CREDIT: Sarah Shatz/Focus Features

Song Sung Blue

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Ella Anderson, Hudson Hensley, Michael Imperioli, Mustafa Shakir, Fisher Stevens, Jim Belushi, King Princess

Director: Craig Brewer

Running Time: 132 Minutes

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: December 25, 2025 (Theaters)

CREDIT: NEON/Screenshot

No Other Choice

Starring: Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom, Hye-ran, Cha Seung-won, Yoo Yeon-seok

Director: Park Chan-wook

Running Time: 139 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: December 25, 2025 (Theaters)

CREDIT: SearchlightPictures/Screenshot

Is This Thing On?

Starring: Will Arnett, Laura Dern, Andra Day, Bradley Cooper, Amy Sedaris, Sean Hayes, Christine Ebersole, Ciarán Hinds, Blake Kane, Calvin Knegten, Scott Icenogle, Chloe Radcliffe, Jordan Jensen, Peyton Manning, Reggie Conquest, James Tom, Gabe Fazio

Director: Bradley Cooper

Running Time: 121 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: December 19, 2025 (Theaters)

CREDIT: NEON/Screenshot

The Secret Agent

Starring: Wagner Moura, Carlos Francisco, Tânia Maria, Robério Diógenes, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Gabriel Leone, Roney Villela, Kaiony Venâncio, Alice Carvalho, Hermila Guedes, Isabél Zuaa, Licínio Januário, Laura Lufési, Enzo Nunes, Thomás Aquino, Italo Martins, Igor de Araújo, Udo Kier, João Vitor Silva, Robson Andrade, Geane Albuquerque, Aline Marta Maia, Luciano Chirolli, Gregorio Graziosi, Isadora Ruppert, Buda Lira, Suzy Lopes, Marcelo Valle

Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho

Running Time: 161 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: November 26, 2025 (Theaters)

CREDIT: SearchlightPictures/Screenshot

The Testament of Ann Lee

Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Lewis Pullman, Thomasin McKenzie, Stacy Martin, Christopher Abbott, Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Handy, Matthew Beard, Viola Prettejohn, Jamie Bogyo, David Cale

Director: Mona Fastvold

Running Time: 137 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: December 25, 2026 (Theaters)

CREDIT: BBP Train Dreams. LLC. © 2025.

Train Dreams

Starring: Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon, William H. Macy, Nathaniel Arcand, John Diehl, Paul Schneider, Clifton Collins Jr., Alfred Hsing, Will Patton

Director: Clint Bentley

Running Time: 102 Minutes

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: November 7, 2025 (Theaters)/November 21, 2025 (Netflix)

In this movie review roundup, I’m discussing films that were released in late 2025 but that I didn’t get around to seeing until early 2026. Since they arrived in theaters during the holiday season, I shall declare what Type of Present each of them was to me.

Song Sung Blue was the type of present that I didn’t know I needed and that made me cry a little bit.

No Other Choice was like a gift certificate to a spa that uses freezing cold therapy but it’s surprisingly therapeutic.

Is This Thing On? was like a book of jokes that kind of made me laugh but felt like it should’ve been categorized in the self-help section.

The Secret Agent was like a really complicated board game that takes much longer to play than you expected. Maybe like an international version of Guess Who? crossed with Secret Hitler.

The Testament of Ann Lee was like a toy that you think is going to have an infinite range of motions but turns out to have just a set range of options.

And finally, Train Dreams was one of those presents that you absolutely refuse to ever take out  of the package.