I recently had some time off at the end of the year. What to do? I decided I wanted to catch up on my movie and series reviews and notes. I (briefly) considered whether to "declare bankruptcy"---just give up on the unfinished drafts and start fresh, or maybe just make quick, short notes, or maybe just publish whatever I had, in whatever form it happened to be in. But then I remembered how happy it makes me when I search for and find my notes for a show or movie I look up. They remind me of what I thought about them at or around the time I watched them. Some movies and series leave impressions deep and lasting enough that I don't need a reminder. But it's not rare for me to have completely forgotten that I'd seen a movies a dozen years before, or what I'd thought of it. So, I buckled down and wrote/edited/revised the remaining 170 entries for 2025 plus the <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5986">first entry of 2026</a>, comprising about 280 pages in all.<fn> It was an interesting writing exercise, as the next topic I had before me was determined by the order in which I'd watched the movie or series. Usually I write whatever I'm inspired to write---which is obviously easier. Sometimes you have to try something difficult, just to see if you can (still) do it. Practicing discipline creates the capacity for more discipline. <img src="{att_link}typing_cat.webp" href="{att_link}typing_cat.webp" align="none" title="Typing Cat" scale="75%"> <h>The List</h> <ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5311">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.1</a><ol>Conclave (2024) — 9/10 The Rundown / Bienvenue dans la jungle (2003) — 5/10 The Dead Don’t Die (2019) — 5/10 Devara Part 1 (2024) — 8/10 Disappear Completely (2022) — 8/10 Sisu (2022) — 8/10 Lumberjack the Monster (2023) — 8/10 Dinner in America (2020) — 9/10 Shrinking S02 (2024) — 6/10 Taxi Driver (1976) — 8/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5311">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.2</a><ol>Catholic Cowgirl (2024) — 7/10 Ford v Ferrari (2019) — 9/10 Chocolat (2016) — 7/10 The Shining (1980) — 9/10 The Instigators (2024) — 5/10 The Last Samurai (2003) — 9/10 Silo S02 (2024) — 7/10 Bad Sisters S02 (2024) — 5/10 Max Payne (2008) — 6/10 Pain & Gain (2013) — 7/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5373">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.3</a><ol>Gandhi (1982) — 9/10 Ultraman S01 (2024) — 5/10 Man on the Inside (2024) — 7/10 Borg vs. McEnroe (2017) — 8/10 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) — 8/10 The Dark Knight Rises (2012) — 7/10 Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023) — 7/10 The Tomorrow War (2021) — 4/10 Goldeneye (1995) — 8/10 Raiders of the Lost Ark (Black and White) (1981) — 9/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5393">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.4</a><ol>Doubt (2008) — 8/10 Mission Impossible − Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) — 7/10 Der Morgen Stirbt Nie (Tomorrow Never Dies) (1997) — 7/10 Puss in Boots (2011) — 7/10 Independence Day (1995) — 9/10 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) — 6/10 Happy S01 (2017) — 9/10 Chronicles of Riddick (2004) — 8/10 Shane (1953) — 5/10 Pitch Black (2000) — 7/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5446">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.5</a><ol>The Devil Wears Prada (2006) — 7/10 Boss Level (2020) — 7/10 Better Call Saul S06 (2022) — 9/10 Footloose (1984) — 7/10 The Creator (2023) — 6/10 Police Academy (1984) — 6/10 Papillon (2017) — 9/10 Divergent (2014) — 5/10 Severance S02 (2024) — 6/10 Terminator Renaissance (2010) — 6/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5447">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.6</a><ol>Rocky III: (2017) — 6/10 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: (2017) — 9/10 Happy S02 (2017) — 7/10 No Other Land (2024) — 8/10 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) — 4/10 Plane (Absturz im Dschungel) (2023) — 4/10 The Holdovers (2023) — 9/10 Bastille Day (The Take) (2016) — 7/10 Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen (2001) — 7/10 Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021) — 5/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5461">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.7</a><ol>Bill Burr: I’m Sorry You Feel That Way (2014) — 10/10 Stewart Lee, Basic Lee: Live at the Lowry (2024) — 9/10 Mank (2020) — 9/10 Bobby Yeah (2011) — 8/10 Midnight Express (1978) — 8/10 The Infernal Machine (2022) — 7/10 Shrek the Third (2022) — 5/10 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) — 4/10 Everest (2015) — 7/10 Die Another Day (2002) — 6/10 </ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5494">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.8</a><ol>Godzilla (1998) — 7/10 Our Friend (2019) — 5/10 Hulk (2003) — 7/10 Black Mirror S07 (2025) — 9/10 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) — 8/10 Morbius (2022) — 7/10 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) — 9/10 T2 Trainspotting (2017) — 8/10 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) — 4/10 L’immensità (2022) — 7/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5496">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.9</a><ol>Biking Borders (2021) — 8/10 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) — 7/10 The Age of Innocence (1993) — 8/10 Oppenheimer (2023) — 8/10 Star Trek: First Contact (1996) — 8/10 Madame (2017) — 6/10 Habemus Papam (2011) — 7/10 Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince (2009) — 7/10 The Staircase (2004–2018) — 4/10 Louis Theroux: The Settlers (2025) — 9/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5522">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.10</a><ol>Constantine (2005) — 10/10 Romancing the Stone (1984) — 8/10 Mr. McMahon (2024) — 7/10 Fast X (2023) — 7/10 Kung Fu Panda (2008) — 9/10 Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) — 7/10 Das Krokodil und sein Nilpferd (1979) — 4/10 Gaza Doctors Under Attack (2025) — 8/10 Bad Words (2013) — 8/10 Mythic Quest S01-S04 (2020-2025) — 8/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5674">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.11</a><ol>Big Mouth S08 (2025) — 8/10 The Outside Man (“Brutale Schatten”) (1973) — 7/10 Toy Story 4 (“Alles hört auf kein Kommando”) (2019) — 7/10 Pirates of the Carribean − Fremde Gezeiten (“On Stranger Tides”) (2011) — 6/10 Love, Death, and Robots S04 (2025) — 7/10 Chief of War S01 (2025) — 8/10 Fack ju Göhte (2013) — 5/10 La dégustation (2022) — 6/10 Warlord (2025) — 4/10 Two Tickets to Paradise (2022) — 6/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5675">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.12</a><ol>Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025) — 6/10 Death Becomes Her (1992) — 8/10 Superman (2025) — 4/10 Plane (2023) — 6/10 Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) — 6/10 Secret Headquarters (2022) — 5/10 Outbreak (1995) — 8/10 John Rambo (Rambo) (2008) — 7/10 The Running Man (1987) — 6/10 Invelle (Nowhere) (2023) — 8/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5694">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.13</a><ol>The Walk (2015) — 7/10 Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) — 6/10 Das Lehrerzimmer (The Teacher’s Lounge) (2023) — 7/10 Arcane S01–S02 (2022–2024) — 7/10 Jurassic World Dominion (2022) — 7/10 Black Adam (2022) — 5/10 Time Bandits (1981) — 7/10 The Phantom of the Open (2021) — 7/10 Asterix & Obelix im Reich der Mitte (2023) — 4/10 Dinner with Skinner (2025) — 8/10 </ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5706">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.14</a><ol>Dante’s Peak (1997) — 9/10 Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015) — 7/10 Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) — 8/10 Jane Goodall: The Hope (2020) — 7/10 Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) — 8/10 South Park S27 (2025) — 9/10 O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000) — 10/10 Woman at War / La Donna Elettrica (2018) — 8/10 Richard Jewell (2019) — 8/10 Prigione 77 (2022) — 8/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5707">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.15</a><ol>Fist Fight (2017) — 4/10 Pacific Rim (2013) — 9/10 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) — 6/10 Equalizer 3 (2023) — 6/10 Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow (1994) — 3/10 Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) — 8/10 A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) — 6/10 Talk to Me (2022) — 5/10 Equalizer 2 (2018) — 6/10 Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020) — 5/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5708">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.16</a><ol>Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) — 6/10 Letterkenny S04–S11 (2017–2023) — 7/10 High Plains Drifter (1973) — 6/10 Hercules (2014) — 5/10 The Lost Prince (Il Principe Dimenticato / Le Prince oublié) (2020) — 7/10 Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) — 7/10 Mystic River (2003) — 8/10 The Red Shoes (1948) — 8/10 A Winter’s Tale (2014) — 6/10 Space Between Stars (2018) — 8/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5924">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.17</a><ol>Pollock (2000) — 7/10 Equalizer (2014) — 9/10 Rush Hour 3 (2007) — 7/10 Murder Sheets (2024) — 8/10 Emotionally Exhausting (2015) — 8/10 Self Help Me (2020) — 8/10 Ronny Chieng: Love to Hate It (2024) — 8/10 No Country for Old Men (2007) — 9/10 Fatherhood (2023) — 6/10 Abgang mit Stil (Going in Style) (2017) — 7/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5925">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.18</a><ol>Over the Top (1987) — 6/10 Happy Gilmore (1996) — 7/10 The Interview (2014) — 7/10 Last Man Standing (1996) — 8/10 Havoc (2025) — 5/10 Snatch (2000) — 8/10 Adú (2020) — 9/10 Elysium (2013) — 8/10 Violent Night (2022) — 7/10 North Country (2005) — 9/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5926">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.19</a><ol>Robocop (2014) — 6/10 Stirb Langsam 2 (Die Hard 2) (1990) — 8/10 Punisher: War Zone (2008) — 5/10 Brian Simpson: Live from the Mothership (2024) — 8/10 Fatal Attraction (1987) — 8/10 The 6th Day (2000) — 6/10 October Sky (1999) — 8/10 Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs (2023) — 7/10 Flyboys (2006) — 8/10 Schtonk (1992) — 8/10</ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5927">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.20</a><ol>Blood Diamond (2006) — 9/10 Cape Fear (1991) — 9/10 Das Netz (1991) — 9/10 Donnie Brasco (1997) — 8/10 Sandman S02 (2025) — 4/10 Road to Perdition (2002) — 7/10 Jump Cut (2024) — 8/10 Die drei Musketiere (1948) — 7/10 The Grudge (2019) — 6/10 U-571 (2000) — 6/10 </ol> <a href="{app}/view_article.php?id=5985">Capsule Movie Reviews Vol.2025.21</a><ol>Born Poor (2025) — 8/10 Rückkehr des Königs (Return of the King) (2003) — 8/10 The Whiskey Bandit (2017) — 8/10 Palestine Is Still the Issue (2002) — 9/10 House of Gucci (2021) — 6/10 Heat (1995) — 6/10 Miami Vice S01 (1984) — 7/10 Knight Rider S01 (1982) — 6/10 Antarctica S01 (2011) — 6/10 Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (2023) — 6/10</ol> </ol> <hr> <ft>I also published hundreds of pages of <a href="{app}/view_folder.php?id=44">notes</a> (December 12th, 2025 -- January 2nd, 2026) in the same time span, as well as dozens of pages of articles on other topics.</ft>