Movies and Books 2025 Wrap-Up

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 Movies in 2025

Faves

Gonna put all my faith in this woman whether she wants it or not: The Miracle Woman (1931)/Devi (1960)

Edward G. Robinson: A Slight Case of Murder (1938)/Five Star Final (1931)

Intense lil girls: Uptown Girls (2003)/Poison for the Fairies (1986)

Made me laugh: Noises Off… (1992)/Bottoms (2023)

Soviet war dramas: The Cranes Are Flying (1957)/Ballad of a Soldier (1959)

Saw these in theatre on the same night: Sinners (2025)/Bring Her Back (2025)

80's fantasy: Dragonslayer (1981)/The Company of Wolves (1984)

Too tired to categorize/narrow down the rest:

• Ragtime (1981)
• It Started with Eve (1941)
• The Rider (2017)
• Central Station (1998)
• Naked Acts (1996)
• The Long Walk (2019)
• The Seventh Continent (1989)
• Man’s Castle (1933)
• Prince: Sign ‘o’ the Times (1987)
• What Happened Was… (1994)
• Hollywood 90028 (1973)
• Suspense (1946)

"Honorable" Mentions

Gorillas: Congo (1995)/King Kong Lives (1986)

DANCE: Staying Alive (1983)/Can’t Stop the Music (1980)

Horror sequels: Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (1985)/Basket Case 2 (1990)

Weird ass triquels(?):Scanners III: The Takeover (1991)/Ninja III: The Domination (1984)

Hercules: Hercules (1983)/Hercules in New York (1970)

Too tired to categorize/narrow down the rest.

• Cocktail (1988)
• Up in Smoke (1978)
• Hard Target (1993)
• The Baby (1973)
• Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972)
• Sixty Million Dollar Man (1995)
• Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
• Assault of the Killer Bimbos (1988)
• Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994)
• Blood Diner (1987)
• Better Off Dead… (1985)

Worst

• Fast X (2023)
• Code Name: Emerald (1985)
• The Informer (2019)
• White Chicks (2004)
• The Russia House (1990)
• Boogeyman (2005)
• Avanti! (1972)
• Red Sonja (1985)
• The Outlaw (1943)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)

Books I read in 2025

There were only 16 :( So they're in order of fave to least fave

The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today by Elizabeth Comen (audio)

The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee (audio)

Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

The Mars House by Natasha Pulley (audio) (GR Win)

Shaw Connolly Lives to Tell by Gillian French (GR Win)

Please by Pewter Darbyshire

The October Film Haunt by Michael Wehunt (GR Win)

Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris

The Third Victim by Lisa Gardner

While My Pretty One Sleeps by Mary Higgins Clark

All Around the Town by Mary Higgins Clark

The Borrowers by Mary Norton

Curtains by R.L. Stine

Mean Streak by Sandra Brown