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I am NOT OOP. OOP was u/Clear-Sun-9220 (account now deleted) Originally posted to r/amithejerk Was I a jerk for not sharing my location with my wife Thanks to u/DragonCat_04 for the suggestion! Trigger Warnings: emotional manipulation, accusations of infidelity, controlling behavior Original Post: May 6, 2025 Was I a jerk for not sharing my location with my wife Throw away account . Typing fast from my phone . I’ll answer any questions after my meeting . I (M, 41) have been with my wife (F,37) for 6 years. We have a 3 year old daughter. My wife decided to be a SAHM after our baby was born and didn’t go back to work after her maternity leave ended (we live in Canada). We divide the housework and childcare equally. I watch the baby 2 nights a week so she can go to the gym for a little mental health break. I asked her if I can have one night a week quiet time. She asked what is that? I said just pretend I’m not here! I’ll be in our room reading or listening to music for one hour only. She agreed. Every single time she came to our room either to talk or tell me that she was bored. When I reminded her about our deal she got upset and said I was making excuses to avoid spending time with her. Another time ,I told her then I would be going to the local coffee shop to read and just one hour of quiet time. My wife decided to do a surprise visit there. She said baby wanted to surprise her daddy. I smiled and said I just wanted a little quiet time. She sat down and talked so loud I had to say let’s just go home. This time I decided to go to the public library. My wife asked where I was going I told her I hadn’t decided yet but as per our deal it’s my night. She got upset because I was refusing to share where I was going. That one hour quiet time was heavenly. No one called my name and I came back home so happy . When I came home my wife was furious! She said she wanted to check my phone then asked if I was seeing or talking to anyone. I laughed. I said I was at the library you can ask the librarians if they saw me. She has been really cold to me and says I should have shared my location since she does ( well I know she goes to the gym). Was I a jerk for refusing to share where I was? I decided to stay longer at work in future and take advantage of quiet office since now my wife know about the library Editor's note: OOP made the same original post onto another subreddit. I am adding relevant comments from that sub for more context Relevant Comments Commenter 1: NTJ. Omggggg yes you should share your location with your wife for safety purposes but obviously you can’t if she abuses that information/access to interrupt your quiet time every time you get some! If you’re keeping the baby regularly so your wife can have uninterrupted time to herself, you also deserve some uninterrupted time to yourself. She has no leg to stand on accusing you of cheating. You tried to take that time in your home, but she made it impossible, so you had to go elsewhere. She has no right to be furious, these are the consequences of HER choices. OOP: One time I was lying in bed watching the re-run of an old sitcom on our bedroom tv. Just to decompress. She opened the door asking what I was watching . I said Seinfeld. Then she sat down and kept saying how boring and overrated this show was. Then went on saying how Jerry Seinfeld is a gross man . Then she said this show is not even funny. Then on and on. I told her I wasn’t watching for the show for educational purposes 😂 she said I could be watching a decent show together now, but you chose to watch this crap. I said we do that every night after we put the baby to bed. She said then why wasting your time watching this … I turned off tv .. Commenter 2: Does she get quiet time to go sit in coffee shop? If no, you are a jerk. Who has "excluded" time or is so controlling or selfish to be "oopsie you talked...redo!" All of that sounds very strange or asks someone who is a fulltime caregiver mom to work more hours as a single parent because you're off the clock? As a mom who worked & also was sahm, it is so much easier to work than sah...my quiet time was getting a parttime job as a hobby & running out the door to it when my husband got home at 6, perhaps suggest that to your wife that way you have your "quiet time" & she gets to spend time drinking coffee, being appreciated & talking to adults. Still in shock as to wtf is quiet time" You are perhaps missing that she needs adult human contact time & you are going to create huge problems in your marriage if you don't show her some empathy, appreciation, respect, and connection. OOP: I’m not sure. She never asked tbh. She asked for two nights a week gym night which I agreed Commenter 3: My question is why doesn’t your wife respect your quiet time and why doesn’t she trust you enough to not worry about your location? She doesn’t sound like she trusts you. The “surprise” visits and popping up in the room you’re trying to have some quiet time in. It’s as if she’s trying to catch you in the act. I’m a SAHM and my hubs works from home. We definitely have our own time to kick our feet up and we trust each other enough to not question why, when, and where. We’re really transparent with each other and great at communicating. OOP: I feel bad for her because she is alone with the baby so she must miss adult conversations. She keeps saying why do I even need quiet time? Makes no sense to her. I’m an introvert so definition of heaven for me is a quiet place Commenter 4: So you'll spend more time in the office so your wife will suspect you're having an affair even more. Either tell her you have nothing to hide and share where you are on some Life 360 app or make your boundaries clearer. OOP: I honestly don’t know what to do! If I share my location she will invite herself like the time she did at the coffee shop Commenter 4: Either she doesn't respect your 'me time' or she has severe trust issues from a past relationship? If you can't confront this tactfully and openly, you'll have to suck it up short-term until she realises herself that there's nothing suspect going on. If it isn't resolved, your resentment will fester and it'll come to a head. Good luck OOP: I was honestly shocked when she asked to check my phone. I just handed her my phone , say all yours. I have nothing to hide Commenter 5: Op, does she have people or friends she connects with? Or are you her “only person “? I ask this because maybe she has co/ dependency issues. While she can’t wait for you to get home and connect, she may be surprised that you find joy in that hour alone by yourself. Do you guys go on date nights or have 1:1 time? Maybe you both could try and carve time for just you two? So that she feels secure ? OOP: She has a few mom friends . They are all in a same mommy and me swim club. Her family live close by. I try to take her out as much as I can. We went to for a dinner and Minecraft movie like 2 weeks ago , does that count? Commenter 6: Unless you have given her a reason in the past to not trust you, you are not being a jerk. She sounds incredibly insecure. I couldn’t be in a relationship with someone that would be grilling me about my whereabouts. I think at-home parents can get this way if they don’t zoom out and put life in perspective. She controls everything about her and the kid’s day… she may have trouble adjusting to the part of life that she can’t control. Clingy/anxious sort of behavior. Would she be willing to check in a a therapist? Keep doing what you need to stay whole. Bending to be what keeps her comfortable isn’t going to help either of you. OOP: I only talk to people if I have to lol I’m an introvert so being by myself is my happiness lol no I have never ever given her not to trust me. Our daughter goes to daycare half day 3 days a week   Update #1: May 7, 2025 (next day) Quick update - not sharing the location with my wife I got so many dm asking if I talked to her ? And why I needed alone time ? Because It really makes a difference in my mental health status . I really don’t know what to do. She is now fully convinced I’m having an affair . In her conspiracy plot I need alone time because I resent her and I was alone with some AP that night. She refuses to even have a calm conversation with me. I told her I can have my quiet time at home if it puts her mind at ease only if she promises not to interrupt me. She made a snarky comment that what would my AP thinks. I just stopped trying to convince her . Things have been rocky. I have no plan of taking my quiet time anymore (at least until things get better). PS: example of how she interrupts my alone time at home … One time I was lying in bed watching the re-run of an old sitcom on our bedroom tv. Just to decompress. She opened the door asking what I was watching . I said Seinfeld. Then she sat down and kept saying how boring and overrated this show was. Then went on saying how Jerry Seinfeld is a gross man . Then she said this show is not even funny. Then on and on. I told her I wasn’t watching the show for educational purposes 😂 she said I could be watching a decent show together now but you chose to watch this crap. I said we do that every night after we put the baby to bed. She said then why wasting your time watching this … I just turned off tv.. I was done Relevant Comments Commenter 1: She sounds exhausting to be honest. Was she like this before the kid was born? Sounds like she misses being free to choose her time and day plans and resents that 1 hour you have to yourself. OOP: No but she was working full time back then. I used to go to my running club and she would go to the gym. I gave up on that since I’m trying to cut expenses ( now we are one income family ). In return I asked for quiet time Commenter 1: By this, it sounds like she needs to get a part-time job so she can socialize a bit. She's probably going nuts from the isolation to the house and kid. It might help her. OOP: Her old boss suggested that, but she said no! Commenter 2: You cut the running club due expenses? How expansive can that be? Certainly cheaper than the gym. OOP: Yes but she said she really needs the gym time because she hated her PP body and also being at home with the baby all day was mentally exhausting . She goes with her friend . I canceled my membership instead   Update #2: May 10, 2025 (three days later) Update 2 - not sharing my location with my wife My life has been a living hell. I checked her phone. There was nothing suspicious. She had a long conversation with her best friend about how she knows I’m cheating and that’s why I’m avoiding her and want alone time. She said she was frustrated because she couldn’t prove it but she just knew. Her best friend told her to trust her heart. I tried multiple times to sit her down and talk to her but it ended up her yelling at me and she is being more upset. She is very cold to me and avoids any conversations with me. Mentally, I’m a mess. I wanted to go for a long walk yesterday . I told her where I was going . She rolled her eyes and said more “alone times “? Or mistress misses you ? I decided not to go. I really don’t know how to prove myself . I gave up on any alone time . She doesn’t even talk to me so date nights are gone too. I ruined my marriage over one quiet alone reading time at the library . Added later : she doesn’t go to the gym anymore. I asked her why? She said “ why do you care? You were planning to bring your mistress home when I’m not home?”. Relevant Comments Commenter 1: I remember your previous post. All this “alone time” you want is a catalyst for her feelings. If you can’t handle having someone in your life then leave so she can be with someone who values her presence. OOP: I value her present, but I assumed I deserve one hour of quiet time Commenter 2: Her friend is filling her up with stories. Has that friend hated you by any chance? OOP: She doesn’t hate me as far as I’m aware. She got a divorce a few years ago and kept mentioning all these signs sound familiar and my wife should trust her heart Commenter 3: NTJ and dude....that's a whooooolllllleeee lot of insecurity right there wow. Won't go to the gym because you may have a woman over...Jfc. There was a study done you will have to look. That said most people who cheat do it while their spouse thinks they are working. Should you quit your job too? Cheaters will cheat no matter what. Nothing will stop that. Honestly though I think you should call this out and tell her she needs therapy for her insecurities or just move on. Someone this insecure and (let's face it, no alone time!) controlling. This is basically your life now. You gave in. I have a feeling she's the kind of person that won't think she's wrong though. Good luck with all...that. OOP: It is insane. I was thinking so neither of us have mental health breaks anymore because she is convinced I’m cheating on her? Now we are both home .. so much tension and she won’t even talk to me.. what’s happening ?! Commenter 4: Is this new behavior from her? Does she react these ways when you go to hang out with your friends? OOP: I haven’t gone out with my friends in a long time. Before having kids? She had no problem at all if I had gone out with my friends to see a hockey game or just have dinner. Commenter 5: It feels by her behaviour like she is very lonely, which is why she's constantly trying to start up conversations with you. That might be what's at the heart of this. OOP: Her boss offered her, her old job many times , even gave her the option to work part time . She said she doesn’t want to work anymore. I can’t force her either. I completely agree with you. She was much happier when she was working   Final Update: May 13, 2025 (three days later) Final update: not sharing my location with my wife I tried to make Mother’s Day special for her. I made a hand print homemade card with our kid for her. We (our kid and I but technically from our kid) made special breakfast for her. She said thanks to our kid and hugged her but things were the same between us. I was planning to BBQ for dinner. I realized I needed to replace the propane tank. I told her I was going to buy one. I was stupid enough to stop by at the local French bakery to buy special dessert for Mother’s Day. There was a line up but I thought it worth it since they have her favourite dessert and it would be a nice surprise for her. When I came home my wife lost it. She started screaming that I was out with my mistress that’s why it took so long. I showed her the dessert she grabbed it from my hand and threw it in the trash said it’s a cover for my affair. I told her how on earth I could possibly had met my hypothetical mistress and bought this in less than an hour. She told me she was done. She grabbed our kid and left. She has been staying at her parents. I tried contacting her but she doesn’t reply. I guess the next step is talking to an attorney about shared custody . Editor’s note: OOP did not leave any relevant comments here in this update   New Update: August 22, 2025 (over three months later) I spoke with an attorney like I mentioned before. For now, things are moving toward setting up a custody arrangement, and I’ll also have to pay alimony and child support since she has no source of income. She is staying at our place, but she does let me visit our kid, which I’m thankful for. She still says I broke the family by being selfish and not fighting for it. I feel guilty because I wish I could be with my kid all the time. Questioning myself that maybe I was selfish ?? It’s heartbreaking, but it seems like my wife has made up her mind. I’ve also started individual therapy, because I realized I can’t control her suspicions or rebuild trust by myself if she isn’t willing. What I can control is how I show up for my kid and how I handle this whole situation. For the record: I never cheated on her, and no, I’m not seeing anyone now. I honestly have no idea what’s going on with her at this point. I’m not sure if she is seeing anyone but that’s none of my business anyways . My focus is entirely on my kid and making sure she feels loved and supported Editor’s note: OOP did not leave any comments here in this update   Editor’s note: marking this inconclusive as OOP has deleted their account   DO NOT COMMENT IN LINKED POSTS OR MESSAGE OOPs – BoRU Rule #7 THIS IS A REPOST SUB - I AM NOT OOP submitted by /u/Choice_Evidence1983 to r/BestofRedditorUpdates [link] [comments]

