The basu! Guide to the Movies

  2025 #Top10 Films (Misc) 4/5 Best Joan Chen-aissance: #TheWeddingBanquet (2025) Best Non-The-Studio Oner Relationship(s): #Splitsville Best Back-To-Isla-Nublar-Basics: #JurassicWorldRebirth Best Bergman’s The Haunting Of Jack And Jill: #WentUpTheHill Best I Love You, Man: #Frankenstein (2025) Best Life Moves Pretty Fast Sloane Peterson: #TheLifeOfChuck Best Thelma: #EleanorTheGreat Best Bollywood Spice Girls: #KPopDemonHunters Best How to Train Your AI: #HowToTrainYourDragon (2025) Most Everlasting Love Triangle: #Eternity Best #JayKelly: #GeorgeClooney... Er, I Mean Best George Clooney: Jay Kelly… Er, I mean Best Jay Kelly: George Clooney... etc. Most Production Design: #ThePhoenicianScheme Bradley Cooper’s David O Russell’s Lenny-Meets-Marriage Story: #IsThisThingOn? Best Josh-O'Connor-Is-The-New-Pedro-Pascal: #WakeUpDeadMan – A #KnivesOut Mystery

2025 #Top10 Films (Misc) 5/5 Most Terrifying Cops Episode, Ever!: #ThePerfectNeighbor Most Fun Franchise Restarter: #NowYouSeeMeNowYouDont Best Daddy Issues: #WolfMan Scariest They-Named-The-Dog-Indiana!: #GoodBoy Best You Go(ne) Gurl!: #TheHousemaid A Little Ethan Hawke Goes A Long Way: #BlueMoon Best Nate'n Herb's: #TheBalladOfWallisIsland Best Reality TV: #TheRunningMan (2025) Best A-Nightmare-On-Elm-Street-Meets-Friday-The-13th-Meets-The-Ice-Storm: #BlackPhone2 David Cronenberg’s Couples Therapy: #Together David Cronenberg’s Grief Therapy: #TheShrouds Hey Siri, I’m Sorry I Take You For Granted, Please Don’t Kill Me!: #Companion Most T2-Meets-Silicon-Valley-Meets-Common-Sense-AI-Regulation: #MEGAN2 Most Misery-able: #HurryUpTomorrow Most Hey (Old) Man Nice (Cheap) Shot: #AfterTheHunt Most Student Thesis: #Eddington  

  2025 #Oscar Picks Pic: Anora Dir: Anora Actor: Brutalist Actress: Substance Supp Actor: Roman Roy Supp Actress: Emilia Perez Orig Screenplay: Roman Roy Adap Screenplay: Conclave (adapted from real life😳?!) Foreign: I’m Still Here (#resistance) Doc: Porcelain War (#resistance) DP: Brutalist Toon: Wild Robot Score: Wicked Song: “EM” from EP Edit: Conclave Costume: Wicked Makeup: Substance Prod Design: Wicked VFX: “Genius” Villeneuve Sound: Dylan Toon Short: Yuck! Doc Short: The Only Girl In the Orchestra (aka Netflix) Live Short: A Lien #Oscars

  2024 #Top10 Films (1 - 10) 1. #TheSeedOfTheSacredFig (#DaneYeanjirEmaabed) 2. #Bird 3. #SmallThingsLikeThese 4. #AllWeImagineAsLight (#PrabhayayNinachathellam) 5. #LaChimera (#TheChimera) 6. #Anora 7. #Flow (#Straume) 8. #SingSing 9. #Sugarcane 10. #Kneecap  

  2024 #Top10 Films (11 - 20) 11. #MyOldAss 12. #TheSubstance 13. #HardTruths 14. #GreenBorder (#ZielonaGranica) 15. #NoOtherLand 16. #BadPress 17. #MemoirOfASnail 18. #TheOrder 19. #NickelBoys 20. #Conclave +1. #JokerFolieADeux  

  2024 #Top10 Films (20 - ) #SoundtracktoaCoupDEtat #BlackBoxDiaries #MarsExpress #TheRoomNextDoor #Babygirl #ACompleteUnknown #September5 #FromGroundZero #TheBibiFiles #I’mStillHere (#AindaEstouAqui) #Thelma #TheGrab #Blitz #ADifferentMan #Separated #Challengers #DunePartTwo #SasquatchSunset #LoveLiesBleeding #MonkeyMan #CivilWar #TheDeadDontHurt #ARealPain #Didi #Wicked #EmiliaPerez

  2024 #Top10 Films (Misc) 1/7 Best Scottish Ronan: #TheOutrun Best David Cronenberg’s Dog(wo)man: #Nightbitch Most Terrifying Bildungsroman: #TheApprentice Saddest Movie, Ever: #BreadAndRoses Best Chekov’s Birdsong: #KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes Best Nietzsche’s An Actor Prepares: #HitMan Best Nyad-The-*True*-Story: #YoungWomanAndTheSea Best Denzel Washington: #GladiatorII Best Inside Out: #InsideOut2 Best Inside-Out-By-Way-Of-Adaptation: #OrionAndTheDark