Category: Movies 2020

After watching a record breaking 123 films in theaters in 2019, the world changed in 2020 due to the Chinese Virus and theaters were shut down for much of the year. Despite not being able to go to the movie theater for months, I was still able to see 65 films in theaters, three more … Continue reading The Best/Worst of Film in 2020: A Year in Review

https://youtu.be/XW2E2Fnh52w 3/10 Some of the most anticipated films of 2020 sure did end up disappointing and right before a garbage year’s end, we get a garbage movie, which is such a shame considering I gave “Wonder Woman” an 8/10 back in 2017 and that film was a much needed boost for struggling DC films. I … Continue reading #65 Film in 2020: Wonder Woman 1984

https://youtu.be/jDW2AUrTq-E 8/10 Two and a half years ago, the best comedy of 2018 and underrated gem, “Tag” was released. “Buddy Games” has shades of “Tag” where you have a predominantly male cast of grown-ups still playing childish games to keep their friendships alive. Comedy is obviously subjective but if you saw and enjoyed “Tag” like … Continue reading #63 Film in 2020: Buddy Games

https://youtu.be/ord7gP151vk 5.5/10 Adapted from August Wilson’s stage play, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” falls short of the previous Wilson film adaption, “Fences”, which came out four years ago. One problem both movies have is that the stage serves as a much better medium for these kinds of stories than a celluloid screen. By transferring the medium … Continue reading #62 Film in 2020: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

https://youtu.be/LNkmnVd9wHM 9/10 One of, if not the best documentary of 2020, “Assassins” is the fascinating and enthralling look at two women charged with assassinating the half-brother of Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-nam. Are the two women actual assassins, working for the North Koreans and playing dumb or victims who were set up with what they thought … Continue reading #61 Film in 2020: Assassins

https://youtu.be/tPWURGgKJ7o 4.5/10 Not to be confused with the 2002 movie, “Femme Fatale”, “Fatale” is a pretty standard thriller that doesn’t accomplish anything new, yet is still a rather fun time, making the movie fall into the “guilty pleasure” category. On one hand, we’ve seen plenty of movies like this before but better (“Fatal Attraction” comes … Continue reading #60 Film in 2020: Fatale

https://youtu.be/3od-kQMTZ9M 0.5/10 Perhaps the worst movie in an absolutely awful year, it feels fitting to close out a garbage year with a garbage movie. “Writer/director” (and I use those terms loosely) Paul W.S. Anderson seems to have actually gotten worse over the course of his career, having devolved from the “Resident Evil” movies which were … Continue reading #59 Film in 2020: Monster Hunter

https://youtu.be/kadUgcIxODM 2/10 In March of 2019, I reviewed “Serenity” with Matthew McConaughey and gave it a 3/10. Near the end of the review I wrote, “I almost want to recommend it just so everyone can lose their minds at how insane this movie is…” Which brings us to “Wild Mountain Thyme”, a movie where I … Continue reading #58 Film in 2020: Wild Mountain Thyme

https://youtu.be/-0FU8z_1Arc 7.5/10 With audiences waiting for big budget blockbusters to return to cinemas, I am thankful for smaller, less advertised films such as this one being able to have a spot in theaters and let people have the chance to check it out in the meantime. “The Last Vermeer” is a film I didn’t know … Continue reading #57 Film in 2020: The Last Vermeer