Does anyone remember The Way Back? It's a sports drama that sees Ben Affleck play a high-school hoops coach who struggles with alcoholism. I'm convinced it's Affleck's greatest performance, but the film faced one tiny problem ... it hit theaters on March 6, 2020. Yeah. Affleck can blame the pandemic for losing out on a few pieces of hardware in his trophy collection. I'm thinking about The Way Back on the occasion of the actor's absolute blast of a new movie, The Rip, a crime thriller in which he stars alongside his best buddy Matt Damon. Because it debuted on Netflix this past Friday, we're resurfacing our ranking of the Affleck canon. See where The Way Back and The Rip fit in our great send-up of Affleck's greatest roles below. – Brady Langmann, senior entertainment editor |
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He's a leading man, a reluctant superhero, and a tabloid fixture. He's known for trying to carry too many Dunkin' Donuts beverages in one trip—and being one hell of an actor. |
Ben Affleck is a legit American treasure, a square-jawed, cleft-chinned heartthrob who can really act (and write, and direct, and smoke dejectedly). Affleck's done it all in his thirty-year career: taking home a Best Screenplay Oscar in his mid-twenties, going on to direct a Best Picture winner, patting J-Lo's butt in the "Jenny On The Block" video and re-patting for the paparazzi twenty years later. He's grown up before our eyes, from goateed '90s indie-movie boy to streaming-movie antihero with his latest film, The Rip, which just hit Netflix. Affleck is a man worthy of celebration. We here at Esquire have taken it upon ourselves to rank his movies, from the greatest to the not-so-great. Here they are, plus a few more mentions that got no love from our voters and can therefore no longer be considered for the Affleck Canon. |
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It should be obvious to the very smart people who run our universities that rolling over to the inchoate bellowing of the forces of reaction comes at a terrible cost—in credibility, in self-respect, and, increasingly, in money as well. Back in September, when Charlie Kirk was murdered, Darren Michael, a professor at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee, posted a headline quoting Kirk (correctly) as having said that gun deaths were " 'unfortunately' worth it to keep 2nd Amendment." The post caught the attention of Marsha Blackburn, the bad hairdo representing Tennessee in the U.S. Senate, who raised a fuss about it. APSU responded according to the spirit of the times. It fired Michael.
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I'll admit it upfront: I'm difficult when it comes to mattresses. My husband lovingly (and accurately) calls me the Princess and the Pea. I notice everything. Too firm? My hips complain. Too soft? My lower back stages a full protest. Too hot, too sink-y, not supportive enough; nothing escapes my attention. Chronic lower back pain will do that to you. Over the years, it's turned me into a real mattress snob with extremely strong opinions and very little patience. So when I ordered the Thuma Hybrid Mattress, my expectations were high, but cautious. Here's the part I didn't expect: I liked it. A lot. It's a touch firmer than what I usually gravitate toward, but in a surprisingly good way. Instead of waking up achy or annoyed, I felt supported in all the right places, especially my lower back. For someone who notices everything, that's saying something. |
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