What I Watched in July 2025

EDDINGTON (2025) is Ari Aster’s latest movie and, after weeks of thought, I consider it brilliant. And I feel sure that the best way to describe it as a movie about a data center being built in New Mexico. Seriously. That is the underlying element of the story that is the catalyst for all the madness that unfolds. The 2020 Covid lockdown pushes things to the breaking point and creates the tensions that erupt into violence but the corporate goal of using the town’s water supply wins out. All the human interactions, failed dreams and dark deeds are merely the details that allow the wealthy to get what they want while the deluded poor are discarded or destroyed. It’s a cruel word and this film is a harsh mirror showing our petty concerns being manipulated to distract from the truly important things. Welcome to 2025. 

The List

MEGAN 2.0 (2025) – 8 

THE DRACULA SAGA (1973) – 7 (rewatch)

ZORRO AND THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1963) – 7 

BODY PUZZLE (1992) – 7 (rewatch)

SPIRAL (1998) – 6 (takes the Ring story in an odd direction)

ASH (2025) – 7 (fascinating sci-fi horror)

WRATH OF MAN (2021) – 8 (rewatch)

SECRET OF THE CHATEAU (1934) – 6 (old dark house murder mystery)

FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN (2025) – 6 

SUPERMAN (2025) – 8 

EYES BEHIND THE WALL (1977) – 6 (interesting drama about voyeurism with John Phillip Law) 

THE STRANGLER OF BLACKMOOR CASTLE (1963) – 7 (rewatch on Blu)

THE DEAD DON’T DIE (1975) – 5 (TV movie penned by Robert Bloch needs a restoration)

EDDINGTON (2025) – 7 

SUPERMAN (2025) – 8 (rewatch)

ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES (1959) – 5 (rewatch on Blu)

MURDER IN THE BLUE ROOM (1944) – 6 

THE LAST MAN TO HANG (1956) – 6 (interesting British courtroom drama) 

FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS (2025) – 8 

LORD EDGEWARE DIES (1933) – 6 (Poirot adaptation) 

SWITCHBLADE SISTERS (1975) – 7 (rewatch on Blu)