Welcome to SjWound: 2025

Monday, December 8, 2025

Golden Globes Nominations

Motion Picture - Drama
Frankenstein
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy
Blue Moon
Bugonia
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
Nouvelle Vague
One Battle After Another

Motion Picture - Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1: The Movie
KPop Demon Hunters
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
Sinners
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
Zootopia 2

Director
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Guillermo Del Toro (Frankenstein)
Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
Chloe Zhao (Hamnet)

Actress - Musical/Comedy
Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You)
Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good)
Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)
Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)
Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee)
Emma Stone (Bugonia)

Actress - Drama
Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Jennifer Lawrence (Die, My Love)
Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
Julia Roberts (After the Hunt)
Tessa Thompson (Hedda)
Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)

Actor - Musical/Comedy
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
George Clooney (Jay Kelly)
Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
Lee Byung-Hun (No Other Choice)
Jesse Plemons (Bugonia)

Actor - Drama
Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)
Oscar Isaac (Frankenstein)
Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine)
Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
Jeremy Allen White (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere)

Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine)
Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
Amy Madigan (Weapons)
Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)

Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another)
Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)
Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)

Motion Picture - Animated
Arco
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Screenplay
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Original Score
F1: The Movie
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt

Original Song
"Dream as One," Avatar: Fire and Ash
"Golden," KPop Demon Hunters
"I Lied to You," Sinners
"No Place Like Home," Wicked: For Good
"The Girl in the Bubble," Wicked: For Good
"Train Dreams," Train Dreams

Thursday, December 4, 2025

SjWound's Top 100 Movies of All Time (Round 7) - #120 to #101

120.Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (115)
119.Reservoir Dogs (114)
118.Zodiac (113)
117.Logan (112)
116.The Insider (111)
115.Zero Dark Thirty (110)
114.E.T.: The Extra-Terestrial (109)
113.There Will Be Blood (108)
112.Hugo (106)
111.Elvis (New)
110.Up (105)
109.The Twilight Samurai (New)
108.The Imitation Game (133)
107.Toy Story (104)
106.Akira (New)
105.Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (103)
104.Malcolm X (102)
103.Slumdog Millionaire (161)
102.Top Gun: Maverick (101)
101.The Social Network (100)

Sunday, November 30, 2025

2025 Movie Reviews

A House of Dynamite

70% (3.5 Stars), Ranking #276

Rottentomatoes: 75%

Yadang: The Snitch

70% (3.5 Stars), Ranking NA

Rottentomatoes: 87%

One Battle After Another
80% (4 Stars), Ranking #225
Rottentomatoes: 94%

Saturday, November 29, 2025

Comics Review

Batman: Under the Red Hood by Judd Winick
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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Absolute Superman, Vol. 1: Last Dust of Krypton by Jason Aaron
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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Friday, November 28, 2025

Completed Reading - Non Fiction, November 2025

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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Abundance by Ezra Klein
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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Thursday, November 27, 2025

2026 Oscar Predictions - Round 3

Picture
One Battle After Another
Hamnet
Sinners
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Wicked: For Good
Frankenstein - Promoted back
It Was Just an Accident
Avatar: Fire and Ash - Promoted back
Bugonia

2nd Tier
Train Dreams - New
Jay Kelly - Demoted

Dropped Out
A House of Dynamite
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

Director
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Chloe Zhao (Hamnet)
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)

2nd Tier
Jon M. Chu (Wicked: For Good) - New

Actress
Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good)
Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee) - New
Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You)

2nd Tier
Emma Stone (Bugonia) - Demoted

Dropped Out
Julia Roberts (After the Hunt)
Sydney Sweeney (Christy)

Actor
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent) - Promoted
Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon) - New

2nd Tier
Jeremy Allen White (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere) - Demoted
Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams) - New

Dropped Out
Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine)

Supporting Actress
Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)
Amy Madigan (Weapons)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)

2nd Tier
Regina Hall (One Battle After Another) - New

Dropped Out
Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine)

Supporting Actor
Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)
Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)
Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein) - New

