The Best Movies of 2025

 What did I just love sitting through this year??  Find out

10:  A House of Dynamite - A surprisingly taut thriller about the start of WW III.

9:  The Long Walk -  A solid Stephen King adaptation, with solid characterizations.

8:  Roofman - Based on a true story, the lead performance of of all people, Channing Tatum, make this tale of a criminal on the run a heartwarming experience.

7:  Mickey 17 - Sci fi meets humanity as a clone lives again and again to save us from ourselves.

6:  The Naked Gun - A surprisingly laugh a minute reboot of a very beloved classic.

5:  The Twister: Caught in the Storm - This documentary on the 2011 Joplin EF5 tornado is powerful and heart wrenching.  A look at a day no one should have to endure.

4:  Spinal Tap II: The End Continues - While not having the same greatness that its predecessor had, this sequel is a respectable follow up.

3:  September 5 - A look at the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre by Palestinian terrorists, through the eyes of the ABC crew that covered the horror.

2:  Christy - Sydney Sweeney gives the performance of her career, and maybe life, bringing this tale of trailblazing female boxer Christy Martin to the screen.  

1:  Companion - An android who doesn't know she is has a less than positive reaction when the news comes out.  My favorite trip to the theater this year, give it a watch.

The Worst Movies of 2025

 A Christmas Eve tradition continues, the worst drek I watched this year!

 

10: 28 Years Later - Given that seems to be the amount of time between films in the franchise, you’d think they’d have put a bit more effort into the story.

 

9: Death of a Unicorn - Is it an allegory about pharmaceutical greed? A cult story? Just stupid and poorly acted out? I’m going with the latter.

 

8: Echo Valley - Much like an echo, it drags on and on and on.

 

7: Bugonia - You see the twist coming from a mile away, the whole movie is just a savage dead horse beating about how much people suck. You know, like every other movie this guy has done.

 

6: Queens of the Dead - Director Tina Romero may have indeed inherited her legendary father’s eye for the visual, but she damn sure didn’t inherit his talent at filmmaking.

 

5: I Know What You Did Last Summer - Sucked in the 90’s, still sucks as a remake. Lazy and gimmicky filmmaking.

 

4: War of the Worlds - There should be a law that if you’ve already had one crappy remake that the film becomes off limits.

 

3: Together - Two very unlikable characters drink magic cult water and are literally joined together as one. Good thing, cause no one else could stand them.

 

2: One Battle After Another - A trendy activist tale that’s so over the top it crosses the line from satire to offensively stupid.

 

1: Honey Don’t - Rarely does a film’s title serve as the exact words you should say when someone asks if they should watch it.