All Films
Watched in 2025
I'm changing my main reviewing site to: http://letterboxd.com/kenru/
where all the reviews are rated on a 5-star basis.
However, on
this site all films still are rated on a scale of 4-stars:
****(A+), *** 3/4 (A), *** 1/2 (A-), *** 1/4
(B+), *** (B), ** 3/4 (B-), ** 1/2 (C+), ** 1/4 ( C), **
(C-) , * 3/4 thru * (D), 3/4* thru
0* (F)
Links are to longer reviews on site or elsewhere on the
interwebs.
A FILM is defined as 70 min.+ visual event. A non-capitalized film title is a
short film worthy of note.
The year included with the
film is the year I watched each film.
(V) =
TV, Video or DVD ( +) = repeat
viewing (W/O)= walked out
January, 2025
ARMAND (2025, d. Halfdan Ullmann Tondel) **
SANTOSH (2025, d. Sandhya Suri) *** 1/4
SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, THE (2025, d. Mohammad Rasoulof) *** 1/2
SING SING (2025, d. Greg Kwedar) *** 1/2
NICKEL BOYS (2025, d. RaMell Ross) *** 3/4
BRUTALIST, THE (2025, d. Brady Corbet) *** 1/2
SATURDAY NIGHT (2025, d. Jason Reitman) ** 3/4
COMPLETE UNKNOWN, A (2025, d. James Mangold) *** 3/4
ANORA (2025, d. Sean Baker) *** 1/2
CONCLAVE (2025, d. Edward Berger) *** 1/4
AMERICAN PRIMEVAL (2025, limited series, d. Peter Berg) *** 1/4
BABYGIRL (2025, d. Halina Reijn) ***
HIT MAN (2025, d. Richard Linklater) *** 1/2
A LIEN (2025, short, d. David Cutler-Kreutz, Sam Cutler-Kreutz) *** 1/2
INSIDE OUT 2 (2025, d. Kelsey Mann) ***
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (2025, d. Adam Elliot) *** 3/4
WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL (2025, d. Merlin Crossingham, Nick Park) *** 1/4
BEAUTIFUL MEN (2025, animation short, d. Nicolas Keppens) ** 3/4
IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS (2025, animation short, d. Hossein Molayemi, Shirin Sohani) ** 3/4
WILD ROBOT, THE (2025, d. Chris Sanders) *** 1/2
MAGIC CANDIES (2025, animation short, d. Daisuke Nishio) ***
APPRENTICE, THE (2025, d. Ali Abbasi) *** 1/2
MARIA (2025,d. Pablo Larrain) ** 3/4
DIFFERENT MAN, A (2025, d. Aaron Schimberg) *** 1/4
NOSFERATU (2025, d. Robert Eggers) *** 1/2
February, 2025
ALIEN: ROMULUS (2025, d. Fede Álvarez) *** 1/4
SIX TRIPLE EIGHT, THE (2025, d. Tyler Perry) ** 3/4
BETTER MAN (2025, d. Michael Gracey) *** 1/4
GLADIATOR II (2025, d. Ridley Scott) ** 3/4
WICKED: PART 1 (2025, d. Jon M. Chu) *** 1/4
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2025, d. Wes Ball) ***
WANDER TO WONDER (2025, animation short, d. Nina Gantz) ** 3/4
YUCK! (2025, animation short, d. Loïc Espuche) ** 3/4
ANUJA (2025, short, d. Adam J. Graves) *** 1/4
I'M NOT ROBOT (2025, short, d. Victoria Warmerdam) *** 1/4
LAST RANGER, THE (2025, short, d. Cindy Lee) ** 3/4
MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT, THE (2025, short, d. Nebojsa Slijepcevic) *** 1/2
ANORA (2025, d. Sean Baker) *** 3/4
BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE (2025, mini-series, d. various) *** 3/4 (2nd viewing)