And finally, here are some honorable mentions among films I saw in 2025:

#Revolver (2024)
#MyMotherTheMermaid (2004)
#TheBeautyInside (2015)
#TheManStandingNext (2020)

#Happybirthday #JeffRector #jerryrector #actor #startrek #thenextgeneration #Allegiance #ghostworld #meanguns #badassangels #thestrain #fatalkiss #armyofdarkness #prettywoman #americanhorrorstory #nypdblue #achristmaslove #operationvarsityblues #TheManStandingNext

Poster for The Man Standing Next shows Lee Byung-hun wearing a suit and glasses, smoking a cigarette. He is frowning slightly.

Poster for 12:12 The Day shows Jung Woo-sung looking over his shoulder at night. He is frowning slightly.

Tonight I watched #TheManStandingNext. True story of 1979 assassination. A bit long but ultimately a devastating portrait of an idealistic man who thought he could use violence to save his country. He was wrong.
Would be a great double feature with 12:12 The Day, about the coup 47 days later.

Photo from korean film The Man Standing Next. Lee Byung-hun as Kim Gyu-pyeong in the background and Kwak Do-won as Park Yong-gak in the foreground. The former is wearing a hat and trenchcoat. The latter is wearing a brown suit coat and wide collar. Subtitles: He still got shot and died.

Currently watching #TheManStandingNext. Bottle of soju to anyone who can guess who Kwak Do-won is talking about here.

Hint: It’s a reference to American political violence.