All 8 ‘Mission: Impossible’ movies, ranked
Movie rankings: For the 30th anniversary, I look back at Tom Cruise’s saga that reinvented the spy-oriented TV series as an action-genre all-timer.
Lists and Rankings
All 30 of Agatha Christie’s other books, ranked
Book rankings: I search beyond Poirot, Marple and Westmacott for the Queen of Crime’s other gems.
All 16 of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple books, ranked
Book rankings: With a twinkle in my eye, I rank the complete literary canon of the iconic spinster sleuth.
All 40 of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot books, ranked
Book rankings: The novels and short story collections about the brainy Belgian get treated to order and method as I rank them from worst to first.
All 24 John Carpenter movies and TV episodes, ranked
Movie and TV list: This master of horror has also directed sci-fi, dark comedy and even a biopic. Here are my rankings of his work.
All 12 Philip Marlowe movies and TV shows, ranked
Movie and TV list: Raymond Chandler’s iconic private eye has taken on a variety of guises through the years, leading to varying quality of films and TV shows.
All 11 films directed by Mel Brooks, ranked
Movie list: As the comedy legend celebrates his 100th birthday, we celebrate his catalog … or at least most of it.
Every ‘Aliens/Predator’ Universe movie and series, ranked
Movie and TV list: In each of six decades, the monsters from “Aliens” and “Predator” have thrilled audiences. Here are my rankings of the films and shows.
John’s top 10 movies of 2025
Movie list: Genres blended but franchises ruled on the big screen in 2025.
John’s top 10 TV shows of 2025
TV list: The way we consume TV is changing, but luckily quality isn’t dropping.