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Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
Ron Howard adapts J.D. Vance’s memoir ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ in his latest film. It boasts a cast including Amy Adams (Enchanted, Arrival), Frieda Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) and Glenn Close. It focuses on a boy from Kentucky who struggles to let go of his family history and hometown. The film considers how one can decide how where…
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
Any musical theatre lover will enjoy the music, costumes and choreography of this film. There is a mix of old and new in this Christmas movie that is perfect for all the family. It’s a kind of Christmas-themed Greatest Showman-meets-Peter Pan-meets-Wall-e that begins as a fairy-tale being read by a grandmother to her grandchildren about an inventor…
Operation Christmas Drop (2020)
What appears to be a cheap, cringe-y, commercial Christmas film in the trailer, turns out to be a heart-warming, wholesome holiday film. Based on the real-life military operation of dropping supplies and gifts to remote islands over the Christmas holidays, this film provides a taste of the tropical after nearly a year of no travel. …
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run brings some much needed joy and humour to 2020. It is full of self-awareness and jokes for all ages which is a sign of a good family movie. It focuses on friendship, kindness and adventure, and provides a welcome distraction from the current troubles of the world. It follows…
Over The Moon (2020)
This space musical animation film from Pearl Studio and Netflix follows Fei Fei, a young girl who is told the story of Chang’e, the Chinese goddess of the moon, by her mother when she is a young girl and comes up with a plan to get to the moon to prove that she is real.…
Rebecca (2020)
The newest adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s iconic novel Rebecca fails to hit all of the mystery and legacy of Hitchcock’s interpretation, but there is more room for feminism to flourish. Because it relies on an interesting story, the film is good, but it will forever live in the shadow of Hitchcock. Lily James (Cinderella, Mamma Mia…
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
If anyone can make a real-life based courtroom drama film interesting, it is Aaron Sorkin. This film tells the story of the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, USA and the trial of the seven men held responsible that follows. The cast boasts many big names, from Eddie Redmayne to Yahya Abdul Mateen…
The Devil All the Time (2020)
Trigger warnings for abuse, violence, pedophilia, suicide in this film. In this edition of Netflix Originals going for the period piece-nostalgia for the post-2000 world, non-American actors seem to be just as good at, if not better than, the southern American accent that is a staple in this film. It follows the likes of Stranger…
The Old Guard (2020)
What do you get when you cross Dudley from Harry Potter with five immortal beings? A pretty great action movie. Charlize Theron is comfortable and impressive as an immortal warrior who has escaped detection for an unknown amount of years until a new immortal is found when a US Marine (Kiki Layne, If Beale Street Could Talk) survives…
The Kissing Booth 2 (2020)
This sequel has done what many sequels have failed to do, it has actually improved on the first film. That isn’t to say that it wasn’t still clichéd, cringe-y and downright boring. There is no sexual harassment and isn’t quite as outright misogynistic as The Kissing Booth which is definitely something to be proud of,…
The Two Popes (2019)
One of Netflix’s several Oscar nominees this year, The Two Popes looks at the real-life story of Pope Benedict and Pope Francis’ friendship during their consecutive reigns. There is a very documentary, fly-on-the-wall feel to the whole style of the film with the close-up camera angles during conversations, and disarming moments of pop music and jokes which…
6 Underground (2019)
The trailer to 6 Underground portrays it as a slick, highly skilled heist-style movie with all the explosions that you would expect from a Michael Bay movie. But unfortunately, it feels like the entire movie is one extra long trailer, cutting and jumping from one time frame to another until you’re all caught up but…
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