Anyone try this Amazon cover for there Woodridge, I normally just use my grill in my driveway and put it back in the garage when finished but as my woodshop grows I need the garage space and I want to make a dedicated space for it on my back deck, but hesitant on paying over $100 for the name brand one when this one's $40. Take the jump or bite the bullet and buy name brand? submitted by /u/HouseOf1000Leaks to r/Traeger [link] [comments]

Today’s hearing on Capitol Hill turned intense as U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi faced tough questioning from the House Judiciary Committee over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files. Lawmakers pressed Bondi on why key documents connected to Jeffrey Epstein were heavily redacted — and how some sensitive details reportedly still made their way into the public. Several Democrats accused the Justice Department of lacking transparency, with one even suggesting a “massive cover-up.” Republicans, meanwhile, pushed back and defended the department’s actions. The hearing quickly escalated into sharp exchanges, with Bondi firmly rejecting allegations of wrongdoing and insisting the DOJ followed legal procedures to protect victims’ privacy. At multiple points, tensions flared as lawmakers demanded clearer answers about document releases, political influence, and oversight. This marks one of Bondi’s most high-profile appearances since taking office — and the political fallout from this hearing could shape how the public views the Justice Department moving forward. What do you think — legitimate oversight or political theater? 👀 submitted by /u/satty237 to r/TrendoraX [link] [comments]

I am not The OOP, OOP is u/Lucky__number_Sleven AITA for stopping picking up lunch since my manager tried to force me to go to a restaurant that I will not support. Originally posted to r/AmItheAsshole TRIGGER WARNING: Hostile workplace, racism MOOD SPOILER: Frustrating but a very satisfying end Original post Sept 19, 2021 I currently work in an office of 14 people. Since I mainly work with clients in a different time zone, I come into the office a bit later than every one else. Their office hours are 7:30 am to 4:30 PM, I am 12pm to 9pm. Because of that I started to pickup lunch for some of my coworkers on my way to work. What started off as a nice thing for 1-2 people turned into most of the office giving me their orders. I had 3 rules. 1) Only one restaurant a day, all orders had to come from that location. 2) I would not go to 2 restaurant, out of moral principles, these are forbidden restaurants, and no order to them will be accepted. 3) Your order will be rounded up to the nearest dollar + $1. If your order was $7.28, it would be $9 for me to pick it up. Still way cheaper than any other service out there. Cash on lunch delivery or prepaid for the week will be accepted. For the most part I had no trouble with these rules. Except for 1 coworker and the vice president. They both would want me to go to one of the restaurant that I would not go too. Every week I would explain I do not buy from that company. Every week they would try to get me to go there. Now this drama started on Friday. After I came in and gave everyone their orders I was called into the office with vice president and told that I am bulling and excluding coworker form my little "lunch club", and must included him in it by going to the forbidden restaurant. I told them I would solve the problem, but explained that Saturdays orders were already in, and Monday is when the change would happen. Well on Saturday, after I dropped off the orders, I canceled the "lunch club" in a company wide email. Stating the facts, that I am being forced to add forbidden restaurant by vice president to my pickups, and I can not under my moral and religious fiber I can not support forbidden restaurant, so effective immediately, the "lunch club" is disbanded, and Monday everyone is on their own with their lunch orders. I will refund any money that is left if the orders were prepaid, and to see me Monday to get your money. I do not pickup lunch on most Sundays. Well half the office supported my decision, and the other half is PO'd at me for stopping the service. It was a huge time saver, and pretty cheap since I picked up the orders on my way to work for them. I never really made a lot of money off of this, maybe enough to cover my daily lunch at best, maybe $15-$16 a day on a really good day. Edits : This is an alt account, for privacy reasons, so I will reply if I have time to, thanks. I think I maybe the Asshole due to Mostly due to the sudden stop of the service may leave some with out a clear lunch plans. Some coworkers seem really ticked because of it, and also want food from forbidden restaurant. RELEVANT COMMENTS Limerase NTA I have a forbidden fast food restaurant that my friend jokingly calls "Fascist Chicken". I never give them money, either. I applaud you for standing by your ideals and refusing to be bullied. They didn't want to be excluded? Okay, now they're not, everyone else isn't getting lunches, either. If people are upset, tell them to complain to the ones responsible for your cancellation. Would you reinstate picking up lunches if they apologized and agreed to stop asking about the forbidden restaurants? Edit: I actually remembered a second fast food place I won't eat at. They left my county after minimum wage was raised and I refuse to support a business that won't pay a decent minimum wage. OOP Probably not. A few others have pointed out some pretty bad liability that may come my way if I continue. Since I am transporting food, anything that happens to it, or if someone accidentally gets something that may trigger an allergy, the blame could be put on me. ~ AuthorKimberly NTA, picking up their lunch isn't your job, you were doing it as a courtesy. They can use a delivery service since they can't respect your rules. OOP Yes stating Monday, they can order from who ever they want, and pay for it. ~ August_Cortez My one question though, was it truly something they should have stepped into? From what I can tell, OP did this on their own time. Therefore, they could pickup food from wherever they please. All I all, definitely a power play, as someone stated. They had a good deal going until someone thought they had so e authority here. curmevexas Nothing wrong with building a little comradery as long as OP was willing to do it (it sounds like this wasn't originally a work-sanctioned thing but just steadily grew). Everyone (almost) was fine with it until it became an issue, so I don't think OP felt like they were being exploited (since they were getting some food for their efforts). The rules were reasonable, and I think OP was fine to blacklist any restaurant for any reason. VP decided to throw his weight around and killed the goose that laid the golden eggs. If people wanted the blacklisted restaurant, they could have organized a separate run. OOP This is pretty much spot on. I was getting lunch anyway. I would always do a quick calculation to see how much I would be "earning" and order something less than that, so I was getting a my lunch paid for out of this deal. Both VP and coworker would use me to pick up their lunches at times, and both would sometimes use a service to get food from the forbidden restaurant. My guess this is about saving money, and a power play on me more than anything. OOP tried twice to make an update, but added the update in the comments and to the original post Update Sept 26, 2021 (1 week later) Some details first. I was hired mainly due that I am bi-lingual with the clients main language and know the business. So to fire me you would need 2 people to replace me. As many of you guessed one of the forbidden restaurants is Chick Fil A. As for the second one. It is partly due me working there and having an issue with the franchise owner and not the whole franchise itself. I have no issues ordering Vegan, Muslim, or Jewish food for those who