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["Movie of the Year is on the hunt to find the best film of each and every year, in the only way that matters: brackets. Join Greg, Mike, and Ryan, as they discuss what makes a film matter now vs when it came out. There will be games. There will be drinks. There will be points. There will only be one Movie of the Year. ", "Movie of the Year is on the hunt to find the best film of each and every year, in the only way that matters: brackets. Join Greg, Mike, and Ryan, as they discuss what makes a film matter now vs when it came out. There will be games. There will be drinks. There will be points. There will only be one Movie of the Year."]

  1. 3D AGO

    2025 - Best Movie of the Year

    Movie of the Year: Best of the Year 2025Best Movie of the YearThe Best Movies of 2025 Face OffWhat are the Best Movies of 2025? That question drives the biggest episode of the Movie of the Year season. Hosted by Ryan and joined by Mike, Cassie, and Greg, this flagship episode brings together 25 of the most talked-about films of the year in a massive competitive bracket designed to determine one definitive answer: what is the Best Movie of 2025? This is not a ranked list. It’s not a polite retrospective. It’s a full-scale movie showdown. Twenty-five contenders enter the bracket. One film leaves as Movie of the Year. Why the Best Movies of 2025 Are Hard to DefineThe Best Movies of 2025 come from everywhere: theatrical releases, streaming premieres, international cinema, prestige dramas, comedies, franchise entries, and bold originals. This year in film refuses easy categorization. To qualify, a film simply had to: release in 2025make a real cultural or artistic impacthold up under comparison with the year’s strongest work Sequels compete with originals. International films face studio giants. Streaming releases battle theatrical spectacles. Everything is on the table. The 25-Film BracketThe bracket for the Best Movies of 2025 includes a wide-ranging field representing the full landscape of modern cinema. Among the contenders: One Battle After AnotherSinners, one of the most discussed films of 2025No Other ChoiceThe Secret AgentIt Was Just an AccidentWeapons, a major genre standoutThe Naked Gunand many more filling out the 25-film field Each matchup forces direct comparison. Reputation alone isn’t enough to advance. Bracket Battles: How the Best Movies of 2025 Are DecidedEvery round of the bracket asks the same core question: Which film actually deserves to be remembered when we talk about the Best Movies of 2025? Debates center on: directing visionperformance strengthoriginalitycultural impactrewatchabilitylong-term staying power Ryan drives the bracket forward. Mike focuses on craft. Cassie champions bold swings and emotional impact. Greg looks for longevity and structural strength. No film advances without a fight. What Is the Best Movie of...

    2h 9m

  2. FEB 12

    2025 - Best TV Show of the Year

    Movie of the Year: Best of the Year 2025Best TV Show of the YearThe Best Television Shows of 2025 Enter the ArenaThe Best Television Shows of 2025 didn’t rise to the top by accident. They survived hype cycles, second-season expectations, streaming saturation, and cultural overload. In this episode of Movie of the Year, Greg hosts a 16-seed competitive bracket—with play-ins—to determine the Best Television Shows of 2025. Joining him are Cassie, Ryan, Mackenna, and Mike, ready to debate prestige drama, ambitious limited series, breakout comedies, and the year’s most talked-about streaming hits. This isn’t just a 2025 TV year in review. It’s a showdown. Sixteen scripted contenders enter. One show leaves as the best TV show of 2025. What Counts as the Best Television Shows of 2025?This bracket includes: Returning seasons like Andor (Season 2) and Severance (Season 2)Limited series such as AdolescenceBold new scripted debutsComedy, drama, satire, and genre televisionNetwork, cable, and streaming releasesInternational series (though primarily English-language) If it aired in 2025 and was scripted, it was eligible. The goal: determine the top television series of 2025 across all platforms. The 16-Seed Bracket and Play-In RoundsBefore the bracket locks, two play-in battles determine the final spots in the field. The play-ins ensure that no prestige favorite automatically advances and that breakout surprises earn their place. Once finalized, the bracket includes: The PittAndor (Season 2), one of the most anticipated streaming shows of 2025PluribusThe Rehearsal (Season 2), pushing formal experimentationAdolescence, a standout limited series of 2025Severance (Season 2), a defining second seasonThe LowdownDying for SexLong Story ShortThe Studio Every matchup forces hard choices. Reputation means nothing without performance. Bracket Battles: Prestige vs RiskAs the eliminations unfold, several themes emerge: Can a second season surpass its original impact?Does a limited series compete differently from an ongoing drama?Is cultural buzz equal to narrative...

