And here we are, once again. The final day of Movie Month. Today marks the 390th overall movie and the 330th podcast of my favorite podcast project of the year! Today I went back to the theater one last time to see the latest DC Studios release, Supergirl. Despite some opinions and smaller than hoped for box office receipts, I (spoiler) enjoyed this movie and loved Milly Alcock as Supergirl.

Since this is the final Movie Month episode of the year, I decided (all by myself and with no suggestion) that I should come up with a top 5 favorite of 2026. If you've been listening all month long - you shouldn't be surprised.

Until 2027, the Movie Month box office is officially closed! Thanks everyone for listening!!

Finally. Finally. Finally. This movie eluded me in the theater. I just couldn't find the time to get out and see it. My wife even saw it with her students on a field trip - but I never got out to see it. Until today.

I read Project Hail Mary last year and it was probably (not probably) my favorite book from that year. Possibly my favorite book in the past couple years. The end of that book left my a blubbering mess so I was so excited to see that the movie was now streaming.

Does seeing it at home instead of on the big screen lessen the experience? Perhaps a bit. But I got as close to my television as possible to make it as big of an experience as I could.

And it worked. In the words of Buddy The Elf, "I'm in love and I don't care who knows it!"

Remember when seeing Dinosaur's in a movie was breathtaking? Decades go by, visual effects get better, and sequels and reboots keep those dinosaurs coming - but nothing can come close to the magic of the original. That being said, I have watched every Jurassic World movie as part of Movie Month, and enjoy them each to varying degrees.

This one? Well, it happened. I enjoyed some of characters, liked most of the actors, and thought the dinos were cool enough. There were some good action set pieces, some cool shots, and some moments that made me smile (though they were probably looking for a laugh.)

Not to spoil the podcast, but there was a B-story with a family that I found both dumb and annoying. And the father of this family should lose any custody or visitation rights he has to his children. He was the true villain on this movie.

Is there anything more fun than a good murder? Wait, I mean murder mystery!! Yes obviously I am talking about a fictitious murder, not like all those true crime docs and podcasts out there. Nope, this is the real fun. The real - fake - fun. Once again, Rian Johnson delivers a movie that I just love! My third Benoit Blanc movie for Movie Month!

And to think, this almost wasn't the movie I did today! I talk about that briefly whilst not giving away the movie I almost did. We can - save that for next year...

On this final Friday of Movie Month, I decided to go back into the Predator world - one of two Predator movies that Dan Trachtenberg directed in 2025. That other one will have to wait until next year, but this one - what a fun, bad-ass, gorgeous looking animated film! Glad I decided to include this one into this year's project. Looking forward to what comes next!

FEED MY FRANKENSTEIN! I was fully prepared to use this Alice Cooper song as part of my episode – but the movie was just too good for me to add any more silliness to my show than it already has. I pretty much loved this movie and glad I waited for Movie Month to watch and discuss it. Always great to watch another Guillermo del Toro movie! They’re always gorgeous looking – and I’m not just talking about the cast (hubba hubba).

What’s even weirder is today I watched an episode of Jeopardy! (exclamation point always needed) that I am catching up on and randomly there was a Frankenstein clue.

And before THAT – walking my dog at the rail trail I happened upon this at the Little Free Library!

It really was a Movie Month miracle! Until tomorrow….

For Day 24, I decided go back one FINAL time this Movie Month into the Final Destination series - and boy am I glad I did. This one was way better than the last one - and that ending! I am so glad I wasn't spoiled on a 15 year old movie's twist nor did I read the first paragraph of the movie's Wikipedia page.

Was this a great movie? No. But I think this was a great Final Destination movie! I had a blast watching it - and isn't that the true meaning of Christmas? I mean of Movie Month!?

If you told me there was a 150-minute movie about a borderline (or maybe not even borderline) unlikable table tennis player hustling his way through life to try to be the best player in the world - I would not expect to have had as enjoyable a time as I did watching this Marty Supreme.

Is Timothée Chalamet at the point now where a movie he stars in becomes infinitely more intriguing because he's starring in it?