wanted it. Some of the locations I visited and picked up lunch even have those options. I emailed and spoke with the owner of the company. I am basically in the clear. For those worried about any potential raise or promotions being stopped by the Vice President (who really is just a glorified office manager who makes us call him a Vice President) That will not be an issue. I will not really be getting a promotion (there really is not currently a promotion available), but I did get a raise out of this. Onward. Monday. I was called into a meeting with VP and myself only. He told me that this was not what he meant and I need to sort something out by the end of the day or there will be "consequences". I called and emailed the owner about this. Refunds were given out. At this point I am holding no ones money. My lunch was a famous fresh beef burger which I ate at my desk. Tuesday. I had a meeting with VP and owner. Owner made it very clear to VP that I am to be left alone, and I am allowed to continue my "lunch club" as I want if I want to. I made it clear that I will no longer be willing to do so. I had Taco Bell, not my best choice. Wednesday. Businesses as normal. I ate a fresh grilled chicken sandwich and fries from Zaxby Thursday. Most of my coworkers that were originally PO'd at me for stopping the service, asked me if I could start it up again. I said no, too much of a risk with VP and coworker. I brought in a bacon cheese burger + Nuggets and fries $5 special and a small frosty from Wendy's. Friday. Coworker greeted me at the entrance, called me several very racial names, and knocked my Arby's out of my hand, kicked it, and left the building. He was meet with the police and the owner and terminated when he came back from lunch. I am now allowed to work from home again, with bi-weekly office meetings. Saturday. Spent most of the day getting my home office setup again, I had a can of instant potato cheddar and bacon soup for lunch. Sunday. My day off. Here given an update. FINAL COMMENTS 200Tabs Wow, that was a ride! I loved the fact that you included your daily lunches in your update. The coworker seems like he had a problem with you outside of the lunch club and that he was using the lunch club as a way to control you. I’m glad that he was terminated and also faces criminal charges. I’m sad that you lost your Arby’s lunch that day but it did also create a basis for you to work from home so I want to focus on that!! And I’m sure that the VP got a dressing down for his role in letting the coworker feel that he could control you. I hope that he gets terminated, too, as the owner probably is worried that he’d be the source of the next incident. Thanks for the update and good luck with future developments at this job. OOP Working from home is the biggest plus here, since VP was the one who forced us to come back to the office. I also hope he gets terminated, but unless he does something major that costs the owner some money, it is not likely since he is related to owner by marriage. I was given a $250 monthly allowance on top of my raise for "office supplies" so I see some PC upgrades in my future. THIS IS A REPOST SUB - I AM NOT THE OOP DO NOT CONTACT THE OOP's OR COMMENT ON LINKED POSTS, REMEMBER - RULE 7 submitted by /u/Direct-Caterpillar77 to r/BestofRedditorUpdates [link] [comments]

Every year, I go to the movie theater as much as possible. It's my favorite place in the world. I first started keeping track/scores/reviews/ticket stubs in 2015. Since then, I've seen 1,827 different movies in theaters: 5 in 2015, 9 in 2016, 146 in 2017, 162 in 2018, 192 in 2019, 44 in 2020, 86 in 2021, 270 in 2022, 325 in 2023, 298 in 2024, and 290 this year. For this ranking, I'm only counting movies I saw in theaters, nothing that I watched at home. I'm not counting re-watches. I don't have a specific scoring system, it's just a rating I give to the movie right after watching. I've included a few re-releases, short films, and TV series, as long as they were seen in a theater (and for the first time). This is all just for fun and not meant to be taken super seriously, I'm not a professional movie critic. I just like going to the movies. I attended 9 film festivals in 2025 for a total of 124 movies. 97 movies had cast and/or crew in attendance for Q&As. There were 26 World Premieres, 11 North American Premieres, 11 Canadian Premieres, 11 East Coast Premieres, 17 Southeast Premieres, 20 Florida/Georgia/Orlando/US/Tampa/South Florida/International Premieres: Toronto International Film Festival - 29 Movies in 7 Days SCAD Savannah Film Festival - 29 Movies in 8 Days Fantasia Film Festival - 18 Movies in 6 Days Florida Film Festival - 13 Movies in 5 Days Miami Film Festival - 11 Movies in 5 Days Popcorn Frights Film Festival - 11 Movies in 8 Days Gasparilla International Film Festival - 6 Movies in 3 Days Miami Jewish Film Festival - 5 Movies in 3 Days Rendez-Vous Cinema Quebec - 2 Movies in 2 Days There were 11 movies that I re-watched in theaters: One Battle After Another - x7 Hamnet - x3 Nouvelle Vague - x2 Sinners - x2 If I Had Legs I'd Kick You - x2 The Testament of Ann Lee - x2 Highest 2 Lowest - x2 The Life of Chuck - x2 Him - x2 Twinless - x2 Sentimental Value - x2 I have AMC's A-List, Regal's Unlimited, Cinemark's MovieClub, as well as memberships to the Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Toronto film societies. I saw 290 movies in theaters in 2025. Here is my full ranking: The Testament of Ann Lee - 10/10 - It's a sprawling, intoxicating, and beautiful historical-epic with some of the best dance-sequence choreography I've ever seen on film. All of the performances are perfect, the songs/prayers are all memorable, the narration grabs you from the first second and never lets go, and it's got the most confident directing of the year. I wanted 5 more hours of Mother Ann's story. In a fair world, Amanda Seyfried is the runaway Best Actress Oscar winner. This'll go down as one of the best period-dramas of the 21st century. There's one or two masterpieces per year, Ann Lee a no-doubter for one of those spots. One Battle After Another - 10/10 - Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville Junction. Marty Supreme - 10/10 The Perfect Neighbor - 9/10 - I've not cried in a movie theater this much since Moonlight. It's the kind of movie that will make your blood boil and will make you melt to your seat by the end. The bodycam footage where the dad has to tell his two sons that their mother isn't coming home is something that will leave a scar on your heart forever. It's also very impressive on a technical level, the best documentary editing since Apollo 11 in 2019. I can't imagine all of the work that went into piecing this thing together. Sinners - 9/10 Brokeback Mountain (Re-Release) - 9/10 - I'm a bit late to the party here, this 20th anniversary theatrical-release was the first time I've seen this movie, and goddamn was it worth the wait. One of the most powerful love stories ever shot. It's the ultimate "what could've been" love story. Heath's performance is generational. I'm now a card-carrying member of the Brokeback Mountain Was Robbed for Best Picture by Crash Society™. Warfare - 9/10 - You can't talk about Warfare without first shouting out the insanely-great sound design. You could watch this movie with your eyes closed and still be impressed. An impossibly-tense war movie that makes 95 minutes feel like 10 minutes. It's really this generation's Black Hawk Down (huge compliment). It's a lot more grounded and believable though, with an outstanding ensemble cast. I love that nobody is a supersoldier in this, just guys in a bad spot in a bad point in time. It doesn't glorify but it also doesn't minimize. This movie will stand the test of time as one of the best war films of the decade. This thing was custom-built in a movie-lab just for me. Sorry, Baby - 9/10 - Eva Victor is 2025's major revelation. This movie is heartbreaking, hilarious, bittersweet, and soul-warming. It's probably the best Original Screenplay of the year too. This made me realize how much I really missed Lucas Hedges. So cool to see him pop up again. Bugonia - 9/10 - Yorgos doesn't miss. Hamnet- 9/10 - An all-time child-actor performance from Jacobi Jupe. This movie is equally soul-crushing and hopeful. Jessie Buckley's close-up when Hamnet dies is pound-for-pound the best single scene of the year. F1 - 9/10 - As far as fun-summer-blockbuster movies go, F1 is as good as it gets. It's this year's Top Gun: Maverick. Was it cliche? Yes. Was it predictable? Yes. Did I have a fucking blast for 2 hours? Also, yes. Keep pumping these out, Apple. The Phoenician Scheme - 9/10 - Asteroid City & The French Dispatch were slight missteps, but Wes Anderson is officially back. This movie overflows with heart & laughs. (with 10/10 production/set design as usual) Sacrifice - 9/10 - Anya Taylor-Joy was born to play an Icelandic eco-terrorist and Chris Evans was born to play the narcissitic, A-List actor in a rut suddenty thrust back into the limelight. Gorgeously shot, laugh-a-minute first act. I had a really great time with this one, it reminded me a lot of Don't Look Up. Very surprised everyone hates it. The Smashing Machine - 9/10 Magazine Dreams - 8/10 - Jonathan Majors comes in with maybe one of the most physically-demanding performances of all time. Without the real-life drama, this might've been an Oscar-winning role for him. Great movie. Highest 2 Lowest - 8/10 - If it wasn't for an extremely uneven first act and some classic weird Spike quirks in there, like insane transitions and some "how do you do, fellow kids?" moments , this would be one of the best movies of the year. It's still really really great, and the insane score kind of grows on you as it goes. Denzel is at the top of his game. My favorite Original Song of the year at the end. Train Dreams - 8/10 - It takes a while to grow on you. It might take an hour, it might take 5 days, but it'll eventually hit you like a....train (sorry). It's a beautiful slow burn about appreciating life's fleeting and rare moments of joy. The world keeps going on without you, and that's okay. It's extremely reflective and existential. Beautiful stuff. It did what A Ghost Story did for me a few years ago. Presence - 8/10 - Lucy Liu. No notes. It Was Just An Accident - 8/10 - A lot more humor than I expected. The most impressive longshot of the year with that interrogation scene near the end. Mariam Afshari deserves more attention. And holy fuck does that pin-drop ending hit. There's a few ways you can interpret the ending too which is really cool. The Threesome - 8/10 Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie - 8/10 - If you like satirical comedies (like Borat), just do yourself a favor and check it out. You’ll laugh more in the first 30 minutes than in any movie of the past 5 years. I'm Still Here - 8/10 Black Bag - 8/10 Nouvelle Vague - 8/10 - A fun, sweet, breezy, delicate ode to the French New Wave. A movie for movie nerds. Zoey Deutch is a delight and Guillaume Marbeck is one of the year's breakout actors. Left-Handed Girl - 8/10 - A beautiful slice-of-life family drama that’s right up my alley. Wonderful performances from the 2 young leads (their first major roles) and possibly the catchiest theme track of the year. All fans of Sean Baker should check this one out. Nina Ye killed it at the Q&A. Splitsville - 8/10 - Hilarious, sharp, sexy. One of the better recent romantic-comedies (big emphasis on comedy). I laughed more during the first fight sequence than probably any other single scene this year. Advice for any shlubby screenwriters out there: co-writing a sharp, funny screenplay where your romantic interestes are 10/10s like Dakota and Adria is a good move. It Ends - 8/10 - Sometimes you're lucky enough to catch a great movie from a first-time director and you know they'll blow up soon. This is that movie for 2025. The Count of Monte Cristo - 8/10 - You don't get these types of epics much anymore. Really well made and crafted. It's the best Monte Cristo has ever looked on screen. Oh, Hi! - 8/10 Sacramento - 8/10 - Michael Cera, how I've missed you. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning - 8/10 Is This Thing On? - 8/10 - Career-best stuff from Will Arnett. If only Laura Dern's character wasn't so poorly-written and shitty. Great, improv-like scenes in the comedy club. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 8/10 - Doesn't quite reach the peak of the first one, but it's a step up from the 2nd. It's a lot more personal and dark than the other 2, which I really liked, and it keeps the (sometimes-outdated) humor. Fucktoys - 8/10 - It's Anora on mushrooms. It's weird, it's gross, it's got a ton of sex and some violence. It's kind of a modern nasty fairy tale. It's everything you want. Would recommend. Annapurna Sriram is a major talent to watch out for. Urchin - 8/10 - Part Safdie, part Glazer, part Leigh. A really confident and impressive debut film from Harris Dickinson. Harry Dillane is magnetic. Eternity - 8/10 Predator: Badlands - 8/10 A Quiet Place w/ Live Commentary (Re-Release) - 8/10 - This was the first "live commentary" screening I've ever attended. It was with co-writers Scott Beck & Bryan Woods (who also co-directed Heretic), moderated by Josh Malerman (who wrote Bird Box). A very fun screening, very insightful and amusing. Think Mystery Science Theater 3000, but for an actually-good movie. Final Destination: Bloodlines - 8/10 Companion - 8/10 No Other Land - 8/10 - Incredible achievement in documentary filmmaking. almost unfurls like a narrative drama. The only documentary other than 20 Days In Mariupol that's made me want to look away. It's really impressive how angry it makes you but also weaves in beautiful little funny moments of humanity that bring you back down to earth. You would think that "pouring cement down village water wells" was a cartoonish movie-villain move that would never actually happen in real life, but nope, it happens. The Girl with the Needle - 8/10 - Sometimes you just need a Cristian Mungiu-like hit of depression. This filled that hole. 28 Years Later - 8/10 The Long Walk - 8/10 - Not shying away from the brutality/violence is this movie's biggest strength. David Jonsson and Cooper Hoffman are perfect together. It's a very unique post-apocalyptic film, a different feel from the usual YA slop. Mark Hamill is very goofy and bad though. Rough casting there. Sentimental Value - 8/10 - This was a lot better on 2nd watch. In her limited screentime, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas puts in the best supporting performance of the year. She is the heart & soul of this movie. Truly heartbreaking stuff when Renate reads her the monologue at the table. The History of Sound - 8/10 - Shoutout to this movie for introducing me to Silver Dagger, probably the greatest folk song ever. I've had different covers of it playing on repeat since the minute I left the theater. Paul Mescal was amazing in his rendition. Beautiful, Brokeback Mountain-like love story about what could've been and regrets. A House of Dynamite - 8/10 - It's only fair to score this by act: First Act: 10/10 - Movie-of-the-year potential. Thrilling and engaging. I wanted to cry everytime Rebecca Ferguson was on screen. Second Act: 8/10: The greatest TV pilot episode you've ever seen. Greta Lee keeps getting done dirty though. Third Act: 3/10 - What a fumble nooooooooo Kathryn noooooooo. My Mom Jayne - 8/10 Sirat - 8/10 - Sound design that will have your clothes shaking during the rave sequences and have you jump during the (extremely) unexpected death scene(s). A great (but extremely bleak) odyssey through the desert set against the backdrop of the world falling apart. Good shit. She Dances - 8/10 - Whenever Steve and Audrey Zahn are on-screen together, the scenes burst with authenticity and genuineness. The script is sweet, funny when it needs to be, and sometimes brings out a few tears. Really great little family-drama. Hamilton - 8/10 Bring Her Back - 8/10 - Danny and Michael Philippou should be thrown in fucking jail for that scene of the kid chewing on the knife. Sovereign - 8/10 Weapons - 8/10 Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair - 8/10 - Confession: I had only seen bits