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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

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, August 1st, 2025. 1) THE NAKED GUN There are some cinematic revivals you hope for. The Naked Gun  isn't one of them. I was leery, very  leery, about a reboot of The Naked Gun , especially one being billed as a legacy sequel. This is the fourth entry in the film series that spun off from the short-lived but utte