    1h 58m

  3. FEB 5

    2025 - Best Unscripted TV Show of the Year

    Movie of the Year: Best of the Year 2025Best Unscripted TV Show of the YearThe Best Unscripted Shows of 2025The Best Unscripted Shows of 2025 reflect a television landscape that is bigger, stranger, and more carefully constructed than ever. In this episode of Movie of the Year, Mike hosts a high-stakes bracket to determine which unscripted series truly stood above the rest, joined by panelists Cassie, Greg, and Mackenna. Eight shows enter the bracket, spanning competition series, long-running institutions, comfort viewing, and chaos engines. What follows is a sharp, opinionated unscripted TV year in review, focused on craft, format, and why these shows continue to dominate the cultural conversation. Why “Unscripted” Matters More Than “Reality” in 2025Early in the episode, the panel draws a clear distinction: unscripted is the better word. In 2025, unscripted television includes: competition shows built on structure and fairnessformats refined through years of iterationpersonality-driven series that reward consistencyshows designed for communal viewing The Best Unscripted Shows of 2025 aren’t judged on mess alone. They’re judged on execution. The 8-Show Bracket: All Platforms RepresentedThe contenders competing for the title of Best Unscripted Show of 2025 are: The TraitorsGame ChangerThe Great British Baking ShowProject RunwayNot Her First RodeoTaskmasterLove Island USABelow Deck Network, cable, streaming, and niche platforms all collide here. No show advances on nostalgia alone, and no platform gets preferential treatment. Bracket Battles: Competition, Comfort, and ChaosAs eliminations begin, the debates sharpen quickly. Some unscripted shows dominate through: airtight format designfairness and repeatabilitylong-term audience trust Others succeed through: personalityescalationsocial dynamicscontrolled chaos Mike pushes the panel to separate enjoyment from achievement. Cassie argues for innovation and tone. Greg interrogates...

    1h 5m

  4. JAN 29

    2025 - Century of the Year

    Movie of the Year: Best of the Year 2025Century of the YearA 2025 Year in Review in Real TimeEvery year tells a story — but rarely this fast. In this special episode of Movie of the Year, the panel presents 2025 – Century of the Year, a bold and chaotic 2025 year in review that attempts something simple, ambitious, and wildly entertaining: 100 of the biggest moments of the year, discussed in just 100 minutes. This isn’t a countdown. It isn’t a competition. It’s a real-time replay of the year as it unfolded. If you’re looking for a 2025 year-in-review podcast that values memory over rankings and chaos over consensus, this episode delivers. What This 2025 Year in Review CoversAcross 100 minutes, the episode touches on a wide range of moments that defined the year, including: major film releases and pop-culture eventsTV moments that dominated conversationinternet and media chaosstories that felt huge in the momentrobot chickens The goal isn’t to judge what mattered most — it’s to remember what actually happened, when it happened. The Format: 100 Moments, 100 MinutesUnlike traditional year-end lists, Century of the Year moves chronologically, creating a true 2025 year in review rather than a retrospective ranking. Each moment gets: one minuteone burst of conversationOne chance to capture why it mattered then January flows into February, February into March, and suddenly the year is racing by. The format mirrors how 2025 actually felt: relentless, noisy, and impossible to fully process in real time. Who’s on the MicTo keep pace with the format, Movie of the Year brings together a full PopFilter lineup: GregMikeRyanCassie, host of The Superhero Show ShowKatelynnMackenna With six voices rotating through the moments, the episode becomes a rolling conversation — jokes collide with reflection, and no one has time to overthink. The result is a loose, funny, and surprisingly emotional 2025 year-in-review podcast. Why Century of the Year Is a 2025 Year in Review Unlike Any OtherThere are no winners. No awards. No arguments to settle. Instead, this episode leans into playful chaos. One minute forces instinct. Tangents get cut short. Opinions are stated boldly and sometimes abandoned just as quickly. That’s not a flaw —...

