2025 Movie Reviews

 

Superman
80% (4 Stars), Ranking #204
Rottentomatoes: 83%

The Fantastic Four: First Steps
80% (4 Stars), Ranking #318
Rottentomatoes: 87%

Completed Reading - Non Fiction, July 2025

Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion by Eliot Brown
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Comics Review

DC: The New Frontier, Volume 1 by Darwyn Cooke
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Rook: Exodus, Volume 1: Fight or Flight by Geoff Johns
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Fantastic Four, Vol. 1: Whatever Happened to the Fantastic Four? by Ryan North
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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2026 Oscar Predictions - Round 1 - Best Picture & Director

Picture

1. Sentimental Value
2. Sinners - New
3. Wicked: For Good
4. Bugonia
5. One Battle After Another
6. Marty Supreme
7. Deliver Me from Nowhere - Promoted
8. Jay Kelly - New
9. Frankenstein
10. It Was Just an Accident - New

2nd Tier
Hamnet - Demoted
Avatar: Fire and Ash  - Demoted
After the Hunt - Demoted

Dropped
Michael
The Life of Chuck

Director

1. Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
2. Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
3. Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
4. Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
5. Yorgos Lanthimos (Bugonia)

2nd Tier
Chloe Zhao (Hamnet)
Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)

SjWound's Top 100 Movies of All Time (Round 7) - #250 to #201

 

250. The Boy and the Heron

249. Cold War

248. The Exorcist

247. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

246. Spider-Man

245. Coco

244. Kill

243. Hero

242. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

241. Iron Man

240. Kung Fu Hustle

239. Boyhood

238. Spider-Man: Far From Home

237. Judas and the Black Messiah

236. The Karate Kid

235. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

234. Chungking Express

233. Shin Godzilla

232. Ghostbusters (1984)

231. Rurouni Kenshin

230. Project A

229. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

228. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

227. A Bridge Too Far

226. Spider-Man 2

225. News of the World

224. BlackBerry

223. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

222. Thunderbolts*

221. September 5

220. Vertigo

219. Batman Returns

218. Beauty and the Beast (2017)

217. Downfall

216. The Holdovers

215. Deadpool & Wolverine

214. Encanto

213. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

212. Concrete Utopia

211. Sense and Sensibility

210. There's Something About Mary

209. Conclave

208. The Man Standing Next

207. The Hunt for Red October

206. The Last King of Scotland

205. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

204. Scent of a Woman

203. Selma

202. Zootopia

201. District 9

The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century - The New York Times

1. Parasite
2. Mulholland Drive
3. There Will Be Blood
4. In the Mood for Love
5. Moonlight
6. No Country for Old Men
7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8. Get Out
9. Spirited Away
10. The Social Network
11. Mad Max Fury Road
12. The Zone of Interest
13. Children of Men
14. Inglourious Basterds
15. City of God
16. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
17. Brokeback Mountain
18. Y Tu Mama Tambien
19. Zodiac
20. The Wolf of Wall Street
21. The Royal Tenenbaums
22. The Grand Budapest Hotel
23. Boyhood
24. Her
25. Phantom Thread
26. Anatomy of a Fall
27. Adaptation
28. The Dark Knight
29. Arrival
30. Lost in Translation
31. The Departed
32. Bridesmaids
33. A Separation
34. Wall E
35. A Prophet
36. A Serious Man
37. Call Me By Your Name
38. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
39. Lady Bird
40. Yi Yi
41. Amelie
42. The Master
43. Oldboy
44. Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
45. Moneyball
46. Roma
47. Almost Famous
48. The Lives of Others
49. Before Sunset
50. Up
51. 12 Years A Slave
52. The Favourite
53. Borat
54. Pan's Labyrinth
55. Inception
56. Punch-Drunk Love
57. Best in Show
58. Uncut Gems
59. Toni Erdmann
60. Whiplash
61. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
62. Memento
63. Little Miss Sunshine
64. Gone Girl
65. Oppenheimer
66. Spotlight
67. Tár
68. The Hurt Locker
69. Under the Skin
70. Let the Right One In
71. Ocean's Eleven
72. Carol
73. Ratatouille
74. The Florida Project
75. Amour
76. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
77. Everything Everywhere All at Once
78. Aftersun
79. The Tree of Life
80. Volver
81. Black Swan
82. The Act of Killing
83. Inside Llewyn Davis
84. Melancholia
85. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
86. Past Lives
87. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
88. The Gleaners and I
89. Interstellar
90. Frances Ha
91. Fish Tank
92. Gladiator
93. Michael Clayton
94. Minority Report
95. The Worst Person in the World
96. Black Panther
97. Gravity
98. Grizzly Man
99. Memories of Murder
100. Superbad

SjWound's Top 100 Movies of All Time (Round 6) - #1

  1.  The Dark Knight