Top Movies of 2024 & Most Anticipated of 2025
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Patrick and Dan take a look back at the movies and shows that made 2024 such a great year for fans. Many have said that 2024 was one of the best years for horror in a long time so many of those features get a spotlight, but fan-favorites outside of that genre like Dune: Part Two, Deadpool & Wolverine, and The Wild Robot are discussed as well.
To finish off the episode, we look ahead to 2025 with one of my favorite topics in a while: “I Want to be Excited, but I have a Bad Feeling About This” Movies. We also feature our Top 5 Most Anticipated Movies of the coming year, recent news, and our usual Physical Media Showcase.
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Chapters
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:07 The Best Movie from Another Year that I Didn’t Watch Until This Year
00:01:20 Dan’s Choices - Barbarian, His House, and Sisu
00:03:24 Patrick’s Choices - Ginger Snaps, Chinatown, and Near Dark
00:07:43 The Best of 2024
00:07:49 Favorite Trailers of 2024
00:07:59 Dan’s Choices - Werewolves, Trap
00:09:28 Patrick’s Choices - The First Omen, 28 Years Later
00:13:19 Favorite Movie Related Meme, Elf and Dune Part Two
00:14:36 Favorite Film Score of 2024
00:14:40 Dan’s Choices - The Wild Robot, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
00:16:52 Patrick’s Choices - Young Woman and the Sea, Longlegs, Nosferatu, Challengers
00:19:37 Favorite Action Movie of 2024 - Fall Guy, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Dune Part Two, Land of Bad, Rebel Ridge
00:24:53 Favorite Horror Movie of 2024 - Abigail, Oddity, Late Night with the Devil, The First Omen, and Immaculate
00:30:01 Favorite Jump Scare of 2024 - Late Night with the Devil, Oddity, (throwback to The Conjuring, Insidious, The Exorcist III Legion, Jaws)
00:33:03 Favorite Special Effects - Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Dune Part Two, The Substance
00:34:40 Favorite Performance of 2024 - Alisha Weir in Abigail, Nell Tiger Free in The First Omen, Hugh Grant in Heretic, Naomi Scott in Smile 2, Maika Monroe in Longlegs, Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley in The Substance, Mikey Madison in Anora
00:39:01 Favorite Writing of 2024 - Abigail, Exhuma
00:43:46 Favorite Directing of 2024 - Denis Villeneuve for Dune Part Two, Coralie Fargeat for The Substance, Osgood Perkins for Longlegs
00:47:44 Favorite Series - Legend of Vox Machina, Fallout, X-Men ‘97, Invincible, Shogun, Masters of the Air, Shrinking, Silo
00:55:10 Favorite Straight to Streaming Movie - Hit Man, Woman of the Hour,
00:58:24 Favorite Limited Series The Penguin, True Detective: Night Country
01:00:10 Favorite Theatrical Release with Continued Penguin Discussion - The Wild Robot, Late Night with the Devil, The First Omen, Smile 2, Deadpool and Wolverine
01:06:34 Top 5 Anticipated Movies of 2025 - Sinners, The Wolf Man, The Monkey, Fantastic Four: First Steps, 28 Years Later, Superman, Predator: Badlands
01:14:09 “I Want to be Excited, but I have a Bad Feeling About This” Movies - Thunderbolts*, Final Destination: Bloodlines, The Conjuring: Last Rites, Tron: Ares, Jurassic World: Rebirth
01:21:57 Honorable Mentions - Nosferatu, Daddy’s Head, Strange Darling, Transformers: One, Carry-On
01:25:21 News
01:25:23 28 Years Later Trailer Dropped
01:25:34 Chris Evans Cast in Upcoming Avengers: Doomsday Film
01:27:41 David Fincher’s Panic Room 4K Edition Announced
01:29:15 David Fincher Discusses Using AI to Fix Errors in Se7en for 4K Release
01:31:00 Clayface DCU Movie Written by Mike Flanagan Greenlit for 220226 Release
01:33:37 Lee Cronin, Director of Evil Dead Rise, Set to Direct New Horror Take on The Mummy
01:35:16 Christopher Nolan’s Next Film Will be an Adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey
01:37:50 Fede Alvarez Confirmed on Social Media that the Rook Scenes Underwent Further Editing for Physical Release
01:38:49 Physical Media Showcase
