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gs blogiversary lists it s always a bit embarrassing when i announce i m back and plan to blog more as i did with my new year s post and then go incommunicado for months i had a good if sad reason this time which was the health decline and passing of my mom which has made 2026 a pretty crummy year thus far to put it lightly struggling with all that is also the reason i opted to skip napowrimo this year as much as it pained me to break april tradition nevertheless as i move on from years of caretaking and its natural ending in heartache i m trying to reclaim my inspiration and write more that includes returning to rhyme and reason and i can t do that without properly closing out 2025 thus i m kicking off my comeback with a very belated blogiversary post to list my top 12 films seen last year this includes both 2025 releases and any older movies watched last year nine of which have earned a spot on my ever illustrious top 365 list i ll first give a fond mention of films that i still liked but didn t make the cut for this list including a real pain marty here today the treasure of the sierra madre i am sam we live in time the host 2006 demon slayer infinity castle looper prey and captain america brave new world plus there are how to train your dragon 2025 the naked gun 2025 and mission impossible the final reckoning which didn t make the top twelve but are still list worthy thanks to their franchises i certainly didn t watch as many films in 2025 as i used to but there were still some definite gems i will say that 2026 is already outpacing it with how many good movies i ve gotten to see so it s shaping up to be a strong movie year at least thanks to any and all who have read followed liked or commented on this blog over the past 12 years it s been a fantastic creative outlet and one i hope to continue utilizing for years to come plus if i ve gotten even a few people to check out a film they wouldn t have otherwise then i count it as a win without further ado here are my top 12 films watched in 2025 12 the gorge 2025 i m not usually drawn to open apple tv despite its bundled availability to me but every now and then a real gem drops there not everyone found the gorge as appealing as i did but i thoroughly enjoyed this tale of boy meets girl with a giant hellish ravine between them the chemistry of the leads was electric and it cemented anya taylor joy as one of my celebrity crushes even when the romance gave way to full horror action mode in the latter half it was never less than entertaining 11 bonnie and clyde 1967 i suppose i shouldn t be surprised that a celebrated classic like bonnie and clyde turned out to be deserving of celebration i just wasn t expecting its subject matter to appeal to me but a great film is a great film chronicling their romance and bank robbing spree in the depression era the movie finds ways to humanize the title duo without justifying their deeds giving a full picture of their legendary infamy 10 lost in starlight 2025 while non ghibli anime films have been typically ignored by the academy it s unfortunate that korean animation can t even get a nod from something like the crunchyroll awards leaving lost in starlight to be an overlooked footnote in the netflix catalog which is a real shame because this near future tale of a woman falling in love with a musician shortly before embarking on a voyage to mars is absolutely beautiful the science admittedly falters toward the end but it s a tale of cosmic love that deserves more attention 9 wicked for good 2025 i won t deny that wicked for good is a step down from the first film my 2 for 2024 but i always thought the second half of the original musical was kind of a mess too nevertheless it delivers a darker toned but mostly satisfying conclusion to the story of elphaba and glinda so twas better than i was expecting honestly i still think it s ridiculous that the oscars snubbed it entirely 8 sinners 2025 perhaps this seems low for a film that was universally loved last year but i was still rooting for it during the latest oscar season a brilliant genre mish mash of southern music and vampire horror sinners only increased the cultural cachet of ryan coogler and michael b jordan many films struggle to get even one right but it excelled at both the music and the scares 7 thunderbolts 2025 while i liked captain america brave new world more than most and fantastic four first steps less than most thunderbolts was for me the clear stand out from marvel s roster last year bringing together a bunch of who cares side characters from past projects seemed like a tall order without james gunn but they successfully plumbed their trauma and managed to make heroes out of losers while elevating florence pugh s yelena to marvel star 6 predator badlands 2025 this was perhaps my biggest surprise of the year after catching up on prey and the animated killer of killers also quite good i respected the predator franchise but was