Category: Netflix 2020

https://youtu.be/YaeDa_Uempk 2.5/10 After foolishly thinking some original Netflix movies that were Christmas themed would put me in the holiday spirit this week, I find myself feeling the opposite way due to two terrible movies in a row. The worst part of “The Christmas Chronicles” is that it actually starts off promising. The set-up is grounded … Continue reading #55 Netflix Film in 2020: The Christmas Chronicles

https://youtu.be/hxaaAoI57fk 2.5/10 Well it is Christmas week and it would appear my lump of coal arrived early this year. A bad year ends with a bad Christmas movie which seems fitting as we all look forward to 2021 and I look forward to never having to rewatch or even think about this movie again. Before … Continue reading #54 Netflix Film in 2020: Holidate

https://youtu.be/kY3SuNvqQPw 5/10 “Hubie Halloween” surprised me. Now don’t get me wrong, this is a typical Adam Sandler movie. The plot is ridiculous, over the top and completely outlandish. Character development is nonexistent. The humor is largely childish. Sandler is back to doing a strange voice and somehow always gets a woman who is way out … Continue reading #53 Netflix Film in 2020: Hubie Halloween

https://youtu.be/xLe24M_PB5E 4/10 The last of the 2020 Academy Award nominated documentaries that I hadn’t yet seen, I found it appropriate to give this a look not only because of the Oscar clout (it lost to the vastly overrated “American Factory”) but also due to the upcoming American Presidential election. Unfortunately, all five nominees for Best … Continue reading #52 Netflix Film in 2020: The Edge of Democracy

https://youtu.be/sm_hwxNTAa0 8.5/10 Some of my favorite film makers of all time have played with the concept of time, taking a normal, chronological timeline and turning it on its head. The films of Christopher Nolan and Quentin Tarantino come to mind. Here, we get a story told in reverse where we begin on a Friday (each … Continue reading #51 Netflix Film in 2020: Shimmer Lake

https://youtu.be/EIzazUv2gtI 7/10 Every once in a while, I’ll watch a film like this that is rather challenging to review. Sure, it is easy to point out the strengths, of which this film has plenty. But verbally communicating the weakness this film has is the tricky part. Let’s start at the easy part and work our … Continue reading #50 Netflix Film in 2020: The Devil All the Time

https://youtu.be/a9Jg20Ukf4E 6/10 Like war itself, this film had potential to change the world for the better and have the viewer learn a lesson along the way but ultimately ends up becoming problematic and not what we initially signed up for. “War Machine” has several great things going for it but the biggest problem and the … Continue reading #49 Netflix Film in 2020: War Machine

https://youtu.be/xw1vQgVaYNQ 6/10 What do you get when you take “Limitless”, add superpowers and shorten the duration of the pill’s effects? You get “Project Power”, a flawed but fun twist on the super powered genre. The plot revolves around some clearly non FDA regulated pills which give the user certain superpowers based upon unique animal attributes. … Continue reading #48 Netflix Film in 2020: Project Power

https://youtu.be/M0O7lLe4SmA 4/10 I’ve found over the years that the most controversial films garner the most judgements before they have even been seen by the vast majority of the film going public. Such has been the case with “Cuties”, where the French movie has been called “child porn” and been met with tons of judgement and … Continue reading #47 Netflix Film in 2020: Cuties

https://youtu.be/gmU2Hq8AsYY 1.5/10 If I had to sum up this movie in one phrase it would for sure have to be “waste of time”. One of the only positive aspects of this garbage heap is that it is roughly an hour and twenty minutes long, so your suffering (if you are unfortunate enough to watch this) … Continue reading #46 Netflix Film in 2020: Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie