Rob
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· Dec 28
Whittled down from 375 narrative features, here are my top 50 movies of the year
50: Rebel Ridge/I’m Still Here
49: The First Omen
48: The Last Stop in Yuma County
47: A Quiet Place: Day One
46: Flow
45: Between the Temples
44: Thelma
43: Seagrass
42: Juror #2
41: Nickel Boys
40: The Apprentice
50: Rebel Ridge/I’m Still Here
49: The First Omen
48: The Last Stop in Yuma County
47: A Quiet Place: Day One
46: Flow
45: Between the Temples
44: Thelma
43: Seagrass
42: Juror #2
41: Nickel Boys
40: The Apprentice
#TheRunningMan comes across as unsure if it wants to meaningfully engage with the story’s political themes or solely use them as a backdrop for 2+ hours of action. It’s as if Edgar Wright is running scared; this is toothless filmmaking
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Movie Review – The Running Man (2025)
The Running Man, 2025. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Michael Cera, Colman Domingo, Lee Pace, Jayme Lawson, William H. Macy, Emilia Jones, David Zayas, Katy O’Brian…
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November 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
#TheRunningMan comes across as unsure if it wants to meaningfully engage with the story’s political themes or solely use them as a backdrop for 2+ hours of action. It’s as if Edgar Wright is running scared; this is toothless filmmaking
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Despite some entertaining heist elements to be had, the film doesn't seem to grasp that a movie about magic consisting of predominantly CGI special effects is both cheap and defeats the point #NowYouSeeMe:NowYouDon’t
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Movie Review – Now You See Me: Now You Don’t (2025)
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, 2025. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa, Ariana Greenblatt, Rosamund P…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Despite some entertaining heist elements to be had, the film doesn't seem to grasp that a movie about magic consisting of predominantly CGI special effects is both cheap and defeats the point #NowYouSeeMe:NowYouDon’t
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One sees the appeal and admires the craziness #TheCarpenter’sSon tediously arrives at, but Sunday school is more compelling than the journey there. That’s heresy, given the movie’s plot
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Movie Review – The Carpenter’s Son (2025)
The Carpenter’s Son, 2025. Written and Directed by Lotfy Nathan. Starring Nicolas Cage, Noah Jupe, FKA twigs, Isla Johnston, Souheila Yacoub, and Kaiti Manolidaki. SYNOPSIS: A remote village in…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
One sees the appeal and admires the craziness #TheCarpenter’sSon tediously arrives at, but Sunday school is more compelling than the journey there. That’s heresy, given the movie’s plot
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Defying genre labels as a rare film that is truly unlike anything out there, #Sirāt is hypnotic, entirely unpredictable, unbearably suspenseful, and pulls no punches
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Movie Review – Sirāt (2025)
Sirāt, 2025. Directed by Oliver Laxe. Starring Sergi López, Bruno Núñez, Stefania Gadda, Joshua Liam Henderson, Richard Bellamy, Tonin Janvier, and Jade Oukid. SYNOPSIS: A man and his son arrive at a…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Defying genre labels as a rare film that is truly unlike anything out there, #Sirāt is hypnotic, entirely unpredictable, unbearably suspenseful, and pulls no punches
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This isn’t a film that uses the film industry to alienate through insider lingo and talk, but rather an opportunity to tell a story within those parameters that is universally moving #JayKelly
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Movie Review – Jay Kelly (2025)
Jay Kelly, 2025. Directed by Noah Baumbach. Starring George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Jim Broadbent, Patrick Wilson, Eve Hewson, Greta…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This isn’t a film that uses the film industry to alienate through insider lingo and talk, but rather an opportunity to tell a story within those parameters that is universally moving #JayKelly
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With timely messaging and sci-fi imagination, #Arco is optimistic, and a visually resplendent, colorful, humorous tale of bonding
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Movie Review – Arco (2025)
Arco, 2025. Directed by Ugo Bienvenu. Featuring the voice talents of Juliano Krue Valdi, Romy Fay, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, Will Ferrell, Andy Samberg, Flea, Roeg Sutherland, America Ferrera, Zo...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
With timely messaging and sci-fi imagination, #Arco is optimistic, and a visually resplendent, colorful, humorous tale of bonding
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Wasting a rather genius socioeconomically poignant premise, director Michael Dowse’s #TrapHouse gradually slides into generic thriller stupidity
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Movie Review – Trap House (2025)
Trap House, 2025. Directed by Michael Dowse. Starring Dave Bautista, Bobby Cannavale, Kate del Castillo, Jack Champion, Sophia Lillis, Whitney Peak, Tony Dalton, Inde Navarrette, Zaire Adams, and Blu…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Wasting a rather genius socioeconomically poignant premise, director Michael Dowse’s #TrapHouse gradually slides into generic thriller stupidity
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Very curious if anyone in Chicago has heard anything about a screening for Keeper because, well, they did screen it for LA and New York. Unreal lmao
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Very curious if anyone in Chicago has heard anything about a screening for Keeper because, well, they did screen it for LA and New York. Unreal lmao
