Today on the 5: As we end 2025, i wanted to provide a quick update on the programming for the rest of the year and thank you all for being listeners!

This week we're talking about The Batman II, Highlander, Black Christmas, Deep Red, and My Southern Family Christmas.Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: The selection for the next episode of Stacey's Book Club over on the TWiT network is a very recent release titled The Heist Of Hollow London. It's been quite a while since I've read a book I'm this conflicted about in terms of recommending.

Today on the 5: As the final "Christmas Commentary" film for this week, we watched 1975's Deep Red, aka Profondo Rosso. I was sure I had reviewed this classic from Dario Argento before, but amazingly it doesn't seem that I had. Let's get that corrected right now!

Today on the 5: For one of our commentary films this week we watched a holiday horror classic, 1974's Black Christmas. This may surprise some listeners, but I'd never seen this movie although it's been on my watchlist for quite a while now. Having seen it, I completely agree that this one is a must see regardless of whether you watch it at the holidays or not.

Today on the 5: For one of our commentary films this week, Lando and I watched a Hallmark movie titled My Southern Family Christmas. You read that right, we watched a Hallmark movie! This might seem like a joke, but I wanted to see what a Hallmark film featuring Bruce Campbell would be like. The results shouldn't really be suprising.

This week we're talking about paint drying times, Supercop, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, and Hellraiser (2022). Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: Roguelites are a genre of video game that I have not historically had much interest in. I've tried a few, and whiler I see the appeal of the games, none have really connected with me. That might change in a big way when Carmageddon: Rogue Shift comes out!

Today on the 5: As someone who wanders across various sites that cover movies and television, one of the recurring review subjects right now is IT: Welcome To Derry. Most of the articles feature pictures of the central villain, Pennywise The Dancing Clown. Every time I see them, it reminds me why I think this new version of the character is an example of terrible character design.

Today on the 5: For one of our commentary films this week, Lando and I revisited a sequel neither of us had watched in a long while, 1985's A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge. A movie that fell under the shadow of the movies that followed, this one is a lot better than most give it credit for.