What Movies Did You Watch in May 2025?

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vamp2syd

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As a horror movie junkie, I come across a lot of off beat Horror movies as well as the run in the mill straight to video. I will share my thoughts of the ones that I see this month. So, if you seen a movie new or old and want to share your thoughts go ahead, and if its horror, even better!!!!

I will edit in my horror views here with my rating scale on how I liked it.....

8 = Donnie Darko
7 = Excellent !!!!!
6 = Great
5 = pretty Good
4 = OK/Good
3 = not good#479
2 = Bad
1 = Unwatchable

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#4901 Amityville: Where the Echo Lives (2024) ... 1.5/8

#4902 The Requin (2022) ... 3.0/8

#4903 The Ugly Stepsister (2025) ... 5.5/8

#4904 The Parenting (2025) ... 5.5/8

#4905 A Cat In The Brain (1990) ... 3.5/8

#4906 Terrified (2017) ... 5.5/8

#4907 The Wretched (2019) ... 6.0/8
 
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Conclave: lol. Terrible acting by big stars. It was a gorilla against 100 men with Rossieilni the gorilla. Once it clear it was a mystery with clues, made it interesting. When none of those clues lead to the answer, it's a bad mystery. Still, not the worst movie. Probably not be a rewatch.

I think my favorite Pope movie is still The Two Popes.
 
Thunderbolts: 7/8

A great MCU movie, but also a great movie in its own right, even if you strip away the super hero aspect.


Much less comedic than your normal Marvel movie, it takes a fascinating dive into themes of grief, loneliness, trauma, depression, guilt and mental health.
 
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The Goodbye Girl (1977) ... 5.5/8

Huge Dreyfuss fan so I had to watch this one but the little girl stole the show for me. Not a fan of romance comedies but this one was pretty good.
 
Exposed: 3/8

Saw this for $1.99 and thought the premise was interesting and good cast.

Not at all what I expected. Even after reading the plot summary I’m still not sure what just happened.


 
PantherProud said:
Thunderbolts: 7/8

A great MCU movie, but also a great movie in its own right, even if you strip away the super hero aspect.


Much less comedic than your normal Marvel movie, it takes a fascinating dive into themes of grief, loneliness, trauma, depression, guilt and mental health.
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saw it today also.... you described it perfectly.....
 
bigkat said:
saw it today also.... you described it perfectly.....
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It’s both a lot like Guardians of the Galaxy and yet very different than Guardians of the Galaxy at the same time.

A similar concept as far as misfits coming together, but done in a very different style and tone.


And they each pull off their own style perfectly.


Also, while I am someone who has never really felt that the MCU has diminished (just evolved and expanded), of the 36 movies they’ve released now, 2 of the last 3 (and maybe even 3 of the last 5) would make most everyone’s overall top 15 list.
 
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PantherProud said:
It’s both a lot like Guardians of the Galaxy and yet very different than Guardians of the Galaxy at the same time.

A similar concept as far as misfits coming together, but done in a very different style and tone.


And they each pull off their own style perfectly.


Also, while I am someone who has never really felt that the MCU has diminished (just evolved and expanded), of the 36 movies they’ve released now, 2 of the last 3 (and maybe even 3 of the last 5) would make most everyone’s overall top 15 list.
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day of rain today, might have to check out the accountant 2 today
 
Shoes of the Fisherman. Clearly the movie Conclave unsuccessfully tried to parallel. Same in the hopeful (dependent upon views) ending without consequence but with well written lines and terrific acting. Had a side story, I'm not quite sure why it was there and didn't have the follow-up I think it was supposed to have. Or maybe I just missed the point.

Movies like this remind me the difference between well executed movies and books. Books you can close and pick up. Movies dictate the pace.

Shoes most importantly, it didn't dictate its ideas. It presented ideas that maybe conflicted then did what many movies fail to do, allowed you time to consider them without losing the pace of the movie.
 
The Penguin Lessons: Dead Poets Society set in mid 70s Argentina coup, with a penguin. I guess it didn't do well at the theatres. Not really something we'd have a connection to in the US and dives around the true horrors that happened too much for some tastes (it is a comedy after all). Follows the formula but I think it has a good ensemble, a based on real events story and I think It will grow in favor over time.
 
