Brie worked really hard to bring the Xmas vibes to the house

“Wake up dead man” was the type of movie I needed this year. A director I’m obsessed with putting out another banger. Edgar Wright didn’t stick the landing this year with “The running man” so I’m glad another old faithful made it work.

A story of a cat dad in 3 parts

New magnet haul

Congrats to “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” for winning most of the game awards last night! It was well deserved and I’m especially excited about the next year of online discourse talking about how it wasn’t actually that good of a game since it won so many awards. 🤪

Caught Stealing sneaks its way into the top ten! Not perfect but the vibes alone were worth the price of admission.

You know who would have a merry Christmas? Writers and actors who get paid to create.

I feel like this is only hard mode if you’ve only ever seen Star Wars or Marvel

Update on my 2025 movie list so far! We’re down to the wire with just a few more movies to catch up on! Been a solid year for movies but it’s a real bummer an Edgar Wright movie didn’t come close to the top ten

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We don’t know what this is but let’s goooooo

“Sorry Baby” was really great! It wasn’t quite the emotional powerhouse I was thinking it was going to be, but there’s a lot of heart in it with just enough humor to keep you off balance.

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OH FUCK 10/10

I go back and forth on Ari Aster movies but this one was really solid. Back half really kept me engaged and he always directs characters spiraling really well. 4/5 stars.

It’s a talented cast in a movie with wildly mismatched pacing and tonal issues. The rhythm is all wrong despite some good scenes. 3/5 stars.

Tomorrow I’m taking my day off the see 3 (of the four so far) Pedro Pascal movies for this year. Will any crack the top ten? Only time will tell!

What an absolute blast “Escape from the 21st Century” was. Equal parts madness and heart thrilling moments. 5/5 stars.

I connected with “The Phoenician Scheme” way more than I did “Asteroid City”. I found it charming and snappy and much better focused. Charming as always Wes Anderson.

It doesn’t reinvent the superhero genre, but Superman now more than any other recent time he’s appeared reminds us of what power there is in that genre. 4/5 stars.

Finishing my Superman watch list this week

This movie still rules hard

28 years later has some genuinely fun zombie gore and a heart at the center of the story that really carried it for me. That said the tone was uneven and the ending didn’t do much besides make me shrug. If they had ended it 5 minutes earlier I feel like they would have stuck the landing. 3/5 stars.

Catching up on 2025 movies! “Friendship was a solid and awkward comedy I’ll probably watch 1000 times. “Ballerina” was a solid outing in the John Wick universe and “Fight or Flight” was fun and gory. Really only expecting the top 4 movies to survive but we’ll have to see.

I wanted “My Dead Friend Zoe” to land better. Great cast and I love a Natalie Morales project. The tone is a little all over the place and the landing sticks emotionally but it wasn’t as solid as it could have been.

Presence jumps up the list! The better of my two for my double feature tonight. Really surprising and emotional with the right number of jump scares sprinkled in.

Missed this in theaters but not upset about it. Poorly paced compared to a leaner movie like Black Bag. It sits in the top ten currently simply as a numbers game.

Mission Impossible takes the middle of the list for its 3 star rating.

I now have ten official 2025 movies on the list which means it’s time to start making cuts this month! Low odds for any survivors under Mickey 17

I can’t believe I slept so long on this. One of the best films of last year. I missed it in theaters and it took forever to hit streaming. What a masterpiece.

Prologue: hey this game is pretty rad First section: wow I’m getting my ass kicked this combat is hard First boss fight as I get the rhythm down: I AM A LIVING GOD

Driving 90 minutes tomorrow to watch two movies since that’s the main disadvantage of living in the middle of nowhere.

Work is currently

NGL I was not prepared for my little home town minor league baseball team to make the rounds like this.

Movie day! What a great and lean thriller. Punchy dialogue from start to finish with just a pinch of dry humor baked in. 4/5 stars.

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I just played religious ska music (two major components of life in my 20’s) for my fiancé and it did not go well.

NGL “Chess 4” got real out of control over the last few hours.

Cabin has reached maximum cozy

Double feature tonight! Working through my extensive list of purchases I’ve never watched.

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Probably too expensive however it’s tempting.

On vacation in 2 weeks for the first time since starting the new job and honestly this will be the longest 2 weeks ever.

2025 is the year where everyone’s bingo card is worthless and we can’t predict anything.

Let’s fuckin gooooooooo!!!!!!

Obligatory Fury Road post.

Really excited for the Cowboy Bebop anniversary screening next week. I miss theaters so much with my friends.

I cannot express enough how obsessed I am with the movie “The Founder”

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Another week, another 6 movies down! Knox and Sonic were both on my 2024 list but they both kind of middled out so no change to the top ten. I also tricked myself into a transformers box set after loving bumblebee and rise of the beasts, but the Bay era ones are still awful.