and pieces of both Kill Bill movies prior to this. I had an abolute blast. The 2nd half doesn't quite live up to the first though. Avatar: Fire and Ash - 8/10 - Oona Chaplin awoke something in me. i'm now a Varangsexual. Mile End Kicks - 8/10 - Chandler Levack is Canada’s brightest up and coming filmmaker since Xavier Dolan. Pls keep her on your radar. Now she needs to make a movie without an annoyingly-unlikeable lead. Nuremberg - 8/10 - Your dad's pick for Best Picture. I had really low expectations, a 2.5-hour WW2 courtroom drama sounds like Oscar-bait 20 years too late, but a really tight script and perfect pacing kept me thoroughly engaged. It's also the best Russell Crowe performance since...Gladiator? Good stuff. I'm back on the WW2 movie train. Leo Woodall knocks it out of the pack with his monologue too. Out of nowhere. The Naked Gun - 8/10 Twinless - 8/10 Rebuilding - 8/10 - Lowkey family-drama set in the aftermath of a fire that destroys a man's family ranch. Josh O'Connor is outstanding as usual. Eric LaRue - 8/10 The Life of Chuck - 8/10 Frankenstein - 8/10 - It's undoubtedly technically impressive, probably deserves Oscar nominations in most tech categories. The cast and crew is stacked, and it's solid, but there's a major thing keeping it from being truly great/top 25 of the year: an interesting story. It's really good but classic GDT style-over-substance like Crimson Peak. Megadoc - 8/10 - Almost makes up for the actual movie. Almost. The Francis/Shia and Aubrey/Dustin dynamics were really fascinating to watch. Really great doc about the chaos of filmmaking. It's a shame Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel didn't want to be filmed for it, but I can't say I blame them. Jay Kelly - 8/10 Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere - 8/10 - Everyone else is wrong, this thing was good. Atlantic City forever. Rosemary's Baby (Re-Release) - 8/10 Hurry Up Tomorrow- 8/10 - Maybe throw me in jail for this but I thought this thing rocked? Part Vox Lux, part Misery, part Good Time. Jenna Ortega absolutely smashes it (wish the whole movie was from her POV tbh) and Keoghan/Abel are pretty solid as well. If you can look over the self indulgence (which is kinda the point) and a bad 5-minute sequence near the end, this is a banger. The score and camework alone make it watchable. Trey Edward Shults fan until the day I die. Together - 8/10 Americana - 8/10 - It does jump the shark a bit near the end when like 45 people die and it becomes a bit unbelievable, but it's a fun Tarantino-like crime story and Sidney Sweeney/Paul Walter Hauser are great together. It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley - 8/10 The Fantastic Four: First Steps - 7/10 The Damned - 7/10 - Claustrophobic period-pieces are my shit. An overlooked January-dump movie that deserves more praise. The Ballad of Wallis Island - 7/10 She Rides Shotgun - 7/10 Christy - 7/10 Roofman 7/10 - A perfectly-solid action-crime-comedy with a stellar Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst. This would've made $200M domestic 20 years ago. It doesn't have the usual emotional devastation that you'd expect from a Derek Cianfrance film, but that's fine. Thunderbolts - 7/10 - Like most people, I'm kinda "over" the Marvel formula, and in general this was a bit more of the same, but Pugh and Harbour commit really hard and keep it very engaging and just-different-enough. It's one of the better recent MCU efforts. I liked Julia Louis-Dreyfus in a Veep-adjacent role. Materialists - 7/10 Dead Man's Wire - 7/10 Rental Family - 7/10 Sisu: Road to Revenge - 7/10 - A nice improvement over the first one, rare for a sequel. Some really impressive kills. Mickey 17 - 7/10 Shin Godzilla (Re-Release) - 7/10 The School Duel - 7/10 Eephus - 7/10 - A local beer league baseball team plays their final game at the local park. Makes you feel nice and fuzzy and warm. Dangerous Animals - 7/10 - Some actors are born for a certain role. Jai Courtney is that actor in this movie. Ballerina - 7/10 Vermiglio - 7/10 Violent Ends - 7/10 Good Fortune - 7/10 - There are some glaring flaws (like Aziz's acting & delivery), but it does a lot of things very well and has a sweet enough ending to keep this pretty good. Keanu's character is a highlight and has a ton of great lines ("I used to be a celestial being and now I'm a chainsmoker", etc) Secret Mall Apartment - 7/10 Blue Moon - 7/10 - Ethan Hawke is outstanding and basically shows off and runs circles around everybody for 100 minutes, but chamber pieces just aren’t reaching “great” level for me recently. Wicked: For Good - 7/10 The Surfer - 7/10 Eleanor the Great - 7/10 - Pure boomer catnip. Your grandma's favorite movie of 2025. June Squibb is a national treasure. Protect her at all costs. Blue Heron - 7/10 - An Officer and a Spy - 7/10 - Polanski still has a bit of juice. Nobody is doing courtroom-dramas like the French recently. California Schemin' - 7/10 - It gets a bit repetitive but it's a solid directorial debut effort from James McAvoy. A Big Bold Beautiful Journey - 7/10 Villes Jacques-Carton - 7/10 - Quebec represent. (weak year for Quebec cinema I'll admit) Normal - 7/10 - If you like John Wick and John Wick-like clone films, you’ll like this. Lots of fun kills. Lots of blood. Good popcorn flick. Not breaking any new ground though. The Ballad of a Small Player - 7/10 - Macau is a sick setting for a film, and I really dug the first hour, a degenerate gambler just digging his own grave, and the score from Volker Bertelmann is a standout of the year, but it loses its way a bit when he dies (or maybe he doesn't? who knows). Also, more Fala Chen please. Jurassic World: Rebirth - 7/10 Superman - 7/10 - There's some funny lines, solid needledrops, and Rachel Brosnahan is great as usual, but it's not enough to make it really pop. Solid movie, another decent entry in the comic book movie category, but it doesn't reinvigorate my enthusiasm for the genre as a whole like I'd hoped it would. Tatami - 7/10 One of Them Days - 7/10 - Katt Williams being the highlight of a movie in the year of our lord 2025 was not on my bingo card. We need more crowd-pleasing comedies like this in theaters. The Seed of the Sacred Fig - 7/10 Fackham Hall - 7/10 - The Trainspotting poster bit was so good. Non-stop bits and easter eggs, a fun time. The Wizard of the Kremlin - 7/10 Caught Stealing - 7/10 - Zoë Kravitz is gone far too soon. I Love LA (TV Series) - 7/10 Fight or Flight - 7/10 - It sequel-baits a bit too hard and the tech-villains are way too cartoony, but some solid kills, great lines/editing, and Josh Hartnett fully committing to the alcoholic, down-on-his-luck assassin bit really keeps it entertaining enough. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life - 7/10 Sisters - 7/10 Parthenope - 7/10 - It's a gorgeous-looking movie, I could stare at Celeste Dalla Porta for 10 more hours, and I'm a big Paolo Sorrentino fan but this feels a bit more style-over-substance than his usual output. The Monkey - 7/10 The Luckiest Man in America - 7/10 - When an indie budget is stretched to the limit and puts out a good movie. Terrestrial - 7/10 Two Women - 7/10 Sharp Corner - 7/10 - I watched this dubbed in French so the performances definitely took a hit, but it was a pretty biting look at the pressures of the workplace and family leading to a man's downward spiral. Ben Foster is always solid (even when he's dubbed in French-Canadian). Sweetness - 7/10 Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues - 7/10 - I have still not seen the original, but this was good enough as a standalone. The final performance scene leaves a bit to be desired, but there's enough humorous dialogue to keep it chugging along ("in the daytime, ghosts are just rumors" is my personal favorite". Almost Popular - 7/10 My Dead Friend Zoe - 7/10 I Am Frankelda - 7/10 The Amateur - 7/10 - It's basically Bourne-lite, but they don't make these globe-trotting spy movies enough anymore. I enjoyed it. Torture-by-pollen was a wild move though. On Swift Horses - 7/10 Merrily We Roll Along - 7/10 - As far as theatrical pro-shots go, it's below Waitress & Hamilton. At first the constant cuts are a bit annoying/nauseating, but it works itself out. Radcliffe has one really amazing/impressive song number (during the TV interview), Groff is outstanding throughout. Was not a fan of Lindsay Mendez at all. I wanted a bit more emotionally from the whole thing. The theme song is amazing. Heart Eyes - 7/10 No Other Choice - 7/10 - good but kinda very long, innit? Freaky Tales - 7/10 The Wedding Banquet - 7/10 - Fun little rom-com brought down a bit by rough acting and awkward line/joke delivery from Bowen Yang and the Korean guy. Lily and Kelly carried them big time. Loved the “we have to de-gay the house!!!” bit. Great ending too. (never saw the original) Freakier Friday - 7/10 Rust - 7/10 The Ugly Stepsister - 7/10 Come Closer - 7/10 La Grazia 7/10 - Location scouts for Sorrentino movies need special recognition. The Accountant 2 - 7/10 - The story is a bit overcooked (the X-Men-like school for autistic super-hackers is a crazy turn for this movie to take) and it gets a bit too Sound of Freedom-y, but the Affleck/Bernthal scenes together keep it from falling apart completely. Rise (Short Film) - 7/10 Tornado - 6/10 Inheritance - 6/10 The Housemaid - 6/10 Anemone - 6/10 - [Sean Bean stares in amazement at DDL's performance] x10. There's a few good lines ("god doesn't need undies, cause he's not full of shit like you are", "the explosion was so loud you couldn't hear it"), two amazing DDL monologues, and it looks amazing, but feels kind of empty as a whole. Definitely something missing. Spider & Jessie - 6/10 Orwell: 2+2=5 - 6/10 - Some sequences are truly must-see pieces of documentary filmmaking (like the grilling of the ghoulish tech billionaire fucks and the January 6th bits) but then others are so truly scattered and shoehorned that it disconnects you from the message of the movie. 9/10 potential here if it could get out of its own way. Don't Let's Go to The Dogs Tonight - 6/10 Charlie Harper - 6/10 - A cute story about a highschool sweetheart couple (an aspiring chef and an underachieving alcoholic, classic) that’s shot really great and acted well (othet than the non-existent drunk acting from a supposed alcoholic) but ultimately burdened by a mountain of cliches. Song Sung Blue - 6/10 The Toxic Avenger 6/10 - A Troma film should have more nudity. Let's bring nudity back. Put me down for more nudity. Tron: Ares - 6/10 If I Had Legs I'd Kick You - 6/10 Anaconda - 6/10 - One day soon I'll be tired and over and the ironic, meta, big-studio-movie, but today is not one of those days. I had a decent time with this. A The Legend of Bagger Vance reference in 2025 deserves some respect. Death Does Not Exist - 6/10 40 Acres - 6/10 Locked - 6/10 Paddington in Peru - 6/10 Clown In A Cornfield - 6/10 Captain America: Brave New World - 6/10 - Adding this to the never-ending list of good-but-forgettable comic book movies. The genre is stale as hell. Wolf Man - 6/10 - Really liked the POV switches, sound design, and creature design, but the rest is by-the-numbers horror flick. Drop - 6/10 Blood for Dracula (Re-Release) - 6/10 Taylor Swift - The Official Release Party of a Showgirl - 6/10 - The lyric video stuff was whatever/boring/filler but I really liked the behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Ophelia music video. I could’ve watched an entire doc of Taylor directing that video. Great song too. And the closing song rocked too. Fanny - 6/10 Find Your Friends - 6/10 All Her Fault (TV Series) - 6/10 Fairyland - 6/10 A Nice Indian Boy - 6/10 Eddington - 6/10 - There's some interesting stuff in here, but overall kind of a mess. That's been Ari Aster's vibe recently. A Minecraft Movie - 6/10 To Kill A Wolf - 6/10 Keeper - 6/10 Waltzing with Brando - 6/10 - Billy Zane is super convincing as Marlon Brando. The rest is forgettable. Re-Animator (Re-Release) - 6/10 Opus - 6/10 - John Malkovich could not have been more horribly miscast. There's a good cult movie hidden in here somewhere, but Ayo by herself couldn't bring it out. Needed some more passes at rewrites. Grand Theft Hamlet - 6/10 Den of Thieves 2: Pantera - 6/10 Novocaine - 6/10 Barcelona (Re-Release) - 6/10 The Roses - 6/10 - This was a Dollar Tree Marriage Story. Very tonally-uneven. Kate McKinnon is distractingly-bad. Cumberbatch and Colman work well enough together to keep it watchable but it's kinda messy. IT: Welcome to Derry (TV Series) - 6/10 Modern Whore - 6/10 100 Nights of Hero - 6/10 Ick - 6/10 Algiers - 6/10 Everything's Going to Be Great - 6/10 - I really wish Bryan Cranston didn't die early on in the movie. His character and charisma really kept this afloat at first. It mostly fall flats after he's gone, except a few sweet moments. Weirdly over-religious vibes to the movie. Angel Studios was probably close to landing this one. Abraham's Boys - 6/10 I Know What You Did Last Summer - 6/10 - Worth seeing for the Nicole Kidman AMC intro reference alone. Death of a Unicorn - 6/10 Clorofilla - 6/10 I Don't Understand You - 6/10 On Becoming A Guinea Fowl - 6/10 - It's hard to think of a more recent ending that's so unsatisfying. It's good until that. Fuck those last 5 minutes. Allen Sunshine - 6/10 Night of the Demons (Re-Release) - 6/10 La Gloria - 6/10 The Legend of Ochi - 6/10 - It's a gorgeous movie and very Wes Anderson-coded, but too childish to make a real impact. If I'm honest, Helena Zengel should've just spoken German (with subtitles) instead of intelligible English. Cleaner - 6/10 Bonjour, Tristesse - Lily McInerny is outstanding, one of my picks for "breakout" performances of the year, and I'm a sucker for a sun-drenched Mediterranean setting, but Chloë Sevigny is just so bad and sinks the rest of the performances. Love Machine (Short Film) - 6/10 The Shrouds - 6/10 Mermaid - 6/10 - With 20-25 minutes shaved off, this could've been great. It captures some of the gross underbelly of Florida that not a lot of movies can (The Florida Project being the best example), but it's dragged down by bad performances and a plot that's too dragged out. I wanted it to end at least 5 times. Dog of God - 6/10 Trust - 6/10 Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale - 5/10 - It loses a lot of the charm of the first 2 films. Dead of Winter - 5/10 The Friend - 5/10 Him - 5/10 Somnium - 5/10 Hard Truths - 5/10 Borderline - 5.7 - Full disclosure: I saw this in a theater but left about halfway because I saw a big ass rat crawling through the aisle (2nd time I've ever seen one in a theater. Other time was in 2019 for The Best of Enemies). That's gonna be a no from me, dawg. Finished the rest at home. All that being said, Samara Weaving is good but she can only do so much to carry a weak story. Hunting Daze - 5/10 The Chronology of Water- 5/10 - A completely incomprehensible first-45-minutes (by design I guess?), but Imogen poots puts in one of the most daring & brave performances in a while. A huge huge swing by Kristen Stewart for a directorial debut. Sometimes it hits, sometimes it misses hard. www.rachelormont.com - 5/10 - This movie is fucking disgusting. I'm pretty sure real-life misdemeanors/felonies were actually committed during the filming (seriously). But it's just weird and funny enough (especially during the meta, audience-speaking portion) to keep you locked in. A wild ride that I wouldn't take again but that I'm happy to have taken off of the bucket list. Honey, Don't! - 5/10 - "My left or your left?", "We're facing the same way" is one of the year's best exchanges, and there's a few of those gems, but ultimately this is one of the most disjointed movies involving A-list talent I've ever seen (looking at you, Amsterdam). Too much going on, some really awful performances (Charlie Day, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Evans). Only Margaret Qualley showed up. She rocks. Swiped - 5/10 - We have The Social Network at home. Bone Lake - 5/10 Black Phone 2 - 5/10 - There should be a law capping Blumhouse horrors at 95 minutes. Big drop-off from the first one. Madelaine McGraw was fantastic though. The Woman in the Yard - 5/10 Seven Veils - 5/10 M3gan 2.0 - 5/10 - I've gotta admit that there's a lot of really