Glen Powell looks like he would sit there and wait to get me on a PACE bus without complaining, even if it was late by an hour. So, Edgar Wright casting him as the angriest man in a dystopia is completely off and ruined stretches of #TheRunningMan for me, which is otherwise entertaining
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Glen Powell looks like he would sit there and wait to get me on a PACE bus without complaining, even if it was late by an hour. So, Edgar Wright casting him as the angriest man in a dystopia is completely off and ruined stretches of #TheRunningMan for me, which is otherwise entertaining
Just spoke to Paul Mescal. Not even the Bears blowing a 4th-quarter lead could ruin my day now
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Just spoke to Paul Mescal. Not even the Bears blowing a 4th-quarter lead could ruin my day now
"I want to help one person every day for the rest of my life. I want to make a difference"
#ChristyMartin talks her life, boxing career, and biopic #Christy in theaters now
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#ChristyMartin talks her life, boxing career, and biopic #Christy in theaters now
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It’s A Life Story: Christy Martin – Exclusive Interview
At one point during David Michôd’s boxing legend Christy Martin biopic, succinctly and cleanly titled Christy, I became so overwhelmed by shock at what was transpiring on screen that I began to…
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November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"I want to help one person every day for the rest of my life. I want to make a difference"
#ChristyMartin talks her life, boxing career, and biopic #Christy in theaters now
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#ChristyMartin talks her life, boxing career, and biopic #Christy in theaters now
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"I think I’m always dealing with personal stuff when I make movies, but in indirect ways... I’m interested in expressing things that question the meaning of it all and the difficulty of being parents and children"
#JoachimTrier on #SentimentalValue
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#JoachimTrier on #SentimentalValue
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Creating A Polyphonic Character: Director Joachim Trier on Sentimental Value – Exclusive Interview
Robert Kojder chats with Sentimental Value director Joachim Trier… Back with Sentimental Value after turning the relatively unknown Renate Reinsve into a must-watch name with The Worst Person in…
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November 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"I think I’m always dealing with personal stuff when I make movies, but in indirect ways... I’m interested in expressing things that question the meaning of it all and the difficulty of being parents and children"
#JoachimTrier on #SentimentalValue
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#JoachimTrier on #SentimentalValue
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"If we look each other in the eye, it’s like we can start to cry immediately if we don’t look away or stop ourselves"
My interview with #RenateReinsve and #IngaIbsdotterLilleaas on #SentimentalValue
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My interview with #RenateReinsve and #IngaIbsdotterLilleaas on #SentimentalValue
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Bringing Out The Melancholy In Each Other: Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas on Sentimental Value – Exclusive Interview
Robert Kojder chats with Sentimental Value stars Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas… Re-teaming with the writing/directing team of Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt on Sentimental Value, a la…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"If we look each other in the eye, it’s like we can start to cry immediately if we don’t look away or stop ourselves"
My interview with #RenateReinsve and #IngaIbsdotterLilleaas on #SentimentalValue
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My interview with #RenateReinsve and #IngaIbsdotterLilleaas on #SentimentalValue
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Yes, #Nuremberg is much more alive than the standard dry retelling of history, and there is some thanks to be had there, but it’s also in service of an approach that bluntly feels off and comfortable sacrificing emotional truths and facts
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Movie Review – Nuremberg (2025)
Nuremberg, 2025. Written and Directed by James Vanderbilt. Starring Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Leo Woodall, John Slattery, Mark O’Brien, Colin Hanks, Wrenn Schmidt, Lydia Peckham, Lotte Verbeek,…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Yes, #Nuremberg is much more alive than the standard dry retelling of history, and there is some thanks to be had there, but it’s also in service of an approach that bluntly feels off and comfortable sacrificing emotional truths and facts
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"If you’re an artist, your job is more than a job. It’s a part of you, and it’s you; it creates you as you create it" - #StellanSkarsgård and #ElleFanning on #SentimentalValue
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Art Creates You As You Create It: Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning on Sentimental Value – Exclusive Interview
Robert Kojder chats with Sentimental Value stars Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning… In Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, a beautifully moving portrait of strained family connections and…
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November 6, 2025 at 5:03 AM
"If you’re an artist, your job is more than a job. It’s a part of you, and it’s you; it creates you as you create it" - #StellanSkarsgård and #ElleFanning on #SentimentalValue
