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Movie Blogger - https://philthebearblog.wordpress.com/

Will talk about film, tv, board games, video games, cycling, music and other stuff
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The Best Films of 2025

Here we go then… my favourite movies of 2025.

Please take a read and let me know what I’ve missed, what you agree with and where you think I’m crazy.

Happy New Year

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2025 – Year In Review – Film
Welcome to my review of film in 2025. This year I hope you had a better viewing experience with my site following my decision to pay for my own domain. Hopefully you will have been enjoying it adve…
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December 31, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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2025 - Top TV

Here are my favourite small screen shows of 2025.

Did one of the #StarWars or #Marvel shows take the top spot? Or was it something else..? Hint… it was something else.

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2025 – Year in Review – Television
My gut take on the TV shows that I watched this year is that there just was not as many shows that I loved unconditionally… but I still have a top fifteen worth sharing! 1. Mr. Scorsese (Appl…
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December 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2026

Before my best of the year lists let’s take a look ahead to 2026…

Are you most excited about #TheOdyssey #Supergirl #ToyStory5 or something else?

Click the link to see what I am most excited about…

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Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2026
Welcome to my annual look ahead to my most anticipated upcoming films of the year. All but one of my Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2025 were released this year and in most cases my anticipa…
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December 29, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Avatar: Fire And Ash

#JamesCameron returns us to the world of #Pandora with another epic adventure in #AvatarFireAndAsh

#SamWorthington #ZoeSaldana & #StephenLang star

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Avatar: Fire And Ash
As Jake (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) and their extended family try to deal with the grief of losing eldest son and brother Neteyam a new enemy emerges. An aggressive Na’vi tribe known a…
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December 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Train Dreams

Simply put, one of the best films this year

#TrainDreams is out now on #Netflix

#JoelEdgerton #FelicityJones #KerryCondon #WilliamHMacy #NathanielArcand #ClintBentley

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Train Dreams
The life of Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton) plays out to the background of the rapidly changing times of the 20th Century. A simple man who works as a logger and railroad builder whilst trying to f…
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December 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Wicked: For Good

#CynthiaErivo #ArianaGrande #JonathanBailey #MichelleYeoh & #JeffGoldblum star in the thrilling conclusion to #Wicked

#WickedForGood is at cinemas now and my review can be read here…

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Wicked: For Good
The conclusion to the story of Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda (Ariana Grande) the Good. Wicked’s conclusion focuses on the friendship that has changed both protago…
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November 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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The Running Man

#GlenPowell stars in the new adaptation of #StephenKing novel #TheRunningMan

Directed by #EdgarWright and co-starring #JoshBrolin #MichaelCera & #ColmanDomingo does this live up to the #Schwarzenegger version or the original book?

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The Running Man (2025)
In a dystopian future where America is run by a totalitarian government who use the media to control and subjugate the masses a down on his luck worker named Ben Richards (Glen Powell) enters the b…
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November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Now You See Me: Now You Don’t

The spectacular Horsemen illusionists return in the 3rd film in the #NowYouSeeMe series

#RosamundPike #WoodyHarrelson #DaveFranco #IslaFisher #JesseEisenberg #MorganFreeman #ArianaGreenblatt #JusticeSmith

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Now You See Me: Now You Don’t
The famous magicians known as The Horsemen are reunited by the mysterious Eye for another altruistic heist. This time they will be taking down  a diamond mine heiress and criminal Veronik…
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November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Bugonia

#EmmaStone & #JessePlemons star in #YorgosLanthimos absurdist comedy #Bugonia that focuses on conspiracy theories and the idea that Stone’s CEO may be an alien!

My review is here…

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Bugonia
Teddy (Jesse Plemons) is a conspiracy theorist and is convinced that the CEO of the company that he works for is an alien. Coercing his simple cousin Don (Aidan Delbis) into being his accomplice th…
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November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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A House of Dynamite

#KathrynBigelow latest is a star studded thriller looking at the prospects of nuclear annihilation

#AHouseOfDynamite is out now on #Netflix starring #RebeccaFerguson #IdrisElba #JasonClarke #WillaFitzgerald #GabrielBasso & more

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A House Of Dynamite
A single nuclear missile from an unknown source is detected heading towards the United States of America, triggering a race against time to determine who is responsible and how to respond. A House …
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November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Predator: Badlands

#DanTrachtenberg 3rd #Predator movie lets him dabble with the #Alien franchise with a #WeylandYutani synthetic in a coming of age story for a Predator

#PredatorBadlands is at cinemas now starring #ElleFanning

Read my review here…

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Predator: Badlands
A young Predator seeks a trophy to prove himself worthy to the clan that considered him a runt and cast him out. Heading to planet Genna, where everything is deadly he seeks to kill the unkillable,…
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November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Roofman

The stranger than fiction true story of the #Roofman burglar stars #ChanningTatum #KirstenDunst & #PeterDinklage

Roofman is at cinemas now and is directed by #DerekCianfrance

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Roofman
Jeffrey Manchester (Channing Tatum) is the “Roofman” burglar. After being sentenced to decades in prison for robbing multiple McDonald’s stores Jeffrey escapes prison and hides out in a Toys R Us s…
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November 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

#JeremyAllenWhite is #BruceSpringsteen in #DeliverMeFromNowhere

Chronicling the making of #Nebraska

Written & Directed by #ScottCooper and costarring #JeremyStrong #PaulWalterHauser & #OdessaYoung

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Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
1981, Colts Neck, New Jersey. Bruce Springsteen (Jeremy Allen White) is on the cusp of superstardom, having just completed a sold out tour and with his album “The River” a huge hit his record label…
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October 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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I Swear

Based on the true story of John Davidson #ISwear is about Tourette’s Syndrome and at cinemas now

Starring #RobertAramayo #PeterMullan #MaxinePeake & #ScottEllisWatson

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I Swear
I Swear is based on the true story of John Davidson, who at the age of thirteen was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome. The film documents how his life was impacted by this condition and how John w…
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October 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Bring Her Back

Best horror movie of the year?

