Favorite Movies A-Z: Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

The creators have, in the 20+ years since the only season, so far refused to make any further episodes or material beyond the end of the main story. (Of the live-action Netflix remake, let us not even speak.) This film then, is not a sequel or even a prequel, but a tale set during the main run of the show as a kind of extended episode inserted probably in the latter half of the timeline of the television run. The movie does feel something like an extended episode of the show, but I would say that's a compliment to the show rather than a criticism of the movie.

Favorite Movies A-Z: Casablanca

This is, according a range of folks who are in a position to make an informed judgement, the greatest movie ever made. I'm not sure that's my opinion, but it's a very good movie in a lot of ways. It's a great movie to be sure. And while it's not my pick for greatest ever, I'd probably go so far as to agree that it's the greatest popular film ever made.