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#Predator:Badlands feels like watching someone play a damn good video game on an IMAX screen. There are also reasons to believe it would work better as one
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Movie Review – Predator: Badlands (2025)
Predator: Badlands, 2025. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg. Starring Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Rohinal Nayaran, Michael Homick, Stefan Grube, Reuben De Jong, Cameron Brown, Alison Wri...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
#Predator:Badlands feels like watching someone play a damn good video game on an IMAX screen. There are also reasons to believe it would work better as one
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This approach is more admirable than a straightforward, generic biopic, but that doesn’t mean it necessarily works for anyone who isn’t deeply invested in this scene coming in #PeterHujarsDay
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Movie Review – Peter Hujar’s Day (2025)
Peter Hujar’s Day, 2025. Written and Directed by Ira Sachs. Starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall. SYNOPSIS: A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Li…
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November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This approach is more admirable than a straightforward, generic biopic, but that doesn’t mean it necessarily works for anyone who isn’t deeply invested in this scene coming in #PeterHujarsDay
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#SentimentalValue is an immensely moving portrait of knotty familial ties and generational homes, which is heartbreaking and healing
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Movie Review – Sentimental Value (2025)
Sentimental Value, 2025. Directed by Joachim Trier. Starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, Cory Michael Smith, Catherine Cohen, Pia Borgli, Jonas Jacobsen,…
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November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
#SentimentalValue is an immensely moving portrait of knotty familial ties and generational homes, which is heartbreaking and healing
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One of the richest pleasures in Lynne Ramsay’s #DieMyLove is seeing where the unraveling and dysfunction will take these characters and their respective fearless actors next
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Movie Review – Die My Love (2025)
Die My Love. 2025. Directed by Lynne Ramsay. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, LaKeith Stanfield, Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, Gabrielle Rose, Sarah Lind, and Debs Howard. SYNOPSIS: Grace, a…
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November 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
One of the richest pleasures in Lynne Ramsay’s #DieMyLove is seeing where the unraveling and dysfunction will take these characters and their respective fearless actors next
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#Christy is, at times, a standard biopic, but as a story of survival, it is harrowing and vital, with an ensemble immersed in these roles
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Movie Review – Christy (2025)
Christy, 2025. Directed by David Michôd. Starring Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, Katy O’Brian, Ethan Embry, Jess Gabor, Chad L. Coleman, Tony Cavalero, Miles Mussenden, Jay Croft, Co…
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November 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
#Christy is, at times, a standard biopic, but as a story of survival, it is harrowing and vital, with an ensemble immersed in these roles
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Just got to tell Elle Fanning how much it rules that she was in a game directed by Kojima (after the actual interview was over) and she loved hearing that. I'm on cloud 9 right now
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Just got to tell Elle Fanning how much it rules that she was in a game directed by Kojima (after the actual interview was over) and she loved hearing that. I'm on cloud 9 right now
I won the championship in my fantasy league. You know who my first baseman were? Vlad and Freddie. No matter who wins here, I was victorious
November 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I won the championship in my fantasy league. You know who my first baseman were? Vlad and Freddie. No matter who wins here, I was victorious
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That was offensive PI come on. should be blue jays first down
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
That was offensive PI come on. should be blue jays first down
Hahahahaha, I don't even have a dog in this fight, and I'm still in suspense on every pitch. One of the best World Series in a long time
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Hahahahaha, I don't even have a dog in this fight, and I'm still in suspense on every pitch. One of the best World Series in a long time
It is 11:55am
You're getting ready to watch the Bears or football in general
But wait, there's unfinished business
The Dodgers and Blue Jays are still going at it in the bottom of the 30th
You know this would rule
You're getting ready to watch the Bears or football in general
But wait, there's unfinished business
The Dodgers and Blue Jays are still going at it in the bottom of the 30th
You know this would rule
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It is 11:55am
You're getting ready to watch the Bears or football in general
But wait, there's unfinished business
The Dodgers and Blue Jays are still going at it in the bottom of the 30th
You know this would rule
You're getting ready to watch the Bears or football in general
But wait, there's unfinished business
The Dodgers and Blue Jays are still going at it in the bottom of the 30th
You know this would rule