Best Movies of 2024

January 28, 2025

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Movies! 2024! Hurray! (CREDIT [Clockwise from Top Left): NEON; 20th Century Studios/Screenshot; Altered Innocence/Screenshot; Focus Features)

Happy 2025, movie lovers! But let’s not forget 2024 just yet. I know I haven’t. As per usual, I saw more than 100 new filmed adventures during the last trip around the Sun, and I enjoyed quite a few of them. I decided to include my top 14 flicks for my Best Of coverage this year, because that just happened to be the number that I was passionate enough about to announce to the world. So please read on, as I count down my Top 14 Movies of 2024 and reveal the story of how I fell in love with them.

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‘Frankie Freako,’ ‘A Different Man,’ and ‘Megalopolis’ Walk Into a Bar (Except That the Bar is Three Different Movie Theaters)

October 10, 2024

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A Trio of Movie Stars (CREDIT: Shout! Studios/Screenshot; Matt Infante/A24; Lionsgate)

Frankie Freako

Starring: Conor Sweeney, Kristy Wordsworth, Matthew Kennedy, Meredith Sweeney, Adam Brooks, Rich Evans

Director: Steven Kostanski

Running Time: 85 Minutes

Rating: Unrated

Release Date: October 7, 2024 (Theaters)

A Different Man

Starring: Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Adam Pearson

Director: Aaron Schimberg

Running Time: 112 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: September 20, 2024 (Theaters)

Megalopolis

Starring: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Dustin Hoffman, Talia Shire, Grace VanDerWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D.B. Sweeney

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Running Time: 138 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: September 27, 2024 (Theaters)

Hey dudes! I saw a few movies this week that I’m catching up on my thoughts about. Did they have any themes or intellectual concerns in common? Let’s take a closer look and find out.

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 10/4/24

October 4, 2024

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Don’t forget to Smile

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
–Frankie Freako (Theaters)
–Joker: Folie á Deux (Theaters)
–Monster Summer (Theaters)
–The Outrun (Theaters)

TV
–Solar Opposites Halloween Special (October 7 on Hulu) – Entitled “The Hunt for Brown October.”
–Superman & Lois Season 4 Premiere (October 7 on The CW) – Final Season Alert!
–Abbott Elementary Season 4 Premiere (October 9 on ABC)

Music
-Leon Bridges, Leon
-FINNEAS, For Cryin’ Out Loud!
-The Smile, Cutouts

Sports
-WNBA Finals (Begins October 10, on ABC and ESPN) – Give me Liberty!

jmunney’s Top Cinematic Choices for October 2024

October 1, 2024

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What movie theaters will look like in October 2024 (CREDIT: Paramount Pictures/Screenshot)

They keep making new movies, and some of them are even worth watching. Here’s what’s at the top of the slate for October 2024:

Frankie Freako: Some rando genre indie about a little puppet dude who shows up to party and wreak havoc. This looks like the unholy love child of Gremlins, Munchies, Munchie, and the like.

Frankie Freako will get his freak on in limited theaters October 4.

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