The Movies, Books, Theater, Concerts, CDs I've Seen/Read/Heard So Far In 2026

 Updated as of January TK, 2026  

KEY: star rating is on the four star scale
          meaning of "/" or "\"
          *** is three stars out of four
          ***/ is three stars leaning towards  3 1/2
          ***\ is three stars leaning towards 2 1/2


The Movies, Books, Theater, Concerts, CDs I've Seen/Read/Heard So Far In 2025

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(Increasingly, I am sampling books, reading 10%, 20% or even 40 or 50% before deciding to move on. The books below are only the ones I've read completely. That also explains what looks like generous grading–more and more, if I sense a book is not going to be among my favorites, I stop reading. Too many books; too little time!)

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(Not TV movies, of course, but movies and TV shows -- and TV movies if it comes to that. Mostly I only list TV shows when I've tackled an entire season at once or reappraising an entire series after it's over. This doesn't really capture my ongoing watching of current TV.)

1. Night Moves (1975) *** 1/2 

2. She Done Him Wrong (1931) ***/ 

3. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) ***/ 

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(The names after the shows are the people who joined me at the event.)

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1. U-Roy–Version Galore (1971) **** 

2. Culture–Two Sevens Clash (1977) **** 

3. The Gaylads–Soul Beat (1967) **** 

4. The Skatalites–The Skatalite! (1969) *** 1/2 

5. Tim Buckley–Goodbye and Hello (1967) **  

6. The Skatalites–Essential Artist Collection (2023, Trojan) **** 

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1. Avatar: Fire and Ash –$323million / $1.083 billion worldwide total

2. Zootopia 2–$167 million / $1.588billion ww

3. The Housemaid–$72m / $133m ww

4. The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants–$62m / $112m ww

5. Anaconda (2025)–$44m / $88m ww

6. Buen Camino (trans: Good Journey) (Italy)–$38m / $67m ww

7. Marty Supreme–$35m / $65m ww

8. Back To The Past (China)–$29m ww debut

9. The Fire Raven (China)–$28m / $31m ww

10. Stranger Things 5: Series Finale–$25m ww debut

11. David–$20m / $70m ww

12. Song Sung Blue–$18m / $30m ww

13. Wicked: For Good–$14m / $518m ww

14. Dhurandhar (India/Hindi)–$12m / $133m ww

15. Prostokvashino (Russia)–$12m ww debut

16. Buratino (Russia)–$12m ww debut

17. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2–$10m / $231m ww

18. Sarvam Maya (trans: Everything Is An Illusion) (India/Malayalam)–$8m / $12m ww

19. Escape From The Outland (China)–$4m / $7m ww

20. Unexpected Family (China)–$4m ww debut

21. Eternity–$3m / $32m ww

22. We Bury The Dead–$3m ww debut

23. Once We Were Us (Korea)–$3m ww debut

24. Measure In Love (China)–$3m ww debut

25. Ikkis (trans: Twenty-one) (India/Hindi)–$3m ww debut

26. No Other Choice (Korea)–$2m / $23m ww total

27. Hamnet–$2m / $12m ww

28. Love Is Hard (China)–$2m / $6m ww

29. Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri (trans: You Are Mine, I Am Yours, I Am Yours, You Are Mine) (India/Hindi)–$2m / $5m ww

30. Gezhi Town (China)–$1m / $55m ww

31. Sentimental Value (Norway)–$1m / $14m ww

32. Even If This Love Disappears From The World Tonight (Korea)–$1m / $4m ww

33. The Secret Agent (Brazil)–$1m / $4m ww

34. Mark (India/Kannada)–$1m / $3m ww

35. Sirai (India/Kannada)–$1m / $2m ww

36. Champion (India/Telugu)–$1m / $2m ww

37. Is This Thing On?–$1m ww debut 

 

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1. 1. Blue Moon–$1m / $2m ww 

   2. The People Upstairs (Korea)–$2m / $3m ww 

   3. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle Part 1–Akaza Returns (Japan)–$6m / $780m ww 

   4. 1. Now You See Me: Now You Don’t–$7m / $221m ww

      2. Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution (Japan)–$1m / $50m ww

      3. The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)–$1m / $4m ww 

      4. 1. Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc (Japan)–$6m / $183m ww

         2. Nuremberg–$4m / $30m ww

         3. Kokuhō aka National Treasure (Japan)–$3m / $120m ww total

         4. Yolki 12 (trans: Christmas Trees) (Russia)–$3m / $5m ww

         5. Flåklypa: Fra Paris Til Pyramidene aka From Paris To The Pyramids (Norway)–$3m ww debut

         6. Chasse Gardée 2 (trans: Private Hunting Ground 2) (France)–$2m / $6m ww

         7. Le Chant de Forêts (trans: Whispers in the Woods) (France)–$2m / $3m ww

         8. New Interpretation of the End of the Edo Period (Japan)–$2m / $3m ww

         9. Tri Bogatyrya I Svet Klinom (trans: The Three Bogatyrs and The World Is Not A Perfect Place (Russia)–$2m ww debut

         10. 45 (India/Kannada)–$2m ww debut

         11. Predator: Badlands–$1m / $184m ww

         12. Bugonia–$1m / $40m ww

         13. Bakudan aka Bomb (Japan)–$1m / $18m ww

         14. Yan Yana (trans Side by Side) (Turkey)–$1m / $14m ww

         15. Hvis Ingen Går I Fella trans If No One Falls Into The Trap aka A Mouse Hunt For Christmas (Norway)–$1m / $11m ww

         16. It Was Just An Accident (Iran/France)–$1m / $10m ww

         17. Oi Vita Mia (trans: Oh My Love) (Italy)–$1m / $10m ww

         18. Mrs. Green Apple MGA Magical 10 Year Anniversary Live (Japan)–$1m / $8m ww

         19. Stromberg: Wieder Alles Wie Immer (trans: Stromberg: Everything’s Back To Normal) (Germany)–$1m / $8m ww

         20. One Last Throw (Japan)–$1m / $8m ww

         21. Volchok (Russia)–$1m / $5m ww

         22. Neveroyatnye Priklyucheniya Shurika (trans: The Incredible Adventures of Shurik) (Russia)–$1m / $4m ww

         23. Les Enfants Vont Bien (trans: The Children Are Fine) aka Out Of Love (France)–$1m / $3m ww

         24. Merrily We Roll Along (2025)–$1m / $3m ww

         25. L’âme Idéal (trans: The Ideal Soul) (France)–$1m / $2m ww

         26. The Physician II (Germany)–$1m ww debut