Happy New Year (eventually)! Another bonus episode for your listening enjoyment as we bring you another Reel Roundtable discussion. Ian, Liam, Kev, and Megan look back on the films they've reviewed in 2025. Comments, banter, and flat out arguments can be found as we debate the best that we saw in 2025 (A full list of award categories and eligible films are located at the bottom of these notes)

This year we're thrilled to have ballots from seven of our patrons and Ariannah, Synthia, & Paul join us to settle any and all tie-breakers (and there were a few).

The Awards:

Best Screenplay
Best Special Effects
Best Costume Design
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Context Corner Highlight
Best Duo
Best Villain
Best Animated Film
Best Voice Actor
Best Musical
The John Williams Award for Best Score
Best Song or Theme
Best Soundtrack
Best Tearjerker
Funniest Film
Best BFE Moment/Rant/Quote
Best BFE Argument
The Abigail Breslin Award for Best Child Actor
The Steel Magnolias Award for Best Representation of Women
The Natalie Portman Award for Most Attractive Female on Film
The Ryan Gosling Award for Most Attractive Male on Film
Best Plot Twist (no spoilers)
Episode of the Year
Best Patreon Film
Best First Watch
Most Improved Viewing Experience
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Actor
The Frances McDormand Award for Best Actress
Best Film

Eligible Films:

300
American Psycho
Babylon
Black Swan
Cinderella Man
Crash
Dirty Harry
Erin Brockovich
Field of Dreams
Ghost
Heneral Luna
Idiocracy
Inception
It
Jackie Brown
Jaws
Karate Kid
Mask
Million Dollar Baby
Mission: Impossible 2
Moneyball
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Ordinary People
Out of the Furnace
Outbreak
Poltergeist
Predator
Rocky Horror
Ruby Sparks
Rush
Shallow Grave
Shutter Island
Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Superman (1978)
Sweeney Todd
The 40 Year Old Virgin
The Fighter
The Goonies
The Holiday
The Naked Gun
The Shining
The Social Network
To Die For
Toy Story 3
Tremors
V for Vendetta
What We Do In The Shadows
Witness
X-Men