Randall’s Top 2, 2025

Violence and jokes.

Movies

1. Sinners - Horror epic vampire musical historical southern sexy slay. Immediately my forever favorite.

2. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You - Chekov’s feeding tube.

TV

1. Pluribus - Not perfect and slow, but weird and gay and Rhea Seehorn.

2. I Love LA - Every moment of this show is funny. The Elijah Wood ep is my fave.

Podcasts

1. Corporate Gossip - Juicy-ass-gossip and an eat the rich battle cry.

2. I Said No Gifts- The premise of making your guests bring gifts and then chastising them for it… genius.

Books

1. The Unworthy- This came out in 2023, but the English translation was published this year. A horrifyingly beautiful extremist post-apocalypse tale. Also gay. Gays make better art.

2. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - An indigenous vampire makes poetry from his vampire meals and meanderings through the decades. So violent, so beautiful.

Honorable Mentions

• Hallow Road film - Even the twist was a twist.

• The Plague film- How many movies does it take for us to finally get the boys are bad, no offense?

• Caught Stealing film - So goddamn fun. And for this Gen Xer, very nostalgic.

• Friendship film - Beautifully cringey.

• Sorry Baby film - Beautifully sad.

• Cold Eternity book - the perfect space horror novel.

• Rejection book - I know this came out in 2024, but I read it and I thought about it through all of 2025.

• When the Wolf Comes Home book - high concept horror that holds up through the end.