    1h 59m

  5. JAN 22

    2025 - The Mixtape

    Movie of the Year: Best of the Year 2025The MixtapeThe 2025 Mixtape as a Time CapsuleEvery year leaves behind more than movies — it leaves a sound. In this episode of Movie of the Year, the Taste Buds come together to create the 2025 Mixtape, a curated playlist designed to capture what the year felt like through music. Rather than ranking songs or chasing chart placement, the panel builds a living soundtrack that reflects the moods, moments, and cultural undercurrents of 2025. The goal of the 2025 Mixtape isn’t consensus. It’s memory. What the 2025 Mixtape Is (and Is Not)The 2025 Mixtape isn’t about declaring “the best songs of the year” in isolation. It’s about sequencing, contrast, and flow — how songs interact when placed side by side, how energy builds or collapses, and how a playlist can tell a story. This episode explores questions like: What song opens the year?Where does the emotional peak land?When does the mixtape need to slow down?And what track closes the door on 2025? The playlist is treated as a narrative, not a ranking. Choosing Songs That Define 2025As selections are made, the panel debates what qualifies a song for inclusion on the 2025 Mixtape. Is it cultural impact? Longevity? Personal obsession? Or the ability to instantly transport listeners back to a specific moment in the year? The conversation weighs: singles versus deep cutsmainstream hits versus discoveriessongs that grew over time versus immediate standouts Together, the picks form a portrait of how music functioned in daily life throughout 2025. Genre, Mood, and the Shape of the YearOne of the episode’s central tensions is the extent to which the musical landscape of 2025 is truly diverse. The 2025 Mixtape moves across genres, tones, and emotional registers, reflecting a year that resisted easy categorization. The discussion touches on: pop’s evolving extremeship-hop’s shifting centerIndie music’s changing rolegenre-blurring experimentationand songs that moved from background noise to personal anthems The result is a playlist that mirrors the year’s complexity rather than flattening it. Flow Matters: Sequencing the 2025 MixtapeMore than any single song, sequencing becomes the battleground. A great track can still feel wrong if it breaks momentum or disrupts the mood. The panel debates transitions, tonal shifts, and the extent to which a listener can handle emotional whiplash. This is where the episode gets deeply nerdy — and deeply satisfying. The 2025 Mixtape isn’t just assembled. It’s designed. Why the 2025 Mixtape MattersYears blur together. Playlists don’t. The 2025 Mixtape

    54 min

  6. JAN 15

    2025 - Best Horror Movie of the Year

    Movie of the Year: Best of the Year 2025Best Horror Movie of the Year2025 Horror Movies and the Fight to Crown a ChampionThe world of 2025 horror movies is a battlefield, and in this episode of Movie of the Year, Mike, Ryan, and Taylor wage war over which film deserves to stand above the rest. Instead of assembling a list or reading off favorites, the panel builds a brutal bracket to determine the best horror movie of 2025 — from studio monsters to indie nightmares to streaming shocks. This isn’t just a celebration — it’s a confrontation. Sixteen titles enter. One claims the crown. What Horror Means in 2025: Defining the GenreBefore the eliminations begin, the panel confronts the evolution of horror in 2025. Is horror now: a metaphor for social collapse?a space for spiritual terror?a conduit for bodily dread?Or simply the movie that makes your heart race and palms sweat? 2025 horror movies refuse to stay in one lane. The conversation traces how audiences now crave: original horror films over sequelsdaring stylistic swingsunpredictable storiesatmosphere over explanationnew monsters and mythologies This episode takes seriously the project of defining what horror in 2025 feels like. The 16 Films Competing for Best Horror Movie of 2025This year’s bracket includes a mix of theatrical releases, streaming originals, and buzzy festival darlings hoping to break through. The contenders for best horror film of 2025 include: Sinners (religious terror with real teeth)The Ugly Stepsister (fairy tale dread reimagined)Good Boy, a streaming sleeper hit with clawsThe Monkey, a Stephen King adaptation built for nightmaresFrankenstein, prestige monster cinema rebornDeath of a Unicorn, indie black magic meets satireBring Her Back, folk horror with biteWolf Man, classic creature feature updatedWeapons, conceptual terror from filmmakers pushing boundariesspan class="ql-ui"...

