Join me as I go through (almost) every movie I watched in 2025, and where I think the contenders lie within my rankings.

Thank you for everything, Rob.

Join me as I cover four classics from the legendary, unsung American director Rob Reiner.  Four timeless entries in an unsurpassed run from 1984-1996) that also included This Is Spinal Tap (1984), The Sure Thing (1985), A Few Good Men (1992), The American President (1995), and Ghosts of Mississippi (1996).

For my discussion on The American President, please check out Episode 33 - my 2025 4th of July episode.

For the spoiler-conscious, time stamps below indicate when each discussion begins:

STAND BY ME (1986, dir. Rob Reiner) - 4:50

THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987, dir. Rob Reiner) - 28:22

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... (1989, dir. Rob Reiner) - 56:41

MISERY (1990, dir. Rob Reiner) - 1:17:28

Join me for another 6-pack of quick reviews on today's hottest titles - including the new Knives Out movie, a couple shortlisted Oscar contending documentaries, a Brazilian thriller, NEIL DIAMOND!!, and a slow moving train...

WAKE UP DEAD MAN (2025, dir. Rian Johnson)

THE ALABAMA SOLUTION (2025, dir. Andrew Jarecki & Charlotte Kaufman)

THE SECRET AGENT (2025, dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho)

SONG SUNG BLUE (2025, dir. Craig Brewer)

COVER-UP (2025, dir. Laura Poitras & Mark Obenhaus)

TRAIN DREAMS (2025, dir. Clint Bentley)

Join me for a quick chat about some recent theatrical and streaming offerings!

APOCAYLPSE in the TROPICS (2024, dir. Petra Costa)

ELLA McCAY (2025, dir. James L. Brooks)

BLUE MOON (2025, dir. Richard Linklater)

SORRY, BABY (2025, dir. Eva Victor)

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (2025, dir. Mike P. Nelson)

THE HOUSEMAID (2025, dir. Paul Feig)

AVATAR: FIRE and ASH (2025, dir. James Cameron)

MARTY SUPREME (2025, dir. Josh Safdie)

HO-HO-HOMICIDE! 

Join me as I cover warnings from Grandpa, nuns, Garbage Day, witches, Mickey Rooney, and even a Christmas light electric chair - ALL in one of the craziest franchises I've ever seen.

For the spoiler-conscious, time stamps below indicate when each discussion begins:

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (1984, dir. Charles E. Sellier Jr.) - 2:00

SNDN PART 2 (1987, dir. Lee Harry) - 24:11

SNDN 3: BETTER WATCH OUT! (1989, dir. Monte Hellman) - 32:29

SNDN 4: INITIATION (1990, dir. Brian Yuzna) - 42:26

SNDN 5: THE TOY MAKER (1991, dir. Martin Kitrosser) - 55:09

SILENT NIGHT (2012, dir. Steven C. Miller) - 1:03:13

Please join me for a quick recap of movies I've been catching in theaters and on streaming to prep my next Oscar ballot, and to check off one I missed...maybe it was better I did?

THE CONJURING: LAST RITES (2025, dir. MIchael Chaves)

THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR (2025, dir. Geeta Gandbhir)

ZOOTOPIA 2 (2025, dir. Jared Bush & Byron Howard)

OH. WHAT. FUN. (2025, dir. MIchael Showalter)

ETERNITY (2025, dir. David Freyne)

SENTIMENTAL VALUE (2025, dir. Joachim Trier)

LEFT-HANDED GIRL (2025, dir. Shih-Ching Tsou)

HAMNET (2025, dir. Chloe Zhao)

Join me as I fulfill my promise to cover all five Twilight movies, but ye be warned!!  I do not like them, and hadn't watched a frame in over 15 years. 

For the spoiler-conscious, time stamps below indicate when each discussion begins:

TWILIGHT (2008, dir. Catherine Hardwicke) - 0:56

NEW MOON (2009, dir. Chris Weitz) - 28:28

ECLIPSE (2010, dir. David Slade) - 49:22

BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (2011, dir. Bill Condon) - 1:05:16

BREAKING DAWN PART 2 (2012, dir. Bill Condon) - 1:21:50

Join me as I cover (more timely this time) four new movies out in theaters!  If these are playing near you, give them a whirl!  Action!  Musical!  Dramedy!  Foreign Films!!  I watch everything here on the Movie Marathon Man!

THE RUNNING MAN (2025, dir. Edgar Wright)

WICKED: FOR GOOD (2025, dir. Jon M. Chu)

RENTAL FAMILY (2025, dir. Hikari)

SISU 2: ROAD to REVENGE (2025, dir. Jalmari Helander)

Join me for a special actor tribute to the late, great Diane Keaton, who changed how we view the perfect girl in Annie Hall, went toe to toe with Albert Finney in Shoot the Moon, played the villain in The Other Sister, and held The Family Stone together at Christmastime.

For the spoiler-conscious, time stamps below indicate when each discussion begins:

ANNIE HALL (1977, dir. Woody Allen) - 2:12

SHOOT the MOON (1982, dir. Alan Parker) - 34:34

THE OTHER SISTER (1999, dir. Garry Marshall) - 54:24

THE FAMILY STONE (2005, dir. Thomas Bezucha) - 1:13:51

Please join me for brief reviews on EIGHT 2025 movies as I catch up with my watching over the last two months!

TRON: ARES (2025, dir. Joachim Rønning)

ROOFMAN (2025, dir. Derek Cianfrance)

BUGONIA (2025, dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)

PREDATOR: BADLANDS (2025, dir. Dan Trachtenberg)

MATERIALISTS (2025, dir. Celine Song)

DIE MY LOVE (2025, dir. Lynne Ramsay)

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (2025, dir. Jafar Panahi)