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I know it's hard to believe, but we are already over halfway through the year. That means it's time for me to unveil my lists of the 20 Best, and 20 Worst Movies at the halfway point of 2025. I do this every year to keep track of my favorite and least favorite films of each year, and to let everyone know which movies to seek out, and which movies to avoid. It also makes it much  easier to put my final lists together at the end of the year. This is simply a list of 20 film tit

In honor of the release of Nicolas Cage ’s new film The Surfer  — which, let’s be honest, is terrible (and he's not great in it either) — I thought now would be the perfect time to shine a light on the good stuff. Because despite what his current filmography might suggest, there is good stuff. In fact, there's great stuff. So, I decided to go back and rank what I believe are Nicolas Cage’s 10 best performances of all time. Now let’s be clear: this is not an easy task. Accordi

Film Critic pants - ON. Cubs Hat - ON. I am ready to review five new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, May 2nd, 2025. 1) THUNDERBOLTS* Let me start by saying something I've said a million times before — if you've ever listened to me on the radio, on my podcast, or read anything I've written, I could not possibly care less about comic book movies. Superhero films do absolutely nothing for me. DC , Marvel , MCU , whatever alphabet soup they want to