So many lists! Zach, James and Kyle bid 2025 adieu with a plethora of alternative year-end lists, NEW New Year movie resolutions, and an overview of what to expect in cinemas in 2025. This episode has more movie lists than any other podcast episode on the planet – guaranteed! Special thanks to our Patreon Supporters – Specifically thanks to Allan, Justin, Logan, Troy, Scott, Ryan, Marco, Victoria, Mansouri, John, Josh, and Roger!
In celebration of 12 years of podcasting – the guys count down their 20 favorite movies of 2025, as well as their greatest disappointments, films they regret not having seen before making their lists, and much more.
The guys rank and discuss the last 10 movies they’ve seen. Movies to pre-watch for the X-Mas episode: ➡️ Oh. What. Fun (2025) … Amazon Prime on Dec 5 ➡️ There’s Something in the Barn (2023) ➡️ The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The guys criticize the Finnish action sequel Sisu: Road to Revenge (aka Sisu 2), then rank their favorite revenge movies that are motivated by the manfolk. Movies to pre-watch for the X-Mas episode: ➡️ Oh. What. Fun (2025) … Amazon Prime on Dec 5 ➡️ There’s Something in the Barn (2023) ➡️ The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
James is joined by Yorgos Lanthimos expert Logan to criticize his latest conspiracy thriller Bugonia, then the guys rank their favorite films from the aforementioned genre.
The guys criticize the latest Stephen King adaptation, then run down their 10 favorite films adapted from the writings of the prolific author.
All three guys recall their personal experience with Kathryn Bigelow’s latest political thriller procedural A House of Dynamite, then run down their favorite “Rashomon Style” movies.
In our continuing series of listing our favorite films, we celebrate 700 episodes by listing the top half of our top 601-700 favorite films.
In our continuing series of listing our favorite films, we prepare for our 700th episode by listing half of our top 601-700 favorite films.
The guys reunite to discuss Zach Cregger’s latest horror thriller Weapons, then run down their favorite movies featuring the search for a missing person.
Kyle and James criticize director Darren Aronofsky’s crime comedy Caught Stealing, the run down their favorite movies featuring a domestic cat.
The guys reconvene to rank their favorite spoof films and discuss the new Liam Neeson / Pam Anderson rebootqual of The Naked Gun.
Zach and James debate why the new Fantastic Four MCU-reboot is subtitled “First Steps” (among other things) and then run down their favorite films titled with words that start with a similar sound.
The guys rank and discuss the last 10 movies they’ve seen.
The guys discuss James’ recent infection while criticizing the third “28” movie, then run down their favorite films with a unit of time in the title.
The guys criticize Ballerina, the newest entry in the world of John Wick, then rank their favorite movies spun off from a successful franchise series.
The guys gather to discuss the recent and last (?) Mission Impossible film The Final Reckoning, then quick rank all 8 films in the action series, and end the episode with a quick round of MI-themed trivia.
Zach and James discuss the clever meta-hilarity of The Studio, then adventure through history while criticizing Fountain of Youth, and finally rundown their favorite history-tinged adventure movies.
The guys discuss the pointlessness of the direct-to-streaming black-comedy sequel Another Simple Favor, then run down their (least) favorite films that nobody was really looking for, but we all got anyways.
The guys double up on recent bloody releases while criticizing Ryan Coogler’s genre mashup Sinners and Gareth Evans’ Havoc, then rank and discuss their favorite movies in which multiple roles are played by the same actor.
The guys rank their favorite forgotten films of the same year that Barack Obama was inaugurated, Michael Jackson died, and Bitcoin was created.
The guys criticize the new Iraq war set film Warfare, co-directed by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza – then run down their favorite war films set during times when they’ve been alive.
The guys pay homage to Val Kilmer by running down their 10 favorite films featuring the late actor.
The guys criticize the spy thriller Black Bag, then rundown their 10 favorite films from director Steven Soderbergh.
Kyle and James rank and discuss they last 10 movies they’ve seen.
