mm has written 129 reviews for films during 2020.
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Wonder Woman 1984 2020
I’ll say this of Wonder Woman 1984: Chris Nolan (and many others before) said in a recent interview that the only time he’d ever felt like he’d wasted time at a movie is when he didn’t feel like the filmmakers thought it was the best movie ever.
In that sense, I did not feel like I wasted my time watching Wonder Woman 1984.
The last act, with so many other things happening, is a plea to everyone to be better versions… -
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Batman Forever 1995
Kilmer: really, really good Batman. The only thing about this performance that annoys me is I wish he’d gotten a Nolan-esque script to work with. He might be the best actor to play Batman so far.
Jones: Yikes. But he hates Carrey so that made it fun. Two-Face should never be a “supervillain” imo. Even in the Arkham games I find the concept of him as a Crime Boss silly. He should be a tragic figure…
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Irresistible 2020
Democratic Socialists of America Fund
The most puzzling thing about Jon Stewart's second film Irresistible is that it's nothing like him. It's not clever, empathetic, insightful or, even though the twist tries to convince you otherwise, informative. Instead, Irresistible is a movie with an identity crisis.
The one thing that could have saved the movie is Carrell, who unfortunately is doing the usual schtick. His character doesn't come within 25 miles of being likable, which is a…
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Guns Akimbo 2019
It’s Scott Pilgrim, but stupid.
Daniel Radcliffe is legitimately great tho. Gotta support my man.
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Underwater 2020
Lil' Paul deserved better.
I was completely ready to just push everything aside and enjoy Alien in the ocean. But this is all just so bland and boring, there proved to be no fun to be had. Bummer.
My big takeaway is that it took Hollywood so long to do Cthulu. Justice for my large devil son.
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Impractical Jokers: The Movie 2020
For whatever reason I’ve been watching this show since day 1. It isn’t anything close to being high-brow or insightful , a lot of bits just do not work, and truthfully once in a while there’s an episode that doesn’t make me laugh at all.
And that’s sort of what this “movie” is. Highs and lows. The scripted bits and most of the staged stuff is meh, but there’s some magic that happens when these guys click.…
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Hillary 2020
Looking at the review spread for this one, it’s obvious that people’s opinions of Hillary are influencing their opinion of the documentary. Is that fair? Probably, because I certainly left this with the feeling that HRC was telling her story more than people were telling a story about her.
My opinion of Hillary? Mixed. From a politcal point of view, I’m a pretty staunch Democratic Socialist, and 2 of my last three votes for executive office are for Bernie Sanders.…
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) 2020
This lost me when there was a gag about Harley voting for Bernie. Not in a bad way, I just couldn't focus on anything for more than a couple minutes because I kept wondering... Trump exists in this universe? Is there a #YangGang in Gotham City? Has anyone straight up murdered Don Jr.? If not, why?
Anyhoo, Birds of Prey ain't for me. It'll be for a lot of people but ol' Mason ain't one of them.…