2025 "'Jitsu Awards" Year-in-Revi...
2025 "'Jitsu Awards" Year-in-Review Special and Bottom Five 2025 Hot Takes
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Filmjitsu! The Podcast that wields films as deadly weapons by Jason Santo and Michael Merrigan
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Jan 4, 2026
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Welcome to the 2025 ’Jitsu Awards! Every January, the fools behind Filmjitsu gather for a very special episode, where Mike and Jay look back at the 25+ terrible movies they endured in 2025 and attempt to extract whatever scraps of value remain. Will Nicolas Cage take home Best Actor simply for showing up in Left Behind? Can Roseanne Barr topple her co-star Meryl Streep from She-Devil for Best Actress? And what, exactly, will become of Vanilla Ice, subversive German necrophiliac satire, and half-naked women dancing on beer-soaked New York City bar tops? It’s time to find out! After (almost) all the awards are handed out, Mike and Jay unleash their Bottom Five Hot Takes of the Year ... 

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