Our Top Movies of 2025

In this episode, Sam and Ian outline their  favorite movies from 2025, in a daddy of all recap episodes. Some of these titles have already been profiled on Time Sensitive, others may be the focus of future episodes, and others may never be spoken of in this space again.Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media 

From the Oscar-winning romantic comedy writer, director, and producer James L. Brooks, meet Ella McCay, a film The Guardian called, “...a mess—a clunky collection of incoherent characters and confounding plot that seem to defy basic story logic at every turn.” Perhaps the film is not as good as it gets? You be the judge! Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media 

You are joining us for our annual celebration of cinema history, specifically those movies celebrating a milestone release anniversary in 2026.It’s a birthday of sorts. We call it a “Filmversary,” and this episode is an ode to those films that have stood the test of time 5, 10, 20, 50, and even 100 years after their original release due to box office success, cultural significance, and/or Oscar glory.Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media   

This week, two gaijin (outsiders) explore the Japanese family-for-hire industry with a review of Rental Family, co-written and directed by Hikari.Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media 

This week, we explore “Citizen Kane.” Not the Orson Welles classic, but the story of sovereign citizens Jerry and Joe Kane, a father and son who perpetrated unspeakable acts of violence in furtherance of their extremist ideology. SlashFilm even named it “The Most Underrated Movie Of 2025.” It’s Christian Swegal's Sovereign.Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media 

The votes are in, history has been cemented, and a whole slew of new Academy Award winners are cuddling up with their Oscars as we speak. As we do here on the Time Sensitive, we set you up last week with the final notes before the 98th Oscar ceremony, and this week, we recap everything you may or may not have seen.Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media 

It’s OSCAR WEEK! It’s time to roll out the red carpet, grab some popcorn, cast your ballots, and join our discussion of this year’s Academy Award nominees. Sam and Ian predict who will win, who should win, and who should have been nominated, as the best of the best compete for the film industry’s most coveted accolades.Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media 

This week, we explore a modern paranoid thriller in which Riz Ahmed and Lily James use old-school tech for the hearing impaired to engage in corporate espionage. Look out Big Pharma, it’s David Mackenzie’s Relay. Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media 

If you’re looking for a bleakly comedic look at modern dating—a situationship with a side of some light BDSM and the cabin-in-the-woods trope, this episode is for you. It is love or lunacy? It’s Sophie Brooks’s Oh, Hi!Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media 

 “At the end of the Cold War, global powers reached the consensus that the world would be better off with fewer nuclear weapons. That era is now over.” It’s gripping cinema. It also feels like Obama fan fiction, and it ignores the basic tenants of nuclear strategy. It’s Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite.Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media