Shady, Roly, Parizad and Merv run down their top 5 films from 2025 (plus one or two turkeys).

Top 5s were as follows:

Roly: 5. Gaslight; 4. Presence; 3. Boiling Point; 2. Pluribus (TV show!); 1. ??????

Parizad: 5. Moana 2; 4. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning; 3. F1; 2. Deadpool and Wolverine; 1. ??????

Merv: 5. Wake Up Dead Man; 4. Conclave; 3. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning; 2. The Accountant 2; 1. ??????

Shady: 5. The Ballad of Wallis Island; 4. The Secret Agent; 3. Zodiac Killer Project; 2. It Was Just an Accident; 1. ??????

Roly and Shady waffle about The Ballad of Wallis Island on the way back from the Luna cinema in Leederville.

Shady enlists the psychological skills of Tap to talk him through the new Mike Leigh film Hard Truths.

Shady has a chat with Cibely about the award-winning Brazilian film, I'm Still Here.

Roly and Shady have a chat about the Perth Festival film, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat.

Shady and Roly are joined by Parizad and Merv to go over their favourite five films of 2024. We also named our turkeys from last year. Top fives were as follows:

Parizad: 5. Operation Mincemeat; 4. Remembering Gene Wilder; 3. Gladiator 2; 2. Emilia Perez; 1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Roly: 5. The Apprentice; 4. The Lost Leonardo; 3. Kneecap; 2. The Greatest Night in Pop; 1. A Different Man - Merv: 5. Woman of the Hour; 4. Alien: Romulus; 3. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga; 2. The Fall Guy; 1. Dune: Part 2 - Shady: 5. Bird; 4. Kneecap; 3. Birdeater; 2. The Teachers' Lounge; 1. The Zone of Interest.

Shady is joined by Nicola to talk about a couple of the films from the recent St. Ali Italian Film Festival.

Merv and Tap join Shady to inject The Substance.