All Films
Watched in 2020
I'm changing my main reviewing site to: http://letterboxd.com/kenru/
where all the reviews are rated on a 5-star basis.
However, on
this site all films still are rated on a scale of 4-stars:
****(A+), *** 3/4 (A), *** 1/2 (A-), *** 1/4
(B+), *** (B), ** 3/4 (B-), ** 1/2 (C+), ** 1/4 ( C), **
(C-) , * 3/4 thru * (D), 3/4* thru
0* (F)
Links are to longer reviews on site or elsewhere on the
interwebs.
A FILM is defined as 70 min.+ visual event. A non-capitalized film title is a
short film worthy of note.
The year included with the
film is the year I watched each film.
(V) =
TV, Video or DVD ( +) = repeat
viewing (W/O)= walked out
January, 2020
TRUTH AND JUSTICE (2020, Estonia, d. Tanel Toom) *** 3/4
LITTLE WOMEN (2020, d. Greta Gerwig) + *** 3/4
I LOST MY BODY (2020, d. Jérémy Clapin) ** 1/2
Daughter (Dcera) (2020, anim. short, d. Daria Kashcheeva) * 1/2
Hair Love (2020, anim. short, d. Matthew A. Cherry) *** 1/2
Kitbull (2020, anim. short, d. Rosana Sullivan) ** 3/4
Memorable (2020, anim. short, d. Bruno Collet) *** 1/4
Sister (2020, anim. short, d. Siqi Song) *** 3/4
Brotherhood (2020, live short, d. Meryam Joobeur) *** 1/4
Nefta Football Club (2020, live short, d. Yves Piat) *** 1/2
Neighbors' Window, The (2020, live short, d. Marshall Curry) ****
Saria (2020, live short, d. Bryan Buckley) *** 1/4
Sister, A (2020, live short, d. Delphine Girard) *** 1/4
MISSING LINK (2020, d. Chris Butler) *** 1/4
KLAUS (2020, d. Sergio Pablos) ** 1/4
MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL (2020, d. Joachim Ronning) ***
TOY STORY 4 (2020, d. Josh Cooley) *** 1/4
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2020, d. J. J. Abrams) ** 3/4
BREAKTHROUGH (2020, d. Roxann Dawson) ** 1/2
TWO POPES, THE (2020, d. Fernando Meirelles) *** 1/2
February, 2020
FROZEN II (2020, d Chris Buck, Jennifere Lee)
* 3/4
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (2020, d. Dean DeBlois) ** 3/4
THING ABOUT HARRY, THE (2020, d. Peter Paige) *** 1/2
March, 2020
PALE HORSE, THE (2020, d. Sarah Phelps) 2-part BBC series, NOT Christie-ish mystery, rather horror/witchcraft nonsense. * 3/4
UNORTHODOX (2020, d. Anna Winger) 4-hour Netflix miniseries of young woman escaping Brooklyn Jewish cult. *** 1/2
April, 2020
HEAD BURST (Kopfplatzen) (2020, d. Savas Ceviz) *** 1/2
DEVS (2020, d. Alex Garland) *** 3/4
WAR OF THE WORLDS (2020, created by Howard Overman) Modern TV series update of Wells story as the Apocolypse. *** 1/4
CIRCUS OF BOOKS (2020, d. Rachel Mason) *** 1/4
May, 2020
HOLLYWOOD (2020, prod. by Ryan Murphy & Ian Bannan) ** 3/4
GRANT (2020, d. Malcolm Venville) 3-part History
revisionist docudrama lauding U.S.Grant as a great general &
Pres. *** 1/2
July, 2020
HAMILTON (2020, d. Thomas Kail) *** 1/2
NORMAL PEOPLE (2020, d. Lenny Abrahamson, Hettie Macdonald) *** 1/2
TAEKWANDO (2020, d. Marco Berger) *** 1/4
August, 2020
Anna (2020, drama short, d. Dekel Berenson) ** 3/4
October, 2020
WAY I SEE IT, THE (2020, d. Dawn Porter) *** 1/2
DADDY (2020, Christian Coppola) *** 1/2
QUEEN'S GAMBIT, THE (2020, d. Scott Frank) *** 3/4
November, 2020
WE ARE WHO WE ARE (2020, d. Luca Guadagnino) ****
December, 2020
Ashes to Ashes (2020, short doc, d. Taylor Rees) *** 1/4
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