The Twenty Best Movies I Saw in 2025

1. Sinners 

2. Happy Gilmore 2 

3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 

4. Another Simple Favor 

5. Thunderbolts* 

6. Drop 

7. Laufey's A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl 

8. The Other Zoey 

9. Olivia Rodrigo: GUTS World Tour 

10. SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) 

11. Swiped 

12. The Beach Boys 

13. The Greatest Night in Pop 

14. Music Box: Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? 

15. Anyone But You 

16. Predator: Killer of Killers 

17. Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery 

18. One Battle After Another 

19. Woman of the Hour 

20. Eenie Meenie

The Twenty-First Annual Scooter Television Awards

 

Best Drama: Andor

 

Best Comedy: Only Murders in the Building

 

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show: Andor

 

Best Comic Book / Video Game Adaptation: Harley Quinn

 

Best Period Show: Miss Austin

 

Best Animated Show: Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head

 

Best Reality Show:  Survivor

 

Best Remake, Reboot, or (non-comic book) Adaptation: Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head

 

Best Miniseries: Sirens

 

Best Talk Show: Pardon the Interruption

 

Best New Show:  Sirens

  

Guiltiest Guilty Pleasure:  Grosse Point Garden Society

 

Worst Show I Made Though an Entire Season Of: Sausage Party: Foodtopia

Best Hour of TV:  Make it Stop (Andor)

 

Best Half Hour of TV: Nail in the Coffin (Only Murders in the Building)

 

Biggest Shocker: Cinda Canning was murdered!  (Or was she?  Was that just someone who looked like her?)

 

Best Line: “Who are you? (Cassian Andor, Andor)

 

Worst Idea:  The White Lotus crossing multiple proverbial lines this season

 

Worst Moment:  The true crime proliferation like with the Murdaugh Murders is getting really gross

 

Biggest Disappointment:  Star Wars: Skeleton Key

 

Best Musical Moment: Beavis and Butt-Head watch Get Him Back by Olivia Rodrigo

 

Best Karaoke:” Wish You Were Me” - Thé

 

Best New Title Sequence:  The Copenhagen Test

 

Best GIF:

  

Best Character: Devon DeWitt (Sirens)

 

Best Recurring Character:  Kleya Marki (Andor)

 

Best Guest Appearance:  Dylan and Becky Ann Baker (Only Murders in the Building)

 

Best Cast Addition:  Vivienne Birch (Obituary)

 

Best Duo:  Kleya and Luthen (Andor)

 

Best Trio:  Mabel Mora, Charles Hayden Savage, and Oliver Putnum (Only Murders in the Building)

 

Most Entertaining Female Reality “Star”:  Savannah Louie (Survivor)

 

Most Annoying Reality “Star”:  Rizo Velovic (Survivor

 

Most Anticipated New Show of the Next Season:  PONIES (January 15, Peacock)

  

Show That Should Be Brought Back: Grosse Point Garden Society

 

Biggest Question for 2025:  How did Stephan’s voicemail effects the wedding on Tell Me Lies?

 

