Better Man

The true story of the meteoric rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable resurgence of British pop superstar Robbie Williams.

What the absolute fuck was this?  I watched like 25 minutes and then had to stop.   A - is Robbie Williams worthy of a biopic pic?   Like honestly - who the hell is Robbie Williams?   Besides that very valid question . . . . um . . . . . . . . . . why is he being played by a CGI monkey?   Like I thought Pharell's story being told in legos was weird as hell but this one blows that out of the water and truly makes the movie beyond unwatchable because you can't get past the what the absolute f#@k feeling while watching.

I would not recommend anyone going anywhere near this.   Like ever.  This is a lock for the Bottom 10 of 2025 right out of the gate.

The Fire Inside

The story of Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, a boxer from Flint, Mich., who trained to become the first woman in her country's history to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport.

This was a really enjoyable watch.  Sure it was beyond predictable and pulled plenty of heart strings but pretty much all biopic sports movies do that.   The main thing is at least do it well.  This movie did it well.  You are definitely hooked by the characters and emotions and rooting for the story to go where it goes even though you already know.

I would recommend people checking this out who are looking towards an enjoyable and simple movie to just tune out for a while and maybe pick up some inspiration feelings.

Babygirl

A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with a much younger intern.

This was a weird watch.  Not because of Nicole Kidman being with a younger guy.  Zero judgement there.  You do you.  But like there was a lot of sexually related scenes with her where it was like um . . . . .  I feel weird watching this.   I'll just leave it at that.

I wouldn't really recommend anyone rushing to watch this.  It wasn't a bad movie but it wasn't a great movie either.  It was done really just to be provocative and it pulled that off very well but that was like really it.

The Ten Best Movies Of 2024

 Honorable Mention - Road House

I was not excited at all about this remake that Amazon Prime Video was doing but was beyond pleasantly surprised.   Like this movie was enjoyable as hell and completely campy and payed a lot of respect to the original and you are able to enjoy both of them.  

10 - Bad Boys: Ride Or Die

Credit to them for still being able to make movies in this franchise and barely losing a step.   Love how they worked in the them getting older stuff.   And loved even more them addressing Will Smith with the slap thing.  That is probably the hardest I have laughed at a movie all year.

9 - Furiosa

Nowhere near as epic as Fury Road was but still amazing in its own way.   Very much a fan even though it was paced much differently and told more of a story in that world.

8 - Gladiator II

I thought this was ridiculous being made like 25 years later but it worked like really well and was beyond pleasantly surprised.   Denzel talking with zero effort of a roman accent was a very weird choice to incorporate but even though it's joke worthy I really didn't care because of the story and action keeping you very invested.

7 - Arthur The King

I know that this movie honestly has no business being on this list but I didn't care about the heartstring pulling or the predictability of it - I was emotionally hooked and very much enjoyed this movie.  Like it was beyond a feel good ride.

6 - Deadpool & Wolverine

FINALLY on so many levels.   Deadpool in the MCU.  Wolverine in the MCU.  A multiverse movie that didn't leave me massively annoyed and bored.   A movie that had some of the most epic oh shit cameos that were not spoiled before the movie came out.   This is easily the best movie Marvel has probably done since Endgame and hopefully a good sign of them getting back on the amazing track that they were before.

5 - IF

I hate that this movie didn't do better at box office.   This movie was a classic throwback whimsical child imagination tale.  Like a Willy Wonka kind of movie.   I was beyond hooked by it and it left a hell of a stamp on me on so many different levels emotionally.

4 - Saturday Night

This movie was so much surprising fun.  Even though it was so simple and just literally 90 minutes prior to the first show starting but like the craziness spiraling and knowing the real life personas involved and being played.   This was a really good underrated movie.

3 - Dune Part Two

After seeing the first Dune I was so lost and so turned off by the franchise.  I legit had ZERO idea of who was who and why and what had actually happened.  So I saw this movie with very low expectations and LOVED it.   Like it made me go back and watch the first one and understand it so much more.   Name the last time that something like that happened.   That's a major testament to how great and enjoyable this movie was.

2 - Inside Out 2

Pixar killed it with this movie.   Taking the awesomeness of the original and adding in 5 new emotions as the girl got older?   Absolute genius!   Perfect mix of laughs and emotions.

1 - Wicked

I am obviously a little biased because I loved this musical so much.  I have been eagerly awaiting the movie for what feels like a decade at this point.   As more time went by I became a little more disenchanted expectations wise.   Then the marketing was insanely over the top.  Like an obscene amount of overexposure and overhype.   Then I finally saw the movie and did not care about all that because the movie was EXCELLENT.   The casting was EXCELLENT.   The movie was so good that you don't even care it is longer than the entire musical even though the movie only covers the first of two acts.   

The Ten Worst Movies of 2024

Dishonorable Mention - Terrifier 3

There was no way that this movie was not making this list.   The said thing is that there were actually 10 movies I would grade as worse than this.   This is the first of the franchise and hopefully the last that I saw in theaters.   This is just absurd gore for the sake of gore and the only plus is laughing at the horrendous experience of watching it.

10 - Imaginary

So like evil Ted?   Why?  Better question . . . . if you are going to make this why also make it PG-13 so that anything that might have had a shot of being scary was just mind numbing stupid or silly instead.

9 - Night Swim

Typical January release.  Lame ass horror movie that is released when nothing else is as an attempt at a money grab.  Film just barely enough good footage to make a trailer for the movie that grossly undelivers.

8 - Borderlands

This movie will easily go down in history as being one of the top movies where you ask yourself how in the blue hell did all the people involved in this sign on to this movie?

7 - Venom: The Last Dance

I don't know of any other other trilogies that I have more - very ironically by the way - venom towards.   These movies are quite honestly hella trash.    Thank god they are done and Sony will stop with these horrendous spinoff movies including 2 that made this list and one that barely missed this year.

6 - Lisa Frankenstein

This movie might be the winner this year for the most amount of time that I just stared at the screen with a confused dog face on like what in God's name am I watching.   Like . . . . . . this is a movie that was made and released wide in theaters?

5 - Megalopolis

What in the blue hell was this?   Like for real?   I made it about an hour in before I realized there was almost another two house and was like um. . . . . . . NOPE!

4 - Madame Web

Not gonna lie.  I cannot believe that this is not number one.   I saw this turd at the start of the year and figured it was a lock.  The only reason that it didn't make the cut will likely be because I went into it with complete trash expectations.  But this movie was like legendarily bad.   

3 - The Crow

This movie is just criminal.  How to you attempt to remake such a massive cult classic movie and do it this bad?   Like what made them think yeah this is good.  Not only good but worthy of being remade?

2 - The Front Room

Another one of those holy shit is this a legit horror movie?  Like just completely off the rails and also screams . . . . . .  This is Brandy's comeback!?!   

1 - In A Violent Nature

I only watched this because of all the reviews screaming about how original and different it was since it was through the killer's view.  What that means is 90 minutes of heavy breathing and crunching footsteps through like a parrot on the shoulder view while a killer walks around.   Literally.   For every over the top kill you then legit just walk around with the killer for 10-15 minutes.   Like no editing.  You keep taking the full walks.   Not kidding.