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November 17, 2025The Movie Minute
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- 12 Mighty Orphans
- 12 Strong
- 1917
- 80 for Brady
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
- A Complete Unknown
- A House of Dynamite
- A Man Called Otto
- A Rainy Day in New York
- A Real Pain
- A Star is Born.
- A Wrinkle in Time.
- About Joanna Langfield
- Acidman
- Ad Astra
- After The Hunt
- After the Wedding
- AIR
- All About Nina.
- All the Money in the World.
- American Fiction
- American Made
- An American Pickle
- And Just Like That, Season 2
- And Just Like That
- Annette
- Anora
- Ant-Man and The Wasp.
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
- Aquaman
- Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
- Babylon
- Bad Shabbos
- Bad Shabbos
- Battle of the Sexes
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
- Being the Ricardos
- Belfast
- Better Man
- Between the Temples
- Black Bag
- Black Bird
- Black Panther
- Black Widow
- Blackberry
- BlacKKKlansman
- Blade Runner
- Blitz
- Blue Jean
- Bohemian Rhapsody.
- Bombshell
- Book Club
- Booksmart
- Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
- Boundaries
- Bros
- Call Me By Your Name.
- Captain America: Brave New World
- Captain Marvel
- Caught Stealing
- Causeway
- Challengers
- Coastal Elites
- Colette
- Come From Away
- Coming 2 America
- Conclave
- Confess, Fletch
- Coup de Chance
- Crazy Rich Asians.
- Creed II
- Creed III
- Critical Thinking
- Cruella
- Cry Macho
- Da 5 Bloods
- Dark Phoenix.
- David Byrne’s American Utopia
- Dead Man’s Wire
- Dead to Me.
- Deadpool 2
- Deep Water
- Disobedience
- Dolemite Is My Name
- Don’t Look Up
- Don’t Worry Darling
- Downhill
- Drive-Away Dolls
- Dune
- Dune: Part Two
- East of Wall
- Eden
- El Conde
- Eleanor the Great
- Eternity
- F1: The Movie
- Fair Play
- Ferrari
- Finding Your Feet
- First Man
- Ford V Ferrari
- French Exit
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Game Night
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
- Gladiator II
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- Godzilla vs Kong
- Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
- Green Book
- Greyhound
- Hacks: Season 2
- Halston
- Hamilton
- Hamnet
- Happening
- Hearts Beat Loud.
- Hillbilly Elegy
- Hit Man
- Hocus Pocus 2
- How to Build a Girl
- Hustle
- I Love You Daddy
- I’m Your Man
- If Beale Street Could Talk.
- In the Heights
- I’ll Be Right There
- I’m Still Here
- I’m Your Woman
- Jay Kelly
- Joanna Langfield’s 10 Best Movies of 2019
- Joanna Langfield’s Movie Minute Podcast of Justice League
- Joanna Langfield’s 10 Best Movies, 2023
- Joanna Langfield’s Top Ten Movies of 2018.
- Joanna Langfield’s Top Ten Movies of 2022
- Joanna Langfield’s Top Ten Movies, 2021
- Joanna Langfield’s Top Ten Movies, 2024
- John Lewis: Good Trouble
- Joker
- Joker: Folie a Deux
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Judy
- Jules
- Jungle Cruise
- Just Mercy
- Justice League
- Kajillionaire
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Kinds of Kindness
- King Richard
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Knives Out
- Lady Bird
- Lake George
- Leave No Trace.
- Leaving Neverland.
- Lessons in Chemistry
- Let Them All Talk
- Licorice Pizza
- Life & Beth
- Life Itself.
- Limbo
- Little Women
- Living
- Long Shot
- Love and Death
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Mack and Rita
- Maestro
- Mafia Momma
- Maggie Moore(s)
- Malcolm and Marie
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.
- Marriage Story
- Marry Me
- Marshall
- Mary Poppins Returns
- May December
- Mean Girls
- Men in Black: International
- Mike Nichols: A Life
- Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning
- Mission Impossible: Fallout
- Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
- Molly’s Game
- Monday
- Moving On
- Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
- Mudbound
- Mulan
- Munich: The Edge of War
- Murder Mystery 2
- My Brilliant Friend Season 3
- Naked Gun
- Napoleon
- News of the World
- Nickel Boys
- Night Comes On.
- Nightmare Alley
- No Time to Die
- Nomadland
- Nope
- NYAD
- Ocean’s 8
- Oh, David! A Schitt’s Creek appreciation.
- Olympic Dreams
- On the Basis of Sex
- On the Rocks
- Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
- Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
- One Battle After Another
- One Night in Miami
- Only Murders in the Building, Season 2
- Ozark, Season 4: The Final Episodes
- Pam and Tommy
- Parallel Mothers
- Permission
- Peter Hujar’s Day
- Pig
- Poor Things
- Pretend It’s A City
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
- Queen Bees
- Raya and the Last Dragon
- Ready Player One
- Red Joan
- Red Rocket
- Rental Family
- Richard Jewell
- Rifkin’s Festival
- Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
- Rocketman
- Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese.
- Roma
- Sentimental Value
- September 5
- Sharper
- She Came To Me
- Shirley
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado
- Sinners
- So, Have You Streamed?
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Spencer
- Spider-Man: Far From Home
- Squid Games
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- Stillwater
- Suburbicon
- Succession, Season 3
- Superfly
- Superman
- Support the Girls.
- Tar
- Tetris
- The 355
- The Accountant 2
- The Artist’s Wife
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- The Batman
- The Bear, Season 2
- The Bike Riders
- The Boss Baby: Family Business
- The Boys in the Boat
- The Courier
- The Disaster Artist
- The Dropout
- The Fabelmans
- The Fall Guy
- The Favourite
- The Foreigner
- The French Dispatch
- The Glorias
- The Goldfinch
- The Good House
- The Good Liar
- The Holdovers
- The House of Gucci
- The Humans
- The Instigators
- The Irishman
- The Killer
- The King of Staten Island
- The King’s Man
- The Kitchen
- The Last Full Measure
- The Last Showgirl
- The Last Vermeer
- The Lion King
- The Little Things
- The Loneliest Whale
- The Loudest Voice: Review of Showtime’s seven-part miniseries about the late Fox News exec.
- The Matrix Resurrections
- The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
- The Midnight Sky
- The Miracle Club
- The Morning Show
- The Nest
- The Night House
- The Order
- The Pale Blue Eye
- The Penguin Lessons
- The Phoenician Scheme
- The Post
- The Power of the Dog
- The Prom
- The Promised Land
- The Secret: Dare to Dream
- The Shape of Water.
- The Son
- The Sun is Also a Star
- The Taste of Things
- The Tender Bar
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
- The Trip to Greece
- The Two Popes
- The Underground Railroad
- The War With Grandpa
- The Way Back
- The White Crow.
- The White Lotus, Season 2
- The Wife.
- The Zone of Interest
- Thelma
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Three Minutes: A Lengthening
- Thunder Force
- Tick, Tick…Boom!
- Toy Story 4
- Triangle of Sadness
- True Detective: Night Country
- Twisters
- Uncharted
- Uncut Gems
- Us
- Vice
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
- West Side Story
- Where the Crawdads Sing
- White Noise
- Wicked: For Good
- Widows
- Wolfs
- Women Talking
- Wonder Wheel
- Wonka
- Wrath of Man
- You Hurt My Feelings
- You People
- Your Place or Mine
- Barry, Season 3
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