solid & memorable one-liners in here, but this movie really needed an R-rating and 25 minutes less of runtime. Fuze - 5/10 Now You See Me Now You Don't - 5/10 The Running Man - 5/10 - Edgar no :( Ella McCay - 5/10 - There's some truly baffling stuff going on in this movie (30-year old Ema MacKey unconvincingly playing a 15-year old for a part of the movie being one of them), but I love James L. Brooks too much to give it a lower score. #EllaMcCayChallenge Sketch - 5/10 The Well - 5/10 Queens of the Dead - 5/10 Unmoored - 5/10 Last Breath - 5/10 Mr. Blake at Your Service! - 5/10 Hedda - 5/10 - Aside from the solid costume and set design (and a few moments when I was reminded of Babylon), this was a pretty nothing-movie with a confusing plot and extremely unlikeable characters. The Virgin of Quarry Lake - 5/10 - Visually striking but much too slow. Mr. Melvin - 5/10 Armand - 5/10 The Bearded Girl - 5//10 Karate Kid: Legends - 5/10 Test Screening - 5/10 Sounds of Glass (Short Film) - 5/10 Invention - 5/10 The Penguin Lessons - 5/10 Another Simple Favor - 4/10 - This might be the most overcooked script of the year. There's just so much going on, you can't keep track of any character motivations, and it just throws in twists for the sake of twists. The original was fine, this was not good. Good Boy - 4/10 Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma - 4/10 Hot Milk - 4/10 - There's something good hidden in here, but it's irritating as hell. The Room Next Door - 4/10 - All of the bad of Almadovar (clunky dialogue, overly-melodramatic, etc), with none of the good. Boring as well Sister Midnight - 4/10 The Devil’s Bride - 4/10 After the Hunt- 4/10 - ??????????????? Snow White - 4/10 - I think Rachel Zegler is great. Whenever she wasn't on screen, I didn't care. Disney live-action remakes have to start caring a lot more about what they're putting out there. The returns are diminishing big time. Of Dogs and Men - 4/10 Shelby Oaks - 4/10 Nobody 2 - 4/10 - I never want to see Sharon Stone in anything ever again. Take the Oscar nomination away. Wish You Were Here - 4//10 The Baltimorons - 4/10 Die My Love - 4/10 - Shoutout to John Prine. The Carpenter's Son - 4/10 Dust Bunny - 4/10 The Rule of Jenny Penn - 4/10 - Painfully repetitive. Enough lens-flare-induced-blindness to probably qualify for a class action lawsuit. Flight Risk - 4/10 Anniversary - 4/10 - About as subtle as brick to the temple. Jesus christ. Ash - 4/10 Reflection in a Dead Diamond - 4/10 - Zzz... Apostasy Blues - 4/10 The Christophers - 4/10 - A very rare Soderbergh L. Such a bore. Did not help that I couldn't understand a single word Ian McKellen was saying and that Michaela Coel was horribly miscast. The G - 4/10 Rosemead - 4/10 Teacher's Pet - 4/10 - Coming to a Tubi near you soon. Ex-Husbands - 4/10 The Unholy Trinity - 4/10 - Bland RedBox (RIP) fodder. Samuel L. Jackson surprisingly cares so that kept it from a rock-bottom score. Away with the Fairies (Short Film) - 4/10 Atom & Void (Short Film) - 4/10 Eastern Western - 3/10 Cujo (Re-Release) - 3/10 - Had not seen it before, and I can still tell you it hasn't aged well. Awful. High Rollers - 3/10 Auction - 3/10 - There aren't many things in life more pretentious than art-related French films. The Thing With Feathers - 3/10 - Man this was a rough watch. The Home - 3/10 Thank You, Places! - 3/10 - A valiant effort by a local theater group to shoot & produce a movie during the height of COVID but I could've seen anything else and been more entertained. One Big Happy Family - 3/10 Homebound - 3/10 Good American Family (TV Series) - 3/10 The Story of Three Sisters (Short Film) - 3/10 First Rites (Short Film) - 3/10 Love Hurts - 2/10 - If I had a gun with two bullets and I was in a room with Hitler, Bin Laden, and Love Hurts, I would shoot Love Hurts twice. Kiss of the Spider Woman - 2/10 - I really enjoyed the 12-minute sequence of Diego Luna graphically and aggressively shitting himself (3 feet away from a toilet for some reason by the way?) while the lead character wipes it all up, that was super cool and cinematic and necessary. This movie was hot ass, in more ways than one. Extremely overhyped out of Sundance, there's one every year. Deserved flop. One of the few times a year I walk out of a movie theater angry. Nobody Wants to Shoot a Woman - 2/10 - Amateur hour. The worst Goodfellas rip-off you've ever seen. If you told me this was originally a Youtube short from 2008, I would believe you. The Verdict - 1/10 - The filmmakers should honestly be ashamed for submitting and screening this unfinished soap-opera-masquerading-as-a-film. The festival progammers should be ashamed for programming it and charging people for it. I should be ashamed for staying the entire 100 minutes. Shame all around, really. Nobody wins here. It’s like if a group of blind preschoolers decided to remake Anatomy of a Fall. Five Nights at Freddy's 2 - 0/10 - I thought Netflix’s truly-apocalyptical purchase of Warner Bros was the worst thing to happen to theatrical moviegoing in a hundred years, but then I saw Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. Theater Distribution by Venue/Chain: AMC - 103 Regal - 58 Cinemark - 7 Cineplex - 3 VIP - 3 Landmark - 2 Silverspot - 2 Independent/Festival/Other - 112 (Bill Cosford Cinema, Cinema Centre-Ville, Cinema du Musee, Cinema Paradiso, Classic Gateway, Coral Gables Art Cinema, Enzian Theater, Hall Theater, IFC Center, Lightbox Theater, Lucas Theater, Miami Theater Center, Movies of Delray, Olympia Theater, Princess of Wales, Roy Thomson Hall, Royal Alexandra, Salle J.A. DeSeve, Savor Cinema, SCAD Museum of Art, Scotiabank Theater, Tampa Theater, Trustees Theater) Theater Visits by Month: https://i.imgur.com/JxMd5Qt.jpeg January: 19 February: 11 March: 27 + 1 Re-Release (Barcelona) April: 37 + 1 TV Series (Good American Family) + 1 Re-Release (Rosemary's Baby) May: 17 June: 15 + 1 Re-Release (Brokeback Mountain) July: 24 + 6 Short Films (Atom & Void, Sounds of Glass, First Rites, The Story of Three Sisters, Love Machine, Away with the Fairies) August: 23 + 5 Re-Releases (Re-Animator, A Quiet Place, Cujo, Night of the Demons, Shin Godzilla) September: 43 + 2 Rewatches (One Battle After Another x2) October: 24 + 2 TV Series (IT: Welcome to Derry, I Love LA) + 1 Short (Rise) + 1 Release (Blood for Dracula) + 12 Re-Watches (One Battle After Another x3, Nouvelle Vague, Sinners, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, The Testament of Ann Lee, Highest 2 Lowest, Hamnet, The Life of Chuck, Him, Twinless) November: 16 + 1 TV Series (All Her Fault) + 1 Re-Watch (Sentimental Value) December: 15 + 2 Re-Watches (Hamnet, One Battle After Another) Theater Visits by Day of the Week: https://i.imgur.com/wD0Tsx6.jpeg Monday - 16 Tuesday - 28 Wednesday - 32 Thursday - 53 Friday - 57 Saturday - 65 Sunday - 39 Notable Missed Movies: https://i.imgur.com/42reKIv.jpeg Cast/Crew/Filmmaker Q&As/Appearances: https://i.imgur.com/5kl6qWn.jpeg Favorite Performances: https://i.imgur.com/mf6Bren.jpeg Past Rankings: 2018 (162 Movies) 2019 (192 Movies) 2020 (44 Movies) 2021 (86 Movies) 2022 (270 Movies) 2023 (325 Movies) 2024 (298 movies) Please support your local movie theater. Go alone. Go with others. Buy popcorn. Sneak in snacks. Go on a Discount Tuesday. Disconnect for 2 hours and watch a movie on the biggest screen possible. Don't let corporate greed and stockholder profits destroy a hundred years of laughs, tears, and communal joy. See you at the movies in 2026 :) submitted by /u/BunyipPouch to r/movies [link] [comments]

I know a lot happened today, but this is in particular is DAMNING isn't it?! I've only seen one outlet cover it, Hinàustan Times, which is CRAZY to me. This should be national news!! I get it's graphic, but it's serious!! I get it's not sure proof without more evidence, but it is CREDITABLE to talk about. Grill the president on it! It must be widely reported by the media. If anybody else has seen coverage of this particular file, could you link it somewhere? I'm desperate to find any coverage of it to recover my faith in mankind. submitted by /u/Promoxie to r/complaints [link] [comments]