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Mike Ward

@shouldiseeit.bsky.social

ICYMI: Here's the annual Should I See It list of the Best Performances in Movies, recapping the best work from 2025.

Check out 20 amazing performances and several honorable mentions!

Did your favorite performances make the list? Enjoy and watch more movies!

@seattlecritics.bsky.social

Should I See It-The Best Performances of 2025

The 20 Best Performances of 2024. And a few more Honorable Mentions.

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January 12, 2026 at 5:51 AM

Reposted by Mike Ward

Ryan Oliver

@ryollie.bsky.social

2025 was… a year, to put it mildly. But, it was a great year for cinema. And one of my favorite things to do is cut my year-end Top 25 video. Give it a watch, and see you at the movies! youtu.be/5dWlwXODvH8?...

January 8, 2026 at 5:13 PM

Mike Ward

@shouldiseeit.bsky.social

Time for Mike’s annual failure to maintain and continue consistent use of his Letterboxd.

January 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM

Mike Ward

@shouldiseeit.bsky.social

PRIMATE scratches and claws its way into theaters this weekend as one of the first major new release movies of this new year.

Silly at times and absolutely not for the squeamish, yet somehow far more entertaining than it has any right to be.

@seattlecritics.bsky.social

Should I See It-Primate (2026)

A group of friends' tropical vacation turns into a terrifying, primal tale of horror and survival.

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January 10, 2026 at 2:03 AM

Mike Ward

@shouldiseeit.bsky.social

What a horrible day for our nation. When will it ever be enough. When?

January 8, 2026 at 2:11 AM

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Robert McNees

@mcnees.bsky.social

This is really, really great.
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MTV REWIND - I Want My MTV

Celebrating 44 years of continuous music videos. Stream classic music videos 24/7.

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January 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM

Mike Ward

@shouldiseeit.bsky.social

Oh hi - inner voice monologue … who gave you the microphone with four hours left in 2025?

January 1, 2026 at 3:39 AM

Mike Ward

@shouldiseeit.bsky.social

Find me a better song lyric from 2025 than this:

“I'll miss you when
The wings I fell in love with
Take you away again”

Oklou, ‘blade bird’

December 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM

Reposted by Mike Ward

Better Things Are Possible

@internethippo.bsky.social

It's inefficient to get out of bed in the morning only to get back in the same bed at night. Stay in bed all day to avoid this

December 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM

Mike Ward

@shouldiseeit.bsky.social

If you are looking to step out of the house and escape the world for two-and-a-half hrs, MARTY SUPREME is waiting at the multiplex.

Timothée Chalamet gives the best performance of his career thus far in one of the most unique, fun, and unpredictable films of 2025.

@seattlecritics.bsky.social

Should I See It-Marty Supreme (2025)

Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.

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December 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM

Reposted by Mike Ward

Matt Monagle

@monagle.bsky.social

This is the third year we’ve watched THE HOLDOVERS on Christmas or Christmas Eve. I don’t have anything clever to say; it’s just a great movie about decent people.

The cast of THE HOLDOVERS (three actors) sit around a table in front of a Christmas Tree.

December 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM

Mike Ward

@shouldiseeit.bsky.social

The biggest movie of the weekend, and for some the entire year, is finally here. However, with AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH, what once was incredible and groundbreaking is now just familiar, boring, and repetitive.

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