2nd Tier
Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another) - New

Dropped Out
Jeremy Strong (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere)
Delroy Lindo (Sinners)

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

2019 Movie Ranking - Round 5

1917
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
Once Upon A Time...in Hollywood
Joker
Ford v Ferrari
Parasite
Knives Out
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Spider-Man: Far from Home
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Us
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Little Women (2019)
Ip Man 4: The Finale
The Wandering Earth
Captain Marvel
Extreme Job
Ready or Not
Godzilla: King of Monsters
Uncut Gems
Shazam!
Jumanji: The Next Level
21 Bridges
Hobbs and Shaw
Doctor Sleep
Ne Zha
Just Mercy
Bombshell
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Kingdom

To watch

Toy Story 4

The Farewell

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Frozen II

Apollo 11

Friday, November 21, 2025

The Game Awards 2025 Nominations

Game of the Year

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Donkey Kong Bananza

Hades II

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Best Independent Game

Absolum

BALL x PIT

Blue Prince

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Hades II

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Debut Indie Game

Blue Prince

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Despelote

Dispatch

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Golden Joystick Awards 2025 Results

Ultimate Game of the Year

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - winner

Other Nominees:

Split Fiction

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Peak

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Blue Prince

Silent Hill f

Ghost of Yotei

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Hades 2

Donkey Kong Bananza

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Indie Games

Blue Prince - winner

Other Nominees:

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

Wanderstop

Skin Deep

Despelote

Herdling

Abiotic Factor

Baby Steps

Caves of Qud

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

Indie Games - Self Published

Hollow Knight: Silksong - winner

Other Nominees:

Hades 2

Sword of the Sea

Peak

Keep Driving

Spilled!

Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders

Deltarune

Promise Mascot Agency

Consume Me

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

SjWound's Top 100 Movies of All Time (Round 7) - #140 to #121

140.The Untouchables (134)

139.Ghandi (132)

138.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (131)

137.Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (130)

136.No Country for Old Men (129)

135.The Breakfast Club (128)

134.Batman Begins (127)

133.Apocalypse Now (166)

132.The Brutalist (New)

131.Captain Phillips (125)

130.Se7en (124)

129.Captain America: Civil War (123)

128.The Aviator (188)

127.The Dark Knight Rises (122)

126.John Wick: Chapter 4 (121)

125.Ford v Ferrari (120)

124.Syriana (147)

123.Castle in the Sky (119)

122.Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (118)

121.Godzilla Minus One (116)

Thursday, October 30, 2025

2025 Movie Reviews

Ballerina
60% (3 Stars), Ranking #697
Rottentomatoes: 71%

Nobody 2
50% (2.5 Stars), Ranking #894
Rottentomatoes: 78%

Completed Reading - Non Fiction, October 2025

New Thinking: From Einstein to Artificial Intelligence, the Science and Technology that Transformed Our World by Dagogo Altraide
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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A Brief Guide to the Great Equations: The Hunt for Cosmic Beauty in Numbers (Brief Histories) [Sep 20, 2002] Crease, Robert by Robert P. Crease
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

SjWound's Ranking of 2021 Movies - Round 4

Spider-Man: No Way Home
Dune
King Richard
CODA
Encanto
Judas and the Black Messiah
Zack Snyder's Justice League
The Suicide Squad
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Escape from Mogadishu
The Matrix Resurrections
Raging Fire
Being the Ricardos
Eternals
Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie
Raya and the Last Dragon
Tick, Tick… Boom!
West Side Story
The Rescue
Nobody
The Power of the Dog
Black Widow
Red Notice
Godzilla vs. Kong
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
No Time to Die
Free Guy
Don't Look Up
F9
The King's Man
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Space Jam: A New Legacy

To Watch

Pig

Cruella

Jungle Cruise

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

The Mauritanian

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

2026 Oscar Predictions - Round 2

Picture

One Battle After Another

Hamnet - Promoted

Sinners

Sentimental Value

Marty Supreme

Wicked: For Good

A House of Dynamite - New

It Was Just an Accident

Jay Kelly

Bugonia

2nd Tier

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere - Demoted

Dropped Out

Frankenstein

Avatar: Fire and Ash

After the Hunt

Director

Chloe Zhao (Hamnet) - Promoted

Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)

Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)

Dropped Out

Yorgos Lanthimos (Bugonia)

Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)

Actress

Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)

Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)

Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good)

Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You)

Emma Stone (Bugonia)

2nd Tier

Julia Roberts (After the Hunt)

Sydney Sweeney (Christy)

Actor

Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)

Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)

Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine)

Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)

Jeremy Allen White (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere)

2nd Tier

Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)

Supporting Actress

Amy Madigan (Weapons)

Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)

Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)

Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)

2nd Tier

Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine)

Supporting Actor

Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)

Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)

Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)

Paul Mescal (Hamnet)

Jeremy Strong (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere)

2nd Tier

Delroy Lindo (Sinners)

Comics Review

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #1 by Tom King
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

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The Ultimates, Vol. 1: Fix the World by Deniz Camp
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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Monday, October 13, 2025

Game Update

Currently playing:

Persona 5 Royal (PC)

Saturday, October 4, 2025

SjWound's Top 100 Movies of All Time (Round 7) - #160 to #141

160.Dune (152)

159.La La Land (151)

158.Flow (New)

157.Bullet Train (150)

156.Training Day (149)

155.Mission: Impossible - Fallout (148)

154.Home Alone (146)

153.Spider-Man: Homecoming (145)

152.Avatar (144)

151.Get Out (143)

150.Aladdin (1992) (142)

149.Spider-Man: No Way Home (141)

148.Raging Bull (140)

147.The Pianist (139)

146.Million Dollar Baby (138)

145.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (137)

144.Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (136)

143.Perfect Days (New)

142.Captain America: Winter Soldier (135)

141.The Deer Hunter (New)

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

2025 Movie Reviews

Highest 2 Lowest

70% (3.5 Stars), Ranking #346

Rottentomatoes: 85%

Warfare

70% (3.5 Stars), Ranking #491

Rottentomatoes: 94%

SjWound's Ranking of 2022 Movies - Round 3

The Batman
Everything Everywhere All at Once
All Quiet on the Western Front
Top Gun: Maverick
Elvis
Bullet Train
Avatar: The Way of Water
Glass Onion
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The First Slam Dunk
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Black Adam
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Decision to Leave
Hustle
Jurassic World Dominion
RRR
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Tar
The Night Owl
Thor: Love and Thunder
Ambulance
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
The Gray Man
Nope
Hunt
The Bad Guys
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
The Roundup
Confidential Assignment 2: International
Detective vs. Sleuths
The Sea Beast
One Piece Film: Red
Death on the Nile

To Watch

The Banshees of Inisherin

The Menu

The Fabelmans

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Thirteen Lives

Enola Holmes 2

Living

Aftersun

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Completed Reading - Non Fiction, September 2025

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

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Our Biggest Experiment: An Epic History of the Climate Crisis by Alice Bell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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Game Update

Completed playing:

Cyberpunk 2077

Play time: 39.1 hours

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Anime Review

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Season 4 - Hashira Training Arc

70% (3.5 Stars)

Saturday, September 13, 2025

Comics Review

Transformers, Vol. 2: Transport to Oblivion by Daniel Warren Johnson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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Thursday, September 11, 2025

SjWound's Top 100 Movies of All Time (Round 7) - #180 to #161

180.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (171)
179.Avengers: Age of Ultron (170)
178.Green Book (169)
177.Gangs of New York (168)
176.Knives Out (167)
175.The Trial of Chicago 7 (165)
174.Hacksaw Ridge (164)
173.Wicked (New)
172.The Post (177)
171.Avatar: The Way of Water (New)
170.Fight Club (163)
169.Babe (162)
168.The Big Short (160)
167.Superman (1978) (New)
166.Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (158)
165.12 Angry Men (157)
164.Skyfall (156)
163.Fargo (155)
162.Titanic (154)
161.Roma (153)