Kuala Lampur, Jan. 10 -- Thanks to the rapid growth of streaming, we've been hearing about the death of physical media for at least five years now, if not more.

And while it's kind of true, in the sense that there no longer exists a culture of people going to DVD or video stores to rent movies, be it from local stores or big chains like Blockbuster or Video EZY, things have simply gone more niche and boutique these days.

There are tons of new releases this year that I simply couldn't keep up with, mainly because of the prohibitive costs of purchasing and shipping some of these physical media releases from overseas, but of the ones that I did manage to get, these are the ones that I loved the most and was most excited about in 2025.

The...