Jacob's LRF Blog

  Alternative Title: Jacob’s victory lap. First off, I'd like to apologize for the delay of this blog post. Would have gotten to it sooner but real life got in the way (school). No worries! We should be back up at running now. On with the post! History! I’ve been around for almost twenty season at this point. I’ve made a lot of movies during this time. Some good, some bad, most average. But the one that stood on top when it came to review scores was Accordion de Chanson. My first attempt at an animated film for the studio may not have been a box office draw, but it scored well with critics, getting a 74 on Metascore on top of its two nominations in GRA. Why do I remind of this film? Well, I think what I’m about to say next may put things into perspective. Accordion de Chanson? You’ve been dethroned. EP is now my highest scoring movie. And here’s the ironic part, it also failed at the box office! If you saw the post I sent out in latest releases threads, or received a DM from me, yo...

Hello everyone! Welcome to another film look through. Today, we'll be taking a deep dive into my newest film, a movie I've been most excited about. That movie is the Sofia Copolla drama, E.P. This movie, I'd argue, has been a year in the making. Now on the surface, that sounds like hyperbole. However, in this case, it's true. Allow me to explain why. Background: Our story begins in the year 2020 with the tragic death of Alex Trebek. The producers of Jeopardy, then led by Mike Richards were tasked with leading a search to find a new host. During this time, there were a lot of big names being brought in, people such as Anderson Cooper, Bill Whitaker, George Stephanopoulos, and David Faber were brought in for their credentials, Ken Jennings and Buzzy Cohen also stopped by (Jennings is now currently one of the co-hosts of Jeopardy alongside Mayim Bilak and Cohen hosted last year's tournament of champions), we even had Aaron Rodgers, Joe Buck, LeVar Burton and, yes, Mehm...