2025 in Pop Culture
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Scores are just my own feelings. I'm happy you like whatever you like or not.
books
5.0
- The Handyman by Bentley Little
- Vantage Point by Sara Sligar
4.5
- The Garden by Clare Beams
- Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
- The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur #1) by Elly Griffiths
- The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger
- The Influence by Bentley Little
- CyberStorm by Matthew Mather
- The Rules of Fortune by Danielle Prescod
- Winter World by A.G. Riddle
* Knock Knock Open Wide by Neil Sharpson
4.25
- Sphere by Michael Crichton
- Now That You Mention It by Kristan Higgins
- 100 Fathoms Below by Steven L. Kent and Nicholas Kaufmann
- The Fisherman by John Langan
- Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
4.0
- El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott
- You Shouldn't Have Done That by Liz Alterman
- The Boy from the Woods (Wilde #1) by Harlan Coben
- The Life We Bury (Joe Talbert #1) by Allen Eskens
- If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins
- The Grandmother by Jane E. James
- Imposter Syndrome by Joseph Knox
- The Madness by Dawn Kurtagich
- The Ritual by Adam L.G. Nevill
- Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price
- The Maw by Taylor Zajonc
3.75
- The Remaking by Clay McLeod Chapman
- The Witch Elm by Tana French
- The North Woods by Douglass Hoover
- The Third Wife by Lisa Jewell
- You've Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca
- An Age of Winters by Gemma Liviero
- Bone White by Ronald Malfi
- Hidden by Fern Michaels
- One by One by Ruth Ware
3.5
- Three Mothers by Hannah Beckerman
- The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
- Selling the Dream by Jane Marie
- Fear Thy Neighbor by Fern Michaels
- The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda
- The Last Party by A.R. Torre
3.25
- Do Not Disturb by Freida McFadden
3.0
- In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
DNF
- The Clinic by Cate Quinn
- The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly
- The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson Walker
games
I think I should sort this by "size" of game at the end of the year. For now just dumping them in, alpha order
- Birdigo
- Crop Rotation (replay)
- Digseum
- Dragonsweeper
- Dungeon Clawler
- Fields of Mistria (replay)
- Horticular
- If Letters Had Pants, Would They Wear Them Like This?
- Jack Move
- Let's! Revolution
- Night Stones
- Promise Mascot Agency
- Proverbs
- Seablip
- Shinehill
- Story of Seasons Pioneers of Olive Town
- Things Too Ugly
- Trash Goblin
- Unfair Flips
- Yes Your Grace
movies
5.0
- Sinners, Ryan Coogler, 2024
4.5
- Groundhog Day, 1992 (rewatch)
4.0
- Death on the Nile, John Guillermin, 1978
- Edge of Tomorrow, 2014 (rewatch)
- I Love You Man, John Hamburg, 2009 (rewatch)
- Moonstruck, Norman Jewison, 1987
- Next Goal Wins, Taika Waititi, 2024
- A Real Pain, Jesse Eisenberg, 2024
3.5
- Bad Guys, Pierre Perifel, 2022
- One of Them Days, Lawrence Lamont, 2025
- Red Eye, Wes Craven, 2005
- Role Models, David Wain, 2008 (rewatch)
3.0
- Fountain of Youth, Guy Ritchie, 2025
- Mothers' Instinct, Benoit Delhomme, 2024
- Twisters, Lee Isaac Chung, 2024: it's true I didn't love this, but I watched a wonderful video about Chung's approach and the filmmaking details and it was really interesting and good.
2.5
- Fools Rush In, Andy Tennant, 1997
- Out of Time, Carl Franklin, 2003
- A Star Is Born, 2018
1.0
- Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning, Christopher McQuarrie, 2025
television
5.0
- The Better Sister, 2025
- School Spirits (season 1), 2023
- School Spirits (season 2), 2025
- Overcompensating (season 1), 2025
4.5
- Dept. Q (season 1), 2025 based on Jussi Adler-Olsen books
- Severance (season 1, part of 2) I think?
4.0
- Adam Conover Unmedicated, 2024
- Anthracite, 2024
- Gianmarco Soresi Thief of Joy, 2025
- Josh Gondelman Positive Reinforcement, 2025
- Orphan Black (season 1-2), 2013-2014
- Shiny Happy People (season 2), 2025
- Wayward, 2025
3.5
- Full House (season 1-4), 1987-1991
- Star Trek Lower Decks (season 1-4?), 2020-2023
- Supernatural (season 1-2)
2.0
- Full House (season 5-8), 1991-1995. season 8 is a total turd
- The Librarians. this was very disappointing
0.25
- Chad Powers, 2025. did you know people still say r-slur