The Twenty Best Shows of 2025

1. Star Wars: Andor 

2. Only Murders in the Building 

3. Sirens 

4. Deli Boys 

5. Task 

6. Grosse Pointe Garden Society 

7. The Hunting Wives 

8. The Head 

9. Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head 

10. Chad Powers 

11. Obituary 

12. Hacks 

13. The White Lotus 

14. The Lowdown 

15. Ghosts 

16. Going Dutch 

17. Survivor 

18. Harley Quinn 

19. Miss Austen 

20. The Righteous Gemstones

The 100 Best Songs of 2025

1. Sally, When the Wine Runs Out – Role Model 

2. The Hudson - The Favors 

3. Die On This Hill – Sienna Spiro 

4. Lover Girl - Laufey 

5. Ultraviolet - Clover County 

6. There's A Rhythmn - Bon Iver 

7. So Easy (To Fall in Love) - Olivia Dean 

8. Over and Over - Trousdale 

9. Handlebars – JENNIE & Dua Lipa 

10. GRAVE - Avery Anna 

11. Growing Pains - Trousdale 

12. All over me - HAIM 

13. Give It Time - Goose 

14. Silver Lining - Laufey 

15. Taxi Driver – Spenna Spiro 

16. Shy - Reneé Rapp 

17. Heavy - Florence Road 

18. Little Bit Closer - Sam Fender 

19. Don't Remind Me - Amber Mark featuring Anderson .Paak 

20. TIT FOR TAT - Tate McRae 

21. Romeo - Charlotte OC 

22. So Long - The Lumineers 

23. Because, of Course - Maren Morris 

24. Home Sweet Home - The Favors 

25. So Be It - Clipse 

26. David's Brother - The Favors 

27. Let Me Love You - Amber Mark 

28. Too Much - Amber Mark 

29. Fire - Alessia Cara 

30. Oh, Anna! - Dasha 

31. Beg, Steal, Borrow - The Head and The Heart 

32. Whiskey Cherry - Clover County 

33. If Only I Could Wait - Bon Iver featuring Danielle Haim 

34. Stay - BANKS 

35. Chains & Whips - Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, & Pharrell Williams 

36. Sucker - Chloe Slater 

37. Indigo - Sam Barber, Avery Anna 

38. Say My Name in Your Sleep - Maisie Peters

39. Relationships - HAIM 

40. Dream Police – Sienna Spiro 

41. Audrey Hepburn - Maisie Peters 

42. Death Wish - Live from The O2 Arena - Gracie Abrams 

43. Break the Girl - Florence Road 

44. Bowery - Zach Bryan featuring Kings of Leon 

45. Snow White - Laufey 

46. The Birds Don't Sing - Clipse, John Legend, Voices of Fire 

47. Virginia Slim - Clover County 

48. Down to be wrong - HAIM 

49. cheerios - Avery Anna 

50. Good Game - Clover County 

51. push me over - Maren Morris 

52. Metal - The Beths 

53. Take me back - HAIM 

54. The Longest Goodbye – Role Model featuring Laufey 

55. Everybody's Trying to Figure Me Out - HAIM 

56. Save Me - Trousdale 

57. Coraline - Lyn Lapid 

58. From - Bon Iver 

59. Tennis - Lily Allen 

60. Sweet Serotonin - Amber Mark 

61. A Song to Sing - Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton 

62. Too Little, Too Late - Laufey 

63. Asshole - The Lumineers 

64. Depresion - Avery Anna 

65. Die Happy - Holly Humberstone 

66. Nobody’s Son - Sabrina Carpenter 

67. Sweeter - Clover County 

68. Want Me Back - Trousdale 

69. Year of the Dragon - Jillian Jacqueline 

70. Heaven - Delacey 

71. Lonely Night - Trousdale 

72. Madalena - Goose 

73. Man I Need - Olivia Dean 

74. The Night Before - The Black Keys 

75. hometown - Jeremy Zucker 

76. You Stole the Show – Sienna Spiro 

77. IDK - Harper Grace & Franklin Jonas 

78. Elizabeth Taylor - Taylor Swift 

79. Armani Section - DJ Premier & Roc Marciano 

80. Goodnight - Florence Road 

81. The Ick - Trousdale 

82. Mathematics - Joy Crookes featuring Kano 

83. Laredo - Leon Bridges 

84. I’ll Be Happy When - Lyn Lapid 

85. Brutus - Em Beihold 

86. Relentless - Maggie Rose 

87. Nice To Each Ot7her - Olivia Dean 

88. Last Girls at the Party - The Beaches 

89. Lucy - Claire Rosinkranz 

90. The Middle - Kaitlin Butts 

91. Call Me When You Break Up - Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco, & Gracie Abrams 

92. Cult Classic - Jillian Jacqueline 

93. Ojos Tristes - Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco, & The Marías 

94. Blisters - Andrea Bejar 

95. F.I.C.O. – Clipse & Stove God Cooks 

96. You Ain't Gotta Die (To Be Dead to Me) - Kaitlin Butts 

97. Ego Death At a Bachelorette Party - Hayley Williams 

98. You You You - Maisie Peters 

99. UP - Danger Mouse & Black Thought & Rag'n'Bone Man 

100. Talk - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco