Look, no matter what's going on in the world, I wouldn't be a proper blogger hack if I didn't publish my favourite media of the year at the end of December. So here you go, the top fives of 2025...
Books
(That I read in 2025, not necessarily new books in 2025)
The Resurrectionist by A Rae Dunlap
The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova
Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success by Jeff Hiller
The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa by Jonathan B Losos
Music
(new albums from this year)
Brandi Carlile - Returning to Myself
Jann Arden - Mixtape
Sam Bettens - Coming Home
Willie Nelson - Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle
Stereophonics - Make ‘em Laugh, Make ‘em Cry, Make ‘em Wait
Television
Long Way Home (Latest in the Long Way motorcycle trip series. I love Ewan and Charley, and I love travel, and I will watch these two go anywhere. And then rewatch it again. And again. And again. And again. I hope they keep making these series until they’re adventuring to the high street for some shopping on their mobility scooters, because I’ll still be tuning in)
Acapulco (Final season this year, but worth going back to the beginning)
Man on the Inside (2nd season this year - I love me a Mike Schur sitcom!)
Clean Slate (Cute, sweet, very Norman Lear -- one of his last shows -- and with a great cast led by Laverne Cox)
Mid-Century Modern (It's basically the classic doofy sitcom of the 70s and 80s... except super gay. Mostly just silly fun, and Matt Bomer playing the dumb hot friend is a DELIGHT)
Podcasts
The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali (Not really a podcast, but he's always posting great discussions that I watch / listen to like a podcast, so I'm counting it)
American Fever Dream (Sadly ended this year)
Movies... Well, Movie... That I Didn't Love...
No top 5, because I never see new movies anymore, even on streaming. I don't think they make movies for me anymore. My queendom for a 90 minute light comedy with absolutely no stakes!!
The one movie I saw that came out this year was Better Man, the Robbie Williams biopic. But as much as I love Rob, I didn't enjoy it. There were a few moments that I really did like, mostly little details and special fan Easter eggs, but overall... meh.
First off, it's a musical, and it's well over 2 hours long, which are two of my most hated qualities in films. Secondly, the chimp thing was weird. Everyone else says they took almost no time for it to make perfect sense, but not me... I couldn't get past it. Especially since they used Rob's actual eyes and facial expressions on the CGI ape, and the combination just weirded me out. Finally, as a fan who was there and watching during a lot of what's in the movie, the timeline being all jumbled and the songs happening at the wrong point in his career were really distracting. As were all the scenes of him driving... he doesn't drive, never has! So maybe it's a movie for a musical lover who knows nothing about Rob, or the kind of Robbie super fan who loves anything he does unconditionally, but it's not for me. Oh well, maybe I'll like the next one...
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