It’s funny to me, but in the last three years, I’ve seen FAR more movies released prior to 1970 than I had in my entire life combined leading up to that trio of years. Hell, you could almost certainly make that about movies made prior to 1980! It’s not that I had a particularly strong bias against “old” movies; it’s just that I never felt … Continue reading Rashomon Review
We are back, and when we last looked at this list, we counted down #20-11 of the best non-new-release films that I watched in 2025. I had seen 169 such movies in the calendar year, so we are talking some great pictures across the board here. Everything from #20 onward has been at least a 4.0 out of 5.0! Now it’s time to finish this … Continue reading Top 20 First Time Watches In 2025: #10-1
So far this January, I’ve discussed the worst movies that released in 2025 and my favorite movies that came out in that same year. But it’s time to leave the past in the past, as we move on to looking at… the more distant past, I suppose? My perpetual New Year’s Resolution for the past few years is to watch 200 movies in a calendar … Continue reading Top 20 First Time Watches In 2025: #20-11
I love ranking franchises! Even bad franchises. And I think that’s what shocked me the most after my recent watch of the entire Alien franchise: it’s not particularly good! Whereas many of the classic horror franchises I’ve ranked to this point (your Halloweens and your Friday The 13ths and your Child’s Plays, etc) tend to have a roller coaster like experience of highs and lows, … Continue reading Ranking The Franchise: Alien
Chapter 24 As Sam stood outside Rowan’s laboratory in Sandgem Town and stared through it, he couldn’t help but imagine it a cold, stone castle on a jagged mountainside. Despite the typically Sandgemian beautiful day of sunshine and blue skies, Sam could have sworn he saw a malevolent lightning bolt crack behind the lab and silhouette it in shadows. Tommy and Miah emerged from the … Continue reading Brothers’ Bond: A Pokemon Story, Chapter 24
All right, after two rounds of foreplay, we are ready for the main event, as we count down the top ten (well, MY top ten) movies of 2025. This is just the culmination of my completely subjective listing of the films that brought me the most joy over the last twelve months! I am excited to share them with you and hear your favorites in … Continue reading Top Ten Movies Of 2025: #10-1
Author James H. Roby joins The Order this episode to discuss the sequel to one of Stew’s favorite movies of all time. But does this one hold a candle to the original? For more from James, click HERE! Continue reading Episode 162: Across The Spider-Verse
Let’s get this straight out of the way because it really matters to this review and will come up again as I talk about Chain Reactions: I’m far from the world’s biggest fan of the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre. (Now Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, that’s a different story. I kind of love that movie) To be absolutely fair, I’ve only seen the 1974 horror classic … Continue reading Chain Reactions Review
Chapter 23 Sam eyed the Victreebel before him. It balanced precariously on the bottom of its pear-shaped body which opened at the top in a large, vicious, fanged mouth. From the sides of the bottom of its torso, the color of which reminded Sam of an aging banana, two large, sturdy leaves propped themselves against the ground to stabilize its bellish body. It swayed as … Continue reading Brothers’ Bond: A Pokemon Story, Chapter 23
It wasn’t that long ago that I watched Creature From The Black Lagoon for the first time. I was going through the stretch of watching several of the classic Universal Horror features, and after having gotten through some of the bigger name ones (Dracula, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein, etc), I finally made my way to Creature. Honestly, I thought the sea monster tale was one … Continue reading Monster Island Review
Last week when we started this list, I noted I had seen 117 movies released in 2025, and I was counting down my top 30 (or just about the top 25%) of those that I had watched. With 117 being my new record for new movies watched in a year, I’m curious as to whether I’ll be able to top that in 2026. I’m sure … Continue reading Top Ten Movies Of 2025: #20-11
A Star Is Born is a movie that has been remade, I think, three times. So including the original, there are four different ways to watch this tale. Recently, I decided to give the 2018 iteration a go. This is because I made a playlist on Spotify of songs by bands and artists that don’t really exist, and I keep finding myself listening to the … Continue reading A Star Is Born (2018) Review
Saffron Asteria of Booked and Indiosyncrasy joins The Order this episode to review the David Fincher and Michael Fassbender Netflix film, The Killer! For more from Saffron, click HERE! Continue reading Episode 161: The Killer
I live for finally finding a movie I’ve long wanted to watch suddenly pop up on a streaming platform I have access to. This happened several months ago with Jennifer’s Body, and I was so excited to finally get to watch that film when I discovered it. This time, it was Paramount Plus to the rescue for a motion picture I’ve been wanting to get … Continue reading Almost Famous Review
As of the start of this list–December 22nd 2025, whereupon I figured I was done watching new movies for the rest of the year–I have bested my record for most new release films watched in one year. According to my Letterboxd, I’ve seen 117 pictures that came out in the past twelve months. That tops the previous high of 113 from 2023 and last year’s … Continue reading Top 30 Movies Of 2025: #30-21
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