing about being super negative about every little move the Kings make is…it’s not exactly a bad bet. If your automatic response to every transaction they’ve made since, like, 2004 was simply “I bet this won’t work out”, you’d have a success rate of around 85-90%

Watching vintage episodes of UNSOLVED MYSTERIES is a trip, because each segment ends with Robert Stack looking at the camera and saying something like “maybe YOU can help solve the mystery of the Civil War ghost who robbed a bank”. Sorry Bob, I don’t think I have a lead on this one.

You will never get my top ten movies of the 21st century from me, not even under threat of torture or death

Weirdly, perhaps irrationally…optimistic?

Jesus Christ they’ve made fifty of these fucking things??

Hydra Island Bonus: The 2009 LOST Comic-Con Panel! — Crittical Analysis This week, as I put the finishing touches on my LOST Season Six retrospective spectacular, let’s take a look back at the summer of 2009, when my friends and I traveled to San Diego in order to start s...

Closing out my LOST retrospective with one final bonus article, this time detailing our trip to the 2009 LOST Comic-Con panel!

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