BLACK WIDOW - The Spy Who Avenged Me

It's a damn shame that it took this long to get us a Black Widow movie, but on the plus side, it's coming at a point where there hasn't been a Bond movie in a long-ass time, and really does the trick.

F9: THE FAST SAGA - Fellowship of the Furious

I know people like to joke about how these movies threw physics out the door 3 or 4 movies ago, but that was before Vin Diesel was literally using cars as grappling hooks.

Turns out, "owning it" can bear mighty fine fruit.

ARMY OF THE DEAD - Viva Las Vegas

Army of the Dead proves that Zack Snyder only really has one idea of his own when it comes to keeping "zombie stuff" from getting stale after more than five decades.

Luckily, it also proves that he can build out from it fairly well.

THE MITCHELLS vs. THE MACHINES - The Funniest Apocalypse

Animation - especially feature film animation - has never been in a better place than it is right now. To the point where the Disney/Pixar machine can be enjoying their best creative streak in decades (if not ever) and yet even their fine-tuned story machines like Zootopia, Soul and Raya and the Last Dragon wind up feeling somewhat upstaged by films like Your Name, Wolfwalkers, and - now - The Mitchells vs. The Machines.

Zack Snyder's JUSTICE LEAGUE - Deja Vu Squared

 It's, uh. . . folks, it's the same movie.

RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON - A Beautiful Broken World

Hey, it's been a while. Let's kick back into gear with something nice and light and fun like *checks notes* a movie about a divided land ravaged by a plague that's left families shattered and trust in our neighbors almost nonexistent.

...Damn, Disney.

The Yearly Countdown - Fantastic Films of 2020

Well, this is going to be even odder than usual. Because of *gestures vaguely at everything*, I went kinda far afield in search of movies this year, and while I missed a few of The Big Ones (I'll get to Tenet eventually. Probably.), I mostly went into this post figuring this would act as a map to some of the nuggets I stumbled over, just in case anyone else was on a similar journey through 2020's (shockingly strong) cinematic offerings.

So. . . yeah, let's go ahead and just get to it. This thing's running late enough as it is.