guilty pleasure movies

If we were forbidden from enjoying schlock, then the likes of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger would never have become megastars. Movies that please critics are all very well, but where would we be without our guilty pleasures? Whether you’re watching Stallone fight Mel Gibson in a building rigged to explode or Arnie deliver dreadful […]

For those who weren’t paying attention last time, guilty pleasure was paraphrased as a film shunned by the critics and/or audience, while liked by this writer, nevertheless. So, you can expect another plate with various kinds of cinematic cheese served. On this list, there won’t be any exceptions meaning that all the characters are the […]

According to Oxford dictionary, guilty pleasure is “something, such as a film, television programme, or piece of music, that one enjoys despite feeling that it is not generally held in high regard”. For this occasion, let’s paraphrase this idiom as the cinematic offerings which this writer likes (or even loves) and is not afraid to […]

They say that sequels are never as good as the original, and they’re usually right. For every “Godfather, Part II,” there’s the sequel to “The Sting”; for every “Empire Strikes Back,” there’s a “Grown-Ups 2” to remind us that film stock burns very quickly and at a high intensity. Film sequels also like tweaking concepts […]

Call it a guilty pleasure. Call it the virtue of a lifetime watching movies. Call it inexplicable drunkenness. Call it stupidity. All of the movies on this list have somehow woven their way into my life—my cinematic life, anyway—for good or ill. Most of the films on this list can be found looping themselves in […]