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So it’s that time of year again. Time to sharpen the knives, crack the knuckles, and put together the lists: the best movies of the year and, of course, the worst movies of the year. I know people love to get mad about these lists. They love to argue, they love to scream, they love to send me emails that start with “How could you possibly...?” But listen: I’ve been a professional film critic for 40 years. March 5th, 2025 was my actual 40-year anniversary of doing this job for

My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to review four new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, December 5th, 2025. 1) FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2 I'm going to start this by saying something that will immediately get me yelled at by teenagers, Twitch  streamers, TikTok  lore theorists, and anyone who has ever spent more than ten minutes on a FNaF subreddit: I have never played a Five Nights at Freddy's  vid