My 2025 media diet 1/28/26
For the past few years, I’ve been keeping track of the media I watch and read. This is my list for 2025 in ascending chronological order:
Movies
- The Hudsucker Proxy ★★★★☆
- The Nice Guys ★★★★★
- Logan Lucky ★★★★☆
- The Brutalist ★★★★☆
- A Complete Unknown ★★★★☆
- Blue Velvet ★★★★☆
- The Substance ★★★★☆
- Black Bag ★★★★☆
- Wild at Heart ★★★☆☆
- Mulholland Drive ★★★★☆
- Working Man ★☆☆☆☆
- The Last Winter ★★★☆☆
- Thunderbolts* ★★★☆☆
- Warfare ★★★★★
- Sinners ★★★★★
- Twisters ★★★☆☆
- Mission Impossible Final Reckoning ★★☆☆☆
- Flow ★★★★☆
- In Bruges ★★★★☆
- The Phoenician Scheme ★★★★☆
- F1 ★★★★☆
- Superman (2025) ★★★☆☆
- Mickey 17 ★★★☆☆
- The Bikeriders ★★★☆☆
- Fantastic Four: First Steps ★★★☆☆
- One Battle After Another ★★★★★
- TRON: Ares ★★★☆☆
- Halloween ★★★★★
- Marty Supreme ★★★★☆
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ★★★★☆
Books
- God Emperor of Dune ★★★☆☆
- The Tragedy of Great Power Politics ★★☆☆☆
- The Agony of Eros ★★★★☆
- A Farewell to Arms ★★★★★
- Goodbye, Things ★★★★★
- Thinking in Systems ★★★★☆
- Nexus ★★★★☆
- The Sirens Call ★★★★☆
- Ultralearning ★★★☆☆
- To Have and Have Not ★★☆☆☆
- Meditations for Mortals ★★★★☆
- Aubrey/Maturin: Clarissa Oakes ★★★☆☆
- Piranesi ★★★★★
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture ★★★★☆
- The River of Doubt ★★★★★
- Smiley’s People ★★★★★
Plays & Musicals
- Maybe Happy Ending ★★★★★
- Glengarry Glen Ross ★★★☆☆
- Picture of Dorian Gray ★★★★★
- Sunset Boulevard ★★★☆☆
- Operation Mincemeat ★★★☆☆