In this episode, Luke Annand and guests John Johnstone V and Jordan Ferguson discuss the Best Films and TV of 2025.  Along the way they discuss more Friday the 13th films, praise French Stewart and Chris Kattan and relish in the best villain death of the year.

Best Films of 2025

1.  Sinners

2. One Battle After Another

3.  It Was Just An Accident

4.  No Other Choice

5.  If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You

6.  Sentimental Value

7.  Hamnet

8.  Weapons

9.  The Secret Agent

10.  Bob Trevino Likes It

Best TV of 2025

1.  Pluribus

2.  Andor Season 2

3.  The Pitt

4.  Adolescence

5.  Severance Season 2

6.  The White Lotus Season 3

7.  The Bear Season 4

8.  The Lowdown

9.  The Studio

10.  The Chair Company

In this episode, Luke Annand and guests John Johnstone V and Donovan Thiesson discuss their ideal Halloween Film Marathon of five films and a short that proceeds it.  Along the way, they compare and contrast Monster Squad with Goonies, mash up Goblin with Kenny Loggins and give some love to one of the top films of 2025.

John's Marathon

Tales from the Crypt "Lower Berth"

The Monster Squad

Trick r' Treat

Hausu

Clown in a Cornfield

Braindead (Dead Alive)

Donovan's Marathon

Tales of the Unexpected "Flypaper"

Pumpkinhead

Suspiria (1977)

From Beyond

It Follows

Together

Luke's Marathon

The Great North "Blood Actually Adventure"

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Phantom of the Paradise

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Sinners

"Pale, Pale Moon" Jayme Lawson

"Sighs" Goblin

"Footloose" Kenny Loggins

"I Lied to You" Miles Caton

In this episode, Luke Annand and guest Dr. Philippe Mather journey through the filmography of Luke's favorite filmmaker, Stanley Kubrick.  Along the way, they bring up the best "I'm Spartacus!" parody, compare the Stargate sequence to the Club Silencio scene in Mulholland Drive and do Cinema Inception with Twister, The Shining, Summer of '42 and Now, Voyager.

Mark Ayres "March (From "A Clockwork Orange")

In this episode, Luke Annand counts down his Best Films of 2024 list with returning guests John Johnstone V and Jordan Ferguson.  Along the way, they check in with Jordan on the L.A. fires and discuss the Alien franchise, The Golden Child and underrated Hitchcock films.

Best Films of 2024

1. The Brutalist
2. Conclave
3. Dune: Part Two
4. Nickel Boys
5. I Saw the TV Glow
6. Anora
7. Challengers
8. The Substance
9. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
10. Saturday Night

La Bionda "One for You, One for Me"

In this episode, Luke Annand and John Johnstone V do their tenth solo-ish episode discussing the horror films past and present they've seen this year.  Along the way, they discuss the "Plight Before Christmas" episode of Bob's Burgers, Guillermo del Toro and a Montreal smoked meat sandwich and the recently deceased James Earl Jones, Joe Flaherty and Tony Todd.

"Love Hurts" by Z Berg and Keith Carradine

In this episode, Luke Annand discusses his lists for the Best Films and TV of 2023 with Jordan Ferguson.  Along the way, they discuss the first films they remember seeing, old and new Doctor Who and getting caught up with 80's film franchises.

Best Films of 2023
1.  Past Lives
2.  Killers of the Flower Moon
3.  Asteroid City
4.  Poor Things
5.  The Zone of Interest
6.  American Fiction
7.  May December
8.  The Boy and the Heron
9.  Anatomy of a Fall
10.  Bottoms

Best TV of 2023
1.  Succession
2.  Barry
3.  The Bear
4.  Fargo
5.  The Curse
6.  The Righteous Gemstones
7.  Poker Face
8.  Star Trek: Lower Decks
9.  The Last of Us
10.  Mrs. Davis

In this episode, Luke Annand interviews actress/writer/producer/director Mary Galloway about her web series Querencia and her documentary The Cowichan Sweater: Our Knitted Legacy.  Along the way, they discuss oat milk, shadowing Rachel Talalay and Queer & Indigenous representation.

Opening and closing music is "Identity" by Metis composer Justin Delorme.

In this episode, Luke Annand and returning guests John Johnstone V and Jordan Ferguson discuss Luke's lists for the Best Films and TV of 2022.  Along the way, they discuss game adaptations, watching films in relation to podcasts and what films you'd include in montages of great films.

Best Films of 2022
1. Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. The Banshees of Inisherin
3. The Fabelmans
4. Aftersun
5. Babylon
6. RRR
7. Women Talking
8. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
9. The Whale
10.  Turning Red

Best TV of 2022
1.  Better Call Saul
2. Andor
3.  House of the Dragon
4. Severance
5.  Barry
6.  The White Lotus
7.  The Righteous Gemstones
8.  Ms. Marvel
9.  Under the Banner of Heaven
10.  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

In this episode, Luke Annand and John Johnstone V discuss the Marvel and Star Wars shows on Disney + as well as some other streaming shows and horror films they've caught up with over the last six months.

Shows Discussed: WandaVision, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, What If..., Hawkeye, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor, House of the Dragon, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Severance, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Under the Banner of Heaven

Films Discussed: X/Pearl, The Northman, Nope, Prey, Barbarian, An American Werewolf in Paris, Hellraiser/Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Tammy and the T-Rex, Freaked, Mad God, One Cut of the Dead

Disclaimer:  This is not paid sponsorship for Disney +.

In this delayed episode, Luke Annand and returning guests John Johnstone V and Jordan Ferguson discuss Luke Annand's Best Films of 2020 and Best Films of 2021 lists.  Along the way, they rave about a future cult horror classic, nitpick action sequences involving transit buses and admit to film study screw ups.

Best Films of 2020
1.  Minari
2.  Nomadland
3.  Da 5 Bloods
4.  David Byrne's American Utopia
5. The Nest
6.  First Cow
7.  Promising Young Woman
8.  The Father
9.  Another Round
10.  Pieces of a Woman

Best Films of 2021
1.  The Green Knight
2.  The Power of the Dog
3.  Dune
4.  The Tragedy of MacBeth
5.  Drive My Car
6.  Nightmare Alley
7.  Licorice Pizza
8.  Flee
9.  The French Dispatch
10.  Last Night in Soho