not ready to embrace its gory glory then this effects heavy romp came along injecting more aliens more humor found family themes and a predator protagonist somehow making a fan out of me one of my coworkers called it a predator movie for alien fans and that fits perfectly between this and alien earth both franchises are on the upswing 5 dead man walking 1995 a message movie is always tricky whether in the hands of hollywood or christian filmmakers so the script of dead man walking had quite a tightrope to walk in tackling the controversy surrounding a louisiana death row inmate and the nun who advocates for him yet writer director tim robbins knocked it out of the park with a carefully balanced portrayal of institutional revenge and spiritual grief matched by stellar performances from sean penn and oscar winning susan sarandon 4 zootopia 2 2025 among disney s animated films of the last decade zootopia especially felt like it had a universe wide enough for another big case alongside judy hopps and nick wilde it took almost the full decade but the wait was worth it expanding the world building and its themes of prejudice via the introduction of reptiles in a mammal centric society zootopia 2 proved to be another funny and thoughtful adventure while keeping the shippers happy 3 wake up dead man a knives out mystery 2025 i wasn t sure exactly where to place wake up dead man since it s not quite as good as the original knives out but i m simply too big a fan of rian johnson s mystery sensibilities poker face is very good if you want more at a tv level i was afraid it would be too much of a takedown of christianity thanks to the ardent atheism of daniel craig s benoit blanc but josh o connor s conflicted but earnest priest is an excellent partner foil as they investigate the death of his divisive superior the end result is another excellent chapter in a series i hope will continue for many more years 2 kpop demon hunters 2025 i had a good feeling about this movie as soon as the trailer dropped and i watched and loved it the first day it premiered on netflix so i feel like i was ahead of the curve before it became a pop culture juggernaut yes i sound like an animation hipster but i don t care with a soundtrack full of bangers strong korean representation and brilliantly vivid animation kpop demon hunters was an absolute treat for animation lovers like me 1 superman 2025 the jury is still out on how well the new dc universe will pan out in future installments but james gunn certainly kicked things off with a bang wacky aspirational action packed and perhaps a bit overstuffed david corenswet s inaugural appearance as the man of steel hit all the right notes for a great superhero movie it was the highlight of the summer blockbuster season and in my book the whole cinematic year and so concludes another year of blogging even if we re already halfway through the next as always here are my own unofficial awards for the year s films best opening scene thunderbolts best final scene superman coolest scene superman biggest emotional impact dead man walking oldest film the treasure of the sierra madre 1948 most recent film wake up dead man 2025 longest film wake up dead man 144 minutes shortest film marty 90 minutes best soundtrack kpop demon hunters best score sinners best special effects predator badlands most mind bending looper most family friendly zootopia 2 most mature dead man walking funniest the naked gun 2025 scariest sinners best male performance sean penn in dead man walking best female performance susan sarandon in dead man walking personal favorite poem written bonnie and clyde most represented year 2025 with ten films so that s that there is still a lot i m dealing with in the wake of this year s loss so i can t make any promises on post frequency or how back i truly am but i do plan to be more active for the rest of the year after all there are so many good movies worth reviewing and poeticizing thank you to any readers still out there who haven t forgotten me and i wish you all a wonderful remainder of 2026 we didn t start 2025 recap 01 thursday jan 2026 posted by sgliput in music poetry writing leave a comment tags recap where did 2025 go another year gone and for my 12th blogiversary sadly one of my least productive years for this blog as mentioned in my previous post i have been going through a creative dry spell for the better part of the year much to my own chagrin but i sincerely want to change that in 2026 so i suppose that can be considered one of my new year s resolutions despite my lack of output one thing i have been preparing for throughout the past year was this post for which i kept an ongoing list of newsworthy events for a retrospective last year i began a new tradition of rewriting the lyrics to my beloved we didn t start the fire by billy joel to be instead a musical recap of the prior year and this look back seems like a good way to kick off what will hopefully be a more productive 2026 i couldn t fit every