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So long 2025: A Best of List (from public opinion and me)

CC0 licensed photo by Aaron Jorbin from the WordPress Photo Directory

2025 is almost over. Literally, today is the last day. I’m always surprised by the end of a year, as it seems like we just rang it in. Wasn’t that just a few months ago? No? It was a whole year ago? Huh.

But one of my favorite activities to indulge in as a year wraps up is to pick out the highlights in entertainment. What did I watch or read that ignited my imagination and all of my fangirl instincts? My favorite things may not be yours but that’s part of the fun. Taste is subjective, and a discussion about this kind of thing helps you get to know someone and may give you some recommendations of things you may not have thought to try.

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Creepmas: Holiday Stories for Horrorphiles

Cropped image from the theatrical poster of the 2015 horror film Krampus, from Legendary Pictures.

Happy Holidays everyone! It’s my other favorite time of the year (along with Halloween, of course).

So… we survived Summerween. We survived Halloween. Now what if I told you that the holiday season, one of the jolliest times of the year, also has roots in fear? Yes, underneath all the cheer there are dark things lurking.

Like a franchise threequel, get ready for… Creepmas.

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Bad or Rad: Do these Low-Rated Movies Deserve More Love?

What goes through your mind when somebody tells you a movie is “bad?” Do you care about critics’ opinions? What about the general consensus among a wider audience? Or what if it’s a close friend? I’m one of those people in favour of watching a film with as little background information as possible, which includes avoiding trailers and critics’ reviews. Of course, this is easier said than done for those who frequently saunter through the infinite depths of digital media. (Trailers come in the form of ads on pantloads of YouTube videos nowadays… sometimes too often!) But there are times when I’m too curious about a film, particularly those that don’t usually have a lot of praise among my social circle, which leads me to do a quick Google search on a film’s reception. And, unsurprisingly, there have been innumerable instances where I haven’t agreed with the overall critics’ ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, as I’m sure you’ve experienced as well.

Photo of people in a theatre auditorium staring at a white screen. Photo by Jake Hills on Unsplash.
Photo by Jake Hills on Unsplash
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