No Content For Old Men

Does a truly Great Movie really require two viewings in order to appreciate it? Allow me to explain the skeleton key that unlocked the brilliance of David Fincher’s period masterwork.

There are soooo many Christmas movies. And most of them are...bad. How do these 2020 offerings stack up? Then, I give out my five favorite Christmas-adjacent movies. Enjoy!

The Sarah Paulson-led thriller is the latest effort from wunderkind Aneesh Chaganty, who has earned the budget and leash to take on more ambitious work. Ron Howard is certainly getting that kind of work, but is his latest work Oscar worthy, or simply Oscar bait?

The rom-com genre is coming back to Hollywood, but some movies pull off the signature tropes far better than others. A pair of first time directors did it better than anyone else this year.

What happens when an iconic writer/director cannot escape the caricature of himself he’s created? When he gets lost in his own ivory tower?

When the movie industry recovers from the pandemic, the blockbusterization of the studios is gonna going to get more drastic. So indies turn to the horror genre to take chances and mint new stars. Here are the two best entries that 2020 has to offer.

We’ve got a whole slate of new movies and shows to discuss! Sofia Coppola’s new jam on Apple TV+ is a vibe, and comedy has gone crazy through a rash of real live pranks and stunts. Plus, my personal connection to Netflix’s “Yes, God, Yes.”

Razor-sharp dialogue and knock out acting performances are a given, but does Sorkin’s latest project make the grand statement he was hoping for? “The whole world is watching!”

Here’s some under-the-radar streaming suggestions for your weekend, plus as always “something new,” “something old,” and “something to stream.”

Movies have never held less cultural caché than they do at this point in 2020. Into that void comes an end-of-the-word comedy that skewers the sourdough-making, social media-obsessed millennial generation. It is *chefs kiss*.