Last Breath (2025) 4.5/8 Woody Harrelson stars as a saturation diver, working on pipelines running the floor of the ocean. While diving during a storm, they lose a diver who is low on oxygen and the rescue attempt is on. Based on a true story. Solid but I was expecting more.
 
Caddo Lake (2024) ... 6.0/8

Really got into this one and once the moment I figured it out my mind started to blow.
 
NewOldBlood said:
Last Breath (2025) 4.5/8 Woody Harrelson stars as a saturation diver, working on pipelines running the floor of the ocean. While diving during a storm, they lose a diver who is low on oxygen and the rescue attempt is on. Based on a true story. Solid but I was expecting more.
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Watched this over the weekend. I’d agree here. It was good, but not much to it. Not sure it was even 90 minutes long.


That said, that also means they likely stayed true to the story and didn’t “Hollywood” it up.
 
The Mouse Trap: 4/8


Not a good movie by any means, but highly entertaining, and a pretty fun opening making it clear Disney has nothing to do with this film lol.


Currently free on Vudu/Fandango at Home


 
Kraven, The Hunter (2025) 3/8 Marvel blew it with this one. 1. Kraven is not a good guy. He hunts humans and super-humans for sport not for a some code of honor. 2. How in the hell do you make a Kraven movie without some mention of Spiderman? There were some solid action, fighting scenes that saved it from being worse, but overall I was disappointed in character they tried to create. Should have stuck closer to the comics. Not everyone needs to be an Avenger.
 
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Kraven, The Hunter (2025) 3/8 Marvel blew it with this one. 1. Kraven is not a good guy. He hunts humans and super-humans for sport not for a some code of honor. 2. How in the hell do you make a Kraven movie without some mention of Spiderman? There were some solid action, fighting scenes that saved it from being worse, but overall I was disappointed in character they tried to create. Should have stuck closer to the comics. Not everyone needs to be an Avenger.
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Sony, not Marvel Studios. Hopefully this is the death of the SonyVerse.
 
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NewOldBlood said:
Kraven, The Hunter (2025) 3/8 Marvel blew it with this one. 1. Kraven is not a good guy. He hunts humans and super-humans for sport not for a some code of honor. 2. How in the hell do you make a Kraven movie without some mention of Spiderman? There were some solid action, fighting scenes that saved it from being worse, but overall I was disappointed in character they tried to create. Should have stuck closer to the comics. Not everyone needs to be an Avenger.
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Same problem with the Venom movies which you absolutely CANNOT have without some semblance of Spiderman
 
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Thought that was odd too, but I thought all 3 of those movies were better than Kraven. They blew it with their depiction of Carnage in the 2nd one. Nothing like the comic book villain.
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Wow that’s interesting. Never had any desire to see Kraven because I thought the first two Venoms were so bad. Never bothered to watch the third
 
Black Bag (2025)

Husband and wife are British spies. Husband believes the wife is the source of an intelligence leak. Boring, slow and hard to follow. 3.5/8.
 
Die Alone (2024)
7/8

Low budget, very cool apocalyptic movie with one hell of a plot twist. It's disjointed style is intentional and serves the story very well.

Riveting and haunting. Worth checking out. On Prime.
 
Heart Eyes (2025) 5/8
Pretty good slasher flick to watch with your wife/girlfriend. Just hit Netflix after being in theaters around Valentine’s Day.
 
The Accountant 2: 4.5/8

Decent movie but nothing special. Kind of a convoluted story. If you watched Law & Order the last few years, it was kind of similar. Just too many twists throughout the story. They probably needed to make it a 3 hour movie to tighten some of the weaker storylines.
 
Wichita (1955) ... 5.5/8

Joel McCrea as Wyatt Earp. We are going to have to make this a work of fiction cause I do not believe Earp was a Marshall in Wichita. This was a quick movie that got right to the point. The last time I was in Kansas one could not see mountains but yet we had them in the back ground here.... lol..... Fun watch and yes I like Westerns.
 
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