THE STANDOUTS (0) - This should go without saying, but these are all must-sees.
THE GOOD (9) - These represent quality filmmaking all around.
Warfare ***
Black Bag ***
Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror ***
One of Them Days ***
Drop ***
The Comeback Trail ***
The Twister: Caught in the Storm ***
We Beat the Dream Team ***
Dog Man **1/2
THE GOOD... BUT SHOULD'VE BEEN BETTERS (11) - Why weren't these good movies better? I don't really know. But they should've been. Hence the name of this section.
Sinners ***
Bring Them Down **1/2
Companion **1/2
Sacramento **1/2
Last Breath **1/2
The Surfer **1/2
Eephus **1/2
The Luckiest Man in America **1/2
Heart Eyes **1/2
Novocaine **1/2
Chaos: The Manson Murders **1/2
THE GUILTY PLEASURES (10) - These are movies that I shouldn't like but do, for one reason or another. I only feel ashamed because the Internet tells me I'm supposed to.
Locked ***
A Working Man ***
Freaky Tales ***
Opus ***
Kinda Pregnant **1/2
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera **1/2
The Gorge **1/2
G20 **1/2
Love Hurts **1/2
Death of a Unicorn **1/2
THE UNDERWHELMING DISAPPOINTMENTS (16) - Chalk it up to expectations, but these movies just didn't cut it for me.
Salvable **1/2
The Amateur **
Havoc **
The Accountant 2 **
The Rule of Jenny Pen **
Wolf Man **
O'Dessa **
You're Cordially Invited **
Cleaner **
The Assessment **
Another Simple Favor **
Becoming Led Zeppelin **
Neighborhood Watch *1/2
The Monkey *1/2
Captain America: Brave New World *1/2
Clown in a Cornfield *1/2
THE BAD (6) - For better or worse, I just don't know what these movies were thinking.
Flight Risk *1/2
Mickey 17 *1/2
Holland *1/2
McVeigh *1/2
Back in Action *1/2
Borderline *
IN PROGRESS (0) - I started watching these, but I never quite finished. Make of that what you will, but not always. Sometimes, it's just a matter of viewing circumstances.
EMBARGOED (4) - Silence is golden... for now.
Fight or Flight
It's All Gonna Break
Untold: The Liver King
Untold: Shooting Guards
DON'T FORGET (11) - I first saw these 2025 movies a while back. This list is for me, so I don't forget them.
Relay ***
Presence ***
The Cut ***
Magazine Dreams **1/2
Riff Raff **1/2
Matt and Mara **1/2
Eden **
The Damned **
AUM: The Cult at the End of the World **
It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This 1/2*
Ick 1/2*
OOPS, I MISSED (44): The Actor, The Alto Knights, April, Armand, Ash, The Ballad of Wallis Island, Both Eyes Open, Brave the Dark, Cheech and Chong's Last Movie, The Electric State, Ex-Husbands, The Friend, Grand Theft Hamlet, How to Train Your Dragon, I'm Still Here, Inheritance, In the Lost Lands, The Legend of Ochi, Lilo & Stitch, A Minecraft Movie, Mogwai: If the Stars Had Sound, My Dead Friend Zoe, A Nice Indian Boy, Old Guy, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Paddington in Peru, The Parenting, Parthenope, Pee-wee as Himself, The Penguin Lessons, Popeye the Slayer Man, Queen of the Ring, Rust, Screamboat, Seven Veils, Shadow Force, The Shrouds, Snow White, Turn Me On, The Ugly Stepsister, The Unbreakable Boy, Until Dawn, When I'm Ready, The Woman in the Yard
COMING SOON (15): Bring Her Back, F1, Fear Street: Prom Queen, Final Destination: Bloodlines, Friendship, Henry Johnson, Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary, Hurry Up Tomorrow, Karate Kid: Legends, The Life of Chuck, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Mountainhead, Nonnas, The Phoenician Scheme, Thunderbolts*