#BringHerBack features an unhinged performance from #SallyHawkins in the latest film from the people who brought us #TalkToMe

My review is here…

#DannyPhilippou #MichaelPhilippou

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Bring Her Back
When half-siblings Andy (Billy Barratt) and Piper (Sora Wong) lose their father to cancer they find themselves placed with foster parent Laura (Sally Hawkins) and her other foster child Oliver (Jon…
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October 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Black Phone 2

#TheBlackPhone returns because Dead is only a word.

The entire creative team & cast are back for this horror sequel #BlackPhone2 which is at cinemas now starring #EthanHawke and directed by #ScottDerrickson

My review is here…

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Black Phone 2
Four years after Finn (Mason Thames) fought off and killed ‘The Grabber’ (Ethan Hawke) he is struggling to deal with his trauma from those events. His sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw) then begins to …
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October 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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John Candy: I Like Me

A documentary on the genius actor and comedian #JohnCandy directed by #ColinHanks

#johncandyilikeme is on #Amazon #Prime

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John Candy: I Like Me
A documentary exploring the life and legacy of one of the most gifted comedy actors of all time, John Candy. The star died from a heart attack at the age of forty-three in 1994 whilst in Mexico fil…
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October 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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BlackBerry

The rise and fall of the first ever smartphone

#BlackBerry stars #JayBaruchel & #GlennHowerton and is directed by #MattJohnson

You can watch #BlackBerry on #Netflix

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BlackBerry
The audacious story of the meteoric rise and calamitous fall of BlackBerry, the very first smartphone.  Opening in 1996 BlackBerry introduces us to Mike Lazaridis (Jay Baruchel) and Doug Fregi…
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October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Materialists

A rather excellent story about love

#Materialists is written & directed by #CelineSong and stars #DakotaJohnson #ChrisEvans & #PedroPascal

You can read more of my thoughts here…

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Materialists
Lucy (Dakota Johnson) is an ambitious matchmaker in New York City. Whilst at the wedding of her latest success story she meets a dating unicorn in Harry (Pedro Pascal). He is 6 feet tall, rich, cha…
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October 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Play Dirty

#MarkWahlberg stars as #Parker in this action comedy from #ShaneBlack

#PlayDirty is on #Amazon #Prime now and co-stars #LaKeithStanfield #RosaSalazar & #TonyShalhoub

My review is here…

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Play Dirty
Expert thief Parker (Mark Wahlberg) finds himself forced to work with the woman who double crossed him and his crew in order to take down the score of a lifetime.  Play Dirty has all of the cr…
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October 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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The Woman In Cabin 10

#KeiraKnightley stars in this mystery thriller about #TheWomanInCabin10 on #Netflix now

Directed by #SimonStone and featuring #GuyPearce #HannahWaddingham #KayaScodelario #PaulKaye

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The Woman In Cabin 10
Investigative journalist Laura Blacklock (Keira Knightley) has just filed the copy for one of her most harrowing articles yet. Can she recharge with a simple human interest story that also involves…
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October 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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The Toxic Avenger: Unrated

This remake/reboot/homage to #TROMA #ToxicAvenger is a rather loving, humorous & splatter filled B-Movie

Written & Directed by #MaconBlair & starring #PeterDinklage #KevinBacon #JacobTremb & #ElijahWood

#ToxicAvengerUnrated

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The Toxic Avenger: Unrated
Downtrodden janitor Winston (Peter Dinklage) finds himself thrown into a vat of toxic waste and transformed into the horrifically deformed superhero The Toxic Avenger.  The Toxic Avenger is a …
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October 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Tron: Ares

#JaredLeto #JeffBridges #EvanPeters #GretaLee #JodieTurnerSmith & #GillianAnderson all star in #TronAres which is at cinemas now featuring an epic #NineInchNails soundtrack

My review is here…

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Tron: Ares
A highly sophisticated AI Program known as Ares (Jared Leto) is sent into the real world to capture the “permanence code”. The next step in the digital technology war being played out by giant tech…
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October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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HIM

#MarlonWayans & #TyriqWithers star in this horror movie about the deification of sports stars & the idea that you have to give everything to your job.

#HIM is not subtle but it is quite fun

My review is here and HIM is at cinemas now

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HIM
Cameron Cade (Tyriq Withers) is the next up and coming American Football Quarterback. A glittering College career looks set to make him the number one draft pick, until someone dressed as a mascot …
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October 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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The Conjuring: Last Rites

Ed & Lorraine Warren return one last time to #TheConjuring universe

#TheConjuringLastRites is at cinemas now and stars #PatrickWilson #VeraFarmiga #MiaTomlinson & #BenHardy

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The Conjuring: Last Rites
Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) return for one final terrifying case of paranormal possession.  Last Rites opens in 1964 to show us the Warrens in one of their first e…
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October 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM