Drum roll please… The results are in for the 2024: Best of the Best in all the respective media categories. Please see below and also the archives for previous years. Happy viewing and reading everyone, and as always, we would love to know what you think in the comment section below.  Separate reviews are linked on the underlined titles. Enjoy!

Adult Movies/TV

The Blind (2023)
Cabrini (2024)
The Straight Story (1999)
Conclave (2024)
Free State of Jones (2016)
Shirley (2024)*
Spirited (2022)
Dads (2019)
Reagan (2024)

Teen Movies/TV

The First Slam Dunk (2022)
We Grown Now (2023)
The Long Game (2023)
Ordinary Angels (2024)
Young Woman and the Sea (2024)
Rez Ball (2024)
The Dragon Prince (Begun 2018)

Wonka (2023)
Inside Out 2 (2024)
Bluey (begun 2018)
The Wild Robot (2024)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024)
Backyard Wilderness (2018)
That Christmas (2024)
Leo (2023)
The Parent Trap (1998)

Family Movies/TV

Adult Books

Born Again by Colson ‘85
Hold On to Your Kids by Neufeld ‘06
The Whole Counsel of God by De Young ‘22
Up from Slavery by Washington 1901
Hallowed be this House by Howard ‘12
Land of My Sojourn by Cosper ‘24

Kid/Teen Chapter Books

Mother Daughter Book Club by Frederick**
The Vanderbeekers by Glaser ‘17**
If I Built a Car by Van Dusen ‘07**
The Sign of the Beaver by Speare ‘83
Elon Musk by Vance ‘17
Big Fat Notebook series pub. by Workman Kids
Nothing by Agee ‘07

Best Podcasts

The World and Everything In It (Daily)
The Plugged in Show (Weekly Media)
Honestly with Bari Weiss (News Review)

* Review on mendicantmonks.org
**Others recommended in series