little thing in as much as i would have liked to mention juan soto dispatch the shoebody bop gene hackman brian wilson anne burrell the nba gambling scandal universal epic universe the ostrich convoy or the one piece flag protests there s only so much that can fit in nine verses and this is at least how i will enjoy remembering 2025 so feel free to read or sing along to joel s iconic tune and here s hoping the next year will be even better happy new year ____________________ chicken jockey southern spear generation beta s here blanket pardons discord hardens nola truck attack trumprx gulf renaming cracker barrel logo flaming shutdown ends and funding pends zootopia is back bondi beach roblox autopen fake botox vance memes torpedo bat leaking of a racist chat tilly norwood claire obscur sinners tung tung tung sahur major mergers reiner redford alien and predator such was the year we made it through the highs and lows and each surprise we chose to get through the year we made it so now sister brother let s all face another alligator alcatraz a i passed what no bot has texas flooding doge is gutting usaid no kings stranger things sydney sweeney loves jeans one big beautiful bill 23andme blue ghost karen read gaza hostages are freed scottie scheffler realids midnight hammer h1 bs east wing tylenol revolution in nepal bari weiss woolly mice epstein files free for all such was the year we made it through the highs and lows and each surprise we chose to get through the year we made it so now sister brother let s all face another francis out pope leo in thunder eagles dodgers win deepseek eggs ain t cheap dire wolf anora sweep elbows up labubu taylor swift s engaged too earthquake in myanmar yet another avatar stablecoins ice raids loose monkeys palisades kimmel canceled for a week hegseth really hates a leak horse girls not like us adolescence pluribus six seven gen z stare tariffs tariffs everywhere such was the year we made it through the highs and lows and each surprise we chose to get through the year we made it so now sister brother let s all face another salt typhoon tush push firefighter ambush cloudflare demon slayer mamdani elected mayor christians in nigeria blackout in iberia huntrix don t miss gpt psychosis kiss cam jubilee taco grok and summerween rfk measles gain what else do i have to say such was the year we made it through the highs and lows and each surprise we chose to get through the year we made it so now sister brother let s all face another oh mary bye jo ann tiktok deal averts a ban cloned dog portland frog musk salute tea logs seditious six sandwich thrown astronauts are back home superman fantastic four cecot in el salvador sora 2 congestion tax arctic frost and fibermaxx lisa cook birthday book louvre heist charlie kirk war in ukraine still unchecked gerrymandering effect no more pennies to collect what a year in retrospect such was the year we made it through the highs and lows and each surprise we chose to get through the year we made it so now sister brother let s all face another napowrimo 2025 recap finally 27 saturday dec 2025 posted by sgliput in napowrimo writing leave a comment well this is a little overdue isn t it anytime i have a long ish gap between posts i feel the need to apologize to any readers who might be improbably waiting for my next poem review and the longer this gap extended the more embarrassed i grew at my inability to end it the truth is that i ve had more time at home than ever this year but due to worsening family health issues and work i have been struggling to muster any creative output at all even work on my planned musical has stalled though not completely hence my absence from the blogosphere since the end of april sorry it took so long but i m back i would like to find a better cadence or any cadence to post more in the coming year but i can t guarantee what that will be yet still i want to get back to writing again and the first step is closing out this past year s napowrimo with the traditional recap below thank you to anyone reading and anyone who hasn t forgotten me entirely april 1 the colors within 2024 list runner up april 2 the ministry of ungentlemanly warfare 2024 honorable mention april 3 the paper chase 1973 honorable mention april 4 a patch of blue 1965 list runner up april 5 three billboards outside ebbing missouri 2017 honorable mention april 6 the stratton story 1949 list runner up april 7 cocktail 1988 honorable mention april 8 the private life of henry viii 1933 honorable mention april 9 65 2023 honorable mention april 10 freaks 1932 list runner up april 11 camelot 1967 honorable mention april 12 the thief of bagdad 1940 list runner up april 13 a real pain 2024 list runner up april 14 the wild robot 2024 list worthy my favorite film on the list april 15 sonic the hedgehog 3 2024 list runner up april 16 marty 1955 list runner up april 17 look back 2024 list runner up april 18 pat garrett and billy the kid 1973 list runner up april 19 bonnie and clyde...