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It’s my favorite time of year. It really is. It’s time to talk about the best and worst movies of 2025, and every year (for as long as I’ve been doing this, which is now 40 years) film critics like myself have to dig into our hearts and our guts and our brains and figure out which movies we loved the most. Forty years. I can’t believe it. March of 2025 marked my official 40th anniversary as a professional film critic. And yes (shameless plug here) to honor that milestone, I p

[Get the exclusive video  version of these weekly reviews each Friday by becoming a paid subscriber on Patreon !] My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to review seven new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, October 24, 2025. 1) BUGONIA There's a line that keeps getting thrown around whenever Yorgos Lanthimos  releases something new: you either get him or you don't.  And that's exactly right. Because L