132/2564. Thunderbolts* (2025)
SPOILER WARNING: The villain in this movie is... depression. And it might be the best Marvel Universe movie I've seen in eight years. Make of that what you will.

133/2565. It Started in Naples (1960)
Given how much older one-note grumpy Clark Gable is than his love interest in this "romantic" comedy (Sophia Loren), I feel like it should have stayed in Naples.

134/2566. Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
This documentary is about a pay-cable pioneer in California, but boy, howdy, would I have enjoyed watching what they broadcast: classic and esoteric films.

135/2567. Fitzwilly (1967)
I have mixed feelings about this. It's a little bit like a less believable Candleshoe (my favorite Jodie Foster film), but I did enjoy Barbara Eden and the sharp writing, even if I felt Dick Van Dyke was not quite right for his part as the con-artist butler. (David Niven would have been great!)

136/2568. The World of Henry Orient (1964)
This delightful outsider coming-of-age film presses all of my personal buttons. (Hello, Paula Prentiss!) A traditional, romantic lead actor willing to lampoon his public persona would have been better in the title role (Peter Sellers is, as usual, playing too broad), but I guess they wanted a big name. (David Niven would have been great!)

138/2570. Skyscraper Souls (1932)
A melodrama of several sets of relationships set entirely inside one very, very large building. It's nothing to write home about. (William Warren is the building's amoral manager, and it's just too bad that David Niven was still in the British Army in 1932. He would have been great!)

That's it for movies I watched in 2025. Next time: 2026, now in progress!

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