Reel Roundtable #48 - The Besties (2025)

Happy New Year (eventually)!  Another bonus episode for your listening enjoyment as we bring you another Reel Roundtable discussion.  Ian, Liam, Kev, and Megan look back on the films they've reviewed in 2025.  Comments, banter, and flat out arguments can be found as we debate the best that we saw in 2025 (A full list of award categories and eligible films are located at the bottom of these notes)

This year we're thrilled to have ballots from seven of our patrons and Ariannah, Synthia, & Paul join us to settle any and all tie-breakers (and there were a few).

The Awards:

• Best Screenplay
• Best Special Effects
• Best Costume Design
• Best Art Direction
• Best Cinematography
• Best Context Corner Highlight
• Best Duo
• Best Villain
• Best Animated Film
• Best Voice Actor
• Best Musical
• The John Williams Award for Best Score
• Best Song or Theme
• Best Soundtrack
• Best Tearjerker
• Funniest Film
• Best BFE Moment/Rant/Quote
• Best BFE Argument
• The Abigail Breslin Award for Best Child Actor
• The Steel Magnolias Award for Best Representation of Women
• The Natalie Portman Award for Most Attractive Female on Film
• The Ryan Gosling Award for Most Attractive Male on Film
• Best Plot Twist (no spoilers)
• Episode of the Year
• Best Patreon Film
• Best First Watch
• Most Improved Viewing Experience
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best Actor
• The Frances McDormand Award for Best Actress
• Best Film

Eligible Films:

• 300
• American Psycho
• Babylon
• Black Swan
• Cinderella Man
• Crash
• Dirty Harry
• Erin Brockovich
• Field of Dreams
• Ghost
• Heneral Luna
• Idiocracy
• Inception
• It
• Jackie Brown
• Jaws
• Karate Kid
• Mask
• Million Dollar Baby
• Mission: Impossible 2
• Moneyball
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
• Ordinary People
• Out of the Furnace
• Outbreak
• Poltergeist
• Predator
• Rocky Horror
• Ruby Sparks
• Rush
• Shallow Grave
• Shutter Island
• Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs
• Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
• Superman (1978)
• Sweeney Todd
• The 40 Year Old Virgin
• The Fighter
• The Goonies
• The Holiday
• The Naked Gun
• The Shining
• The Social Network
• To Die For
• Toy Story 3
• Tremors
• V for Vendetta
• What We Do In The Shadows
• Witness
• X-Men