The Movies of 2025: Q2
June 24, 2025 - Movies
Okay, here we are in late June, and we're still over two weeks out from James Gunn's Superman. I'm not going to be seeing any other notable films within the next week, so I might as well comment on the three movies I did see over the past few months which are worth discussion.
The Minecraft Movie
Although I've absolutely been fairly deep into Minecraft at times, I did not love this movie. But my kids very much wanted to go. So we went.
I tried to remain hopeful. I was very aware that films like The Lego Movie which by every objective measure should not be a good movie can somehow turn out to be an actual good movie. Yet despite these high hopes, and despite Jack Black, whom I've enjoyed in many other films, I did not like it. Except for the Finnish / Swedish joke, which I did like.
The kids loved the movie.
Thunderbolts*
While it doesn't compare to the MCU's best, Thunderbolts* is a better film than Marvel has put out in a good while. Florence Pugh was an excellent lead - I've always enjoyed her as Yelena. David Harbour and Sebastian Stan were as good as they always are, and Wyatt Russell was even better as John Walker than he was in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Lewis Pullman's Sentry was obviously the new character. At first, his powers seemed a bit much, but after reading up about the character's Marvel history, it does fit. I'll need to watch the movie a few more times before forming any kind of more concrete opinion, but I enjoyed it quite a lot.
Sinners
This movie got a lot of hype. So much hype. Oh my god, you have to see it in the theater. So I guess I shouldn't be shocked that when I did, it didn't live up to the overinflated expectations that had been laid out for me.
Don't get me wrong - I did enjoy the film. Michael B Jordan is always excellent on-screen. Hailee Steinfeld and Delroy Lindo were also very good. Ryan Coogler puts together some very cool stuff. The one scene that stuck with me - the scene I found amazing - is where during a song in the juke house, spirits from the past and the future appear, and we get ancient African drums and Electric guitars alongside the 1920s blues music. What a visual spectacle.