2020 is officially over, thank goodness. It was a very stressful year thanks to a global pandemic and too many social injustices to count, but we made it. This was arguably the strangest year in cinematic history, as movie theaters were open, then closed, then partially opened again, and then mostly closed again, while major studios moved their film slate to 2021 and beyond. There was also a large number of films that went to…
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Writing about my favorite performances of the year is always one of my favorite pieces. It makes me think back to all the great performances that I watched over the year and makes me want to rewatch the great movies these performances were in. However, it is also a very stressful piece to make because there are performances I am forced to leave off my list, which really breaks my heart. 2020 is no exception…
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Every movie year offers what feels like dozens of great performances. Some go on to win Academy Awards and other accolades while other performances get no love at all. This list is dedicated to the latter group. 2020 was a great year for performances. I was making my “Best Performance of 2020” list and was really struggling to narrow the list down, so that’s where this list comes in. This is a list of performances…
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Continuing my look at the best movies of 2020 these are my picks for the best movies from each genre. This will categories such as Best Animated Film, Best Action Film, and Biggest Surprise. BEST ANIMATED FILM WOLFWALKERS SOUL ONWARD THE WILLOUGHBYS OVER THE MOON – Though Soul has the making of a new Pixar classic, Wolfwalkers’ gorgeous 2D animation mixed with its beautiful and cultural story blew me away. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM…
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Continue our look back of the best movies of 2020, here are my picks for the best technical aspects in the movies of 2020. These categories include Best Original and Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Sound, and Best Original Song. Each category will have a top five, with the number one spot being what I consider to be the winner. BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY MANK PALM SPRINGS MINARI DA 5 BLOODS ANOTHER ROUND…
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COVID-19 really put a damper on the cinematic experience in 2020. In March the theaters closed down, then they reopened later in the summer with a very limited number of movies being shown, and then, depending where you lived, the theaters closed down again. Though 2020 was still a really great year for movies, thanks to virtual film festival, virtual theaters, and studios making their films available on-demand, there were still some movies that I…
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With how bizarre 2020 as a year was and how bizarre of a year for movies it was, I decided to do make a list I never made before about the best movies of 2020. This list is a new list and it is a very random list. The things on this list are just things that I saw in movies in 2020 that I loved. Whether it was an outfit choice or a scene…
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Wonder Woman 1984 was one of the major titles that got affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Slated to come out on June 5, 2020 – after being pushed back from November 2019 – the highly anticipated sequel was victim of the movie theaters shutting down in March. After going back-and-forth in deciding whether to even release the film this year, Warner Bros. made the decision to release the film in theaters –…
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Pixar has been making movies for over twenty-five years now and throughout those twenty-five years they have done a great job of making movies that appeal to both children and adults. Whether it be a fun character for the kids to love or a deep theme that adults connect to, Pixar movies have something for everyone, which I would argue is a key piece as to why they have had so…
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To say that the 2020 movie year has been unlike any other movie year before it would be an understatement. Thanks to a global pandemic, movie theaters have been shutdown for a majority of the year, causing a lot movies to be pushed to 2021 or even later. The movies that have been released this year have either been released through a streaming service or paid on-demand. Though there has been…
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