JoeMama's Movie Reviews

Blue Moon Starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scott Directed by Richard Linklater When you hear "they don't make movies like this anymore," Richard Linklater's "Blue Moon" would be one such film - a movie that doesn't include lavish set pieces, explosive action, twists aplenty, or exciting camera movements. What "Blue Moon" is is something magical: a one-set location movie that centers fully on conversations and character development, devoid of any of the bells and whistles that would distract people from the story being told. While that might fascinate some true cinephiles, it's not something this TikTok generation desires - quick, thirty second bits to keep them entertained. It's a dry movie, but one that highlights the exceptional acting talents of its stars, particularly Ethan Hawke, and makes you feel like you're watching a play on the big screen - which is no surprise, considering the film's the...

   Worst2First:  Ranking All 144 Films I Saw in 2025 2025 was a great year for movies, and had a slew of instant classics that'll be talked about in the decades to come - and of course there's also a lot of stinkers that were so bad they were almost unwatchable - and everything in between. I saw 144 movies that were released in 2025 (I consider wide release as 2025, so some films were released in limited release in 2024 but I could them for 2025), and I ranked them all from worst to first.  You can listen to my ten best and worst films on my podcast, Poppin' Cinema with JoeMama and Friends, with my friend Max, but here is the entire list, from worst to first. To listen to my reasoning for choosing my ten worst and best, listen to my podcast here: Poppin' Cinema Each image is color coded for how I graded them, and most of my reviews are in full here that you can find on my Archives page. Red = movies I rated D+ to D- Yellow = movies I rated C+ to C- Blue...