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Movies 2025

John’s top 10 movies of 2025

The spectacle of the best franchise superhero and action movies got to me in 2025, although I also sat through surprising misfires. I still surprised

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TV 2025

John’s top 10 TV shows of 2025

I found my TV habits changing in 2025. I met the fall season with a Gen-Z-style “meh,” and I was fine delaying viewings of even

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2024 movies

John’s top 10 movies of 2024

Looking at my top 10, the surprisingly (but maybe it shouldn’t be) prevailing theme is metaphysics. We live in a decade when time seems to

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2024 TV

John’s top 10 TV shows of 2024

Prestige miniseries and streaming franchise “content” ruled the roost, but traditional network TV surprisingly hung on to life this year – even if the format

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Top 10 Movies of 2023

John’s top 10 movies of 2023

In movies, 2023 was a year of endings for major action franchises. Sort of; we know that nothing truly ends anymore. “John Wick” bowed out

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Top 10 TV of 2023

John’s top 10 TV shows of 2023

We’re not exactly at a stable point in TV history, so it’s fitting that my list of 2023 favorites includes various types of series. Two

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Movies 2022

John’s top 10 movies of 2022

The industry is struggling through a post-pandemic transitional period as it figures out how people want to consume movies. For now, there’s still an appetite

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TV 2022

John’s top 10 TV shows of 2022

Twenty years ago, there were more good TV episodes per year, but today there are more good TV shows. They just have shorter seasons, and

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Top 10 Movies of 2021

John’s top 10 movies of 2021

Although the pandemic didn’t end, 2021 rebounded nicely from 2020, with a lot more movies – both big and small – released. Heck, a case

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Top 10 TV Shows of 2021

John’s top 10 TV shows of 2021

I used to count the days before a new season of a favorite show, or a new series starring a favorite actor. Now, it’s like

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