Michael is bad, so bad. Worst of all, I think it knows it.

Not a ghost story. Not a love story. Maybe that’s true. Maybe it’s not. What is accurate is to say that Mother Mary is an impressively labyrinthine sojourn into creation, art, music, and interpersonal connection that eschew gender, sexuality, and societal norms to become something else entirely. Something new. Something mythic. Something almost certain to last forever.

Fairy tale throwback You, Me & Tuscany is a shamelessly sunny old-school Hollywood romcom.

The Drama is not your standard marital farce romantic comedy.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie wasn’t for me, but for all of those game to its, err, “charms,” I guess the sequel is worth playing.

They Will Kill You isn’t without its issues, but it still manages to slay the majority of them with a crooked smile, a windmill kick to the head, and a swift meat cleaver thrust to the side of the neck.

Project Hail Mary is a richly rewarding sojourn into the unknown that celebrates intelligence and selflessness.

As unexpected (and unnecessary) sequels go, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come doesn’t have any right to be as good as it is.

I will see films in 2025 that I will dislike far more than I do writer-director Ian Tuason’s undertone. I doubt I will see many that I will find nearly as disappointing.