    1h 23m

  7. JAN 8

    2025 - Oscar Draft

    The 2025 Season Begins with the Oscar DraftMovie of the Year is back with a brand-new season, and there’s no better way to kick things off than with our first-ever Oscar Draft 2025. Hosted by Cassie, this episode sees panelists Ryan, Mike, Greg, and Taylor engage in a deadly serious competition to predict which films will dominate awards season. Each drafter is tasked with assembling a roster of films they believe will rack up the most Academy Award nominations—across any and all categories—once Oscar morning finally arrives. It’s prediction, strategy, taste, and fortune-telling rolled into one. The Taste Buds are back, and this time they’re playing for keeps. Draft Rules: How the Oscar Draft 2025 WorksTo ensure fairness—and maximize tension—the draft follows a snake format, meaning the order reverses each round. Key Rules: Drafters select movies, not individuals or categoriesAny film is eligible—first half, festival darling, delayed release mystery, whateverNo two panelists can draft the same filmFive rounds totalThe winning team is the one whose final slate earns the most nominations when the Academy announces them Every pick is a bet—on the movies themselves, their campaigns, their distributors, their word of mouth, and even the voters’ unpredictable tastes. Prediction vs Taste: Two Ways to PlayOne wrinkle that defines the episode: panelists must decide what kind of drafter they want to be. Do you swing for awards-season favorites blessed with early buzz? Or gamble on late-breaking discoveries nobody else notices yet? Some draft with spreadsheets and precedent. Others reach for films they want to see recognized. Every strategy has holes—and every smart pick someone else was eyeing can change the entire board. Stakes, Tension, and Oscar BloodsportUnlike the usual Movie of the Year chaos, this one is deadly serious. No bit is too small, no argument too granular, and no accusation too petty. Ryan, Mike, Greg, and Taylor: block each other’s pickssteal films out of sheer spiteargue over festival credibilitynegotiate control of the boardand, occasionally, wonder if they’ve made a catastrophic mistake With no immediate winner declared, the true victor won’t be revealed until Oscar nominations are announced. Which makes the waiting—and the trash talk—that much sweeter. Bonus Conversation: The State of the 2025 RaceBetween picks, Cassie guides the panel through the critical questions that define this year’s awards landscape, including: Are we preparing for a heavyweight Best Picture category?Does streaming still have power?Are studio campaign budgets shrinking—or...

    1h 4m

  8. JAN 1

    1971 - The Devils (with Brian Eggert from Deep Focus Review!)

    Movie of the Year: 1971The DevilsWhy The Devils (1971) Still ProvokesIn this episode of Movie of the Year, Ryan and Mike confront The Devils, Ken Russell’s incendiary historical drama that remains one of the most controversial films ever made. More than fifty years after its release, the film continues to shock and challenge audiences—not simply for its imagery, but for its ruthless examination of power and religion as intertwined systems of control. Set in 17th-century France but unmistakably modern in its fury, this 1971 production exposes how institutions weaponize belief, morality, and fear. The conversation centers on why its reputation for scandal has so often eclipsed its intelligence, craft, and relevance. Guest Spotlight: Brian Eggert of DeepFocusReview.comJoining Ryan and Mike is special guest Brian Eggert, editor and lead writer at DeepFocusReview.com. Brian brings a historically grounded, analytical perspective that helps reframe the movie beyond its notoriety. Brian discusses Ken Russell’s place in 1970s cinema, the long history of censorship surrounding the film, and why its critique of power and religion feels increasingly urgent today. His insight clarifies why this work endures not as shock cinema, but as a rigorously argued piece of political art. Power and Religion as Systems of ControlAt its core, this film is about power and religion—and how faith becomes an instrument of domination when fused with political authority. What begins as a case of alleged demonic possession in Loudon evolves into a portrait of institutional violence, where truth is irrelevant and spectacle is essential. Ryan and Mike, with Brian’s input, analyze how religious authority operates alongside the state. Confessions are coerced, belief is staged, and punishment is public. Spiritual language masks political intent, turning faith into theater and theater into violence. Russell and Jarman: Cinema Built to ConfrontOne of the most radical elements of the movie is the collaboration between Ken Russell and Derek Jarman. The pairing of Russell and Jarman produces a visual world that rejects period realism in favor of aggressive symbolism. The episode breaks down how this partnership: replaces historical authenticity with stark modernist designuses white, brutalist architecture to deny comforttransforms religious iconography into provocationemploys excess as both aesthetic strategy and political critique This is not cinema designed to immerse—it is cinema designed to unsettle. The Citizens of Loudon and Collective ResponsibilityBeyond its powerful figures, the story is deeply concerned with the citizens of Loudon. Crowds gather, whisper, watch, and ultimately participate in the machinery of destruction. Ryan and Mike explore how the film portrays moral panic as a communal process. Fear spreads socially. Violence becomes normalized. The narrative suggests that institutional cruelty only succeeds because ordinary people allow it to happen. The townspeople are not just victims of authority—they are active participants in its enforcement. Sex, Blasphemy, and the Machinery of ScandalMuch of the controversy surrounding this work stems from its...

    1h 37m
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["Movie of the Year is on the hunt to find the best film of each and every year, in the only way that matters: brackets. Join Greg, Mike, and Ryan, as they discuss what makes a film matter now vs when it came out. There will be games. There will be drinks. There will be points. There will only be one Movie of the Year. ", "Movie of the Year is on the hunt to find the best film of each and every year, in the only way that matters: brackets. Join Greg, Mike, and Ryan, as they discuss what makes a film matter now vs when it came out. There will be games. There will be drinks. There will be points. There will only be one Movie of the Year."]

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  • Creator
    YourPopFilter.com
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    214
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2022 Movie of the Year
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