THE FOFSCARS! 🏆 The Definitively Alternative 2025 Movie Awards (Crazy Categories + My Top 10) | PLUS...The Odyssey 6 Minute Prologue 👀
Fred Asquith On FilmShow Notes
It's a late-Christmas surprise from Santa Fred! A bonus episode of FoF to warm your toes by the fire to. In this episode, I start off with a rundown of some very exciting trailers, including my worries for Disclosure Day and my excitement for The Odyssey. I then dive into THE FOFSCARS! Your definitive, alternative movie awards for 2025, including fun categories such as "Most Tears Shed", "Best Needle Drop", "Swing And A Miss", plus a few categories suggested by YOU the listener. Stick around till the end where I run through my Top 10 Movies of 2025, with some surprises along the way. As discussed in the group chat via @fredasquithonfilm, I have included some 2026 releases in my Top 10 to stay true to what I've seen this year, but kept the categories and deeper discussions to 2025 releases only. Explore the FoF socials/YT via my creepy website https://fredasquith.com
TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Agenda - TRAILER NEWS 01:25 DIGGER Trailer - new Tom Cruise movie is a COMEDY! 03:28 ANIMAL FARM Trailer - an abomination 04:09 AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY Trailer - like going to a Dad Rock concert 07:22 DISCLOSURE DAY Trailer - some worries about new Spielberg UFO movie 13:10 THE ODYSSEY Prologue - I saw it!! And… 17:09 Never doubt Nolan. - 18:12 THE FOFSCARS! 18:45 Criteria of Eligibility 20:08 The 2 WORST Movies of 2025 22:20 The Trailer So Good It Made Me Go To The Cinema 23:39 SURPRISE of 2025 24:44 DISAPPOINTMENTS of 2025 27:52 The Biggest “Swing and a Hit” of 2025 29:06 The Biggest “Swing and a Miss” of 2025 31:00 Most Underrated Movie of 2025 32:13 The 2 Most Overrated Movies of 2025 34:24 The Best Ensemble Casting 35:27 My Favourite Performances of 2025 36:41 The ‘You Did All You Could’ Award for Best Performance in a Bad Movie 38:13 Best Needle Drop 39:17 Most Tears Shed 39:35 The Best Jump Scare 39:59 The Winners and Losers of 2025 41:06 The Lesson of 2025 42:11 Peak Era 42:58 Shot of 2025 43:47 The One That Doesn’t Feel Like a 2025 Movie 44:26 The Paycheck Award 45:00 Screening of 2025 - 45:34 THE FOF TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2025 - set up & one that missed out 47:10 Number 10 47:37 Number 9 48:01 Number 8 48:19 Number 7 49:01 Number 6 49:32 Number 5 50:23 Number 4 50:57 Number 3 51:31 Number 2 52:19 Number 1 aka THE BEST MOVIE OF 2025 - 54:43 A thank you to YOU. 55:59 A teaser…
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