For the first time ever, "The Worst Trailer in the World" may actually be pretty great. What the hell, #DespicableMe4? The Worst (?) Trailer in the World - July 2024 - Despicable Me 4 youtu.be/B2udcQbOPiE?si… via YouTube

The latest #BackRowThoughts column features four festival darlings from last year that got theatrical releases in 2024, all of which are lead by fantastic child casts! Back Row Thoughts - Festive Tykes actuallypaid.com/2024/06/30/bac…

For wasting Glen Powell's talent in yet another legacy sequel no one asked for, #Twisters is "The Worst Trailer in the World... This Month!" The Worst Trailer in the World (For Real This Time) - July 2024 - Twisters youtu.be/WOPxW3fB8Qw?si… via YouTube

The July edition of #TFINYW features legacy sequels no one wanted, cinematic slander of NASA, and a ripoff of "Once." This Film is Not Yet Watchable - July 2024 actuallypaid.com/2024/07/04/thi…

#KindsOfKindness isn't Yorgos Lanthimos' best film, but when you've put out one masterpiece after another for a decade, you're more than allowed to do one that's just "really good!" The Circle of Life - Kinds of Kindness actuallypaid.com/2024/07/11/the…

#DespicableMe4 is the best entry in the series since the original, by default. Trouble with the Curve - Despicable Me 4 actuallypaid.com/2024/07/17/tro…

#Longlegs isn't realistic enough to be the new "Silence of the Lambs," but it's still really well done! Sata-Nic Cage - Longlegs actuallypaid.com/2024/07/25/sat…

#DeadpoolAndWolverine is as close to an "anti-MCU" film as Kevin Feige will ever allow, and it's glorious! Make Me Lose Control - Deadpool & Wolverine actuallypaid.com/2024/07/29/mak…

The August edition of #TFINYW is so overstuffed with crap that it necessitates a two-parter! This Film is Not Yet Watchable - August 2024, Part One actuallypaid.com/2024/08/01/thi…

No "Worst Trailer" video this month, but at least we can finish the August edition of #TFINYW with a look at religious propaganda, lazy space operas, and Dennis Quaid fellating a dead president! This Film is Not Yet Watchable - August 2024, Part Two actuallypaid.com/2024/08/07/thi…

#KneecapMovie is a delightful, silly, and poignant opening salvo for next year's #InternationalFeature Oscar competition! The Beastie Boyos - Kneecap actuallypaid.com/2024/08/12/the…

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The latest edition of #BackRowThoughts, hastily written in an airport terminal, looks at five potential contenders for next year's #AnimatedFeature race! Back Row Thoughts - Animation Preparation actuallypaid.com/2024/08/23/bac…

#AlienRomulus is fine, but it should have been spectacular. Panic Station - Alien: Romulus actuallypaid.com/2024/08/27/pan…

For using fake, AI-generated pull quotes as a means of trying to silence criticism, #Megalopolis is "The Worst Trailer in the World... This Month!" The Worst Trailer in the World - September 2024 - Megalopolis youtu.be/R2O0xyWrWvw?si… via YouTube

The September edition of #TFINYW contains awful horror, tone deaf exploitation of social issues, and a vigorous stroking of Francis Ford Coppola's... ego! This Film is Not Yet Watchable - September 2024 actuallypaid.com/2024/09/06/thi…

#BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice abandons its strange and unusual roots for a story and characters that are almost aggressively ordinary. Funny in parts, dispiriting in a lot more, it should have been left buried. Let the Dead Rest - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice actuallypaid.com/2024/09/09/let…

As Americanized remakes go, you could certainly do worse than #SpeakNoEvil, which cleverly weaponizes gaslighting to get thrills out of a plot that the trailer gave away. The Kindness of Strangers - Speak No Evil actuallypaid.com/2024/09/17/the…

#The430Movie sees KevinSmith giving audiences an exercise in pure, unadulterated love, both for movies and the beauty of life, in his best outing since #Dogma! A 24-Karat Case of Love - The 4:30 Movie actuallypaid.com/2024/09/19/a-2…