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OV498 – IFJA Ten Best Films of 2025 – Guests: Andy Carr and Logan Sowash – The Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast

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In this final episode of 2025, I welcome my friends and IFJA colleagues Andy Carr and Logan Sowash from Odd Trilogies to the show to help me close out the year with a breakdown of the Indiana Film Journalists Association’s Ten Best Films of 2025.

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Mic Info

• Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.6.8)
• Andy: Samson Q2U via USB in Riverside FM
• Logan: Blue Yeti in Riverside FM

Timestamps

• Show Start – 00:28
• Introducing the Guests – 02:30
• IFJA Thoughts – 08:38

Best Film Finalists

• Bob Trevino Likes It – 15:12
• Hamnet – 23:00
• The Life of Chuck – 32:25
• Marty Supreme – 43:36
• No Other Choice – 56:26
• Train Dreams – 1:06:15
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – 1:16:17
• Weapons – 1:21:30

• Runner-Up: One Battle After Another – 1:28:37
• Winner: Sinners – 1:32:38 

• Movies We Would Have Wanted in the List – 1:41:10
• Closing the Ep – 1:45:10
• Patreon Clip – 1:48:07

Related Links

• ‘Sinners’ tops list of Indiana Film Journalists Association awards
• Nominations announced for 2025 Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards

• Andy’s Letterboxd
• Logan’s Letterboxd
• Odd Trilogies
• Odd Trilogies – 116: The Silent Night, Deadly Night Trilogy
• Odd Trilogies – 115: Robert Zemeckis’ CGI Trilogy
• Odd Trilogies – 114: The Odd Oz Trilogy
• Logan’s Review of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• Andy’s Essay on “The Willem Dafoe Drip Check”

• My 2025 Podcast and Writing Archive
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• IT: Welcome to Derry Episode Reactions on Patreon
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