2020, what a strange year it was. While movie theaters closed in late March, streaming platforms and On-Demand services made many films available to audiences. This allowed titles that should have been released in theaters to find their way to viewers without them having to wait. The plus being that, many low-budget films could compete with the bigger studio fare on a more even ground. Little films that could were given a bigger chance, perhaps the only silver lining from theaters being closed.

How many more headlines can there be about this year being unlike any other? Doubtless there will be books galore written about the madness of 2020, including how this terrible year all but killed moviegoing. “Dune,” the “Top Gun” sequel and so many other tentpole titles were pushed into 2021 or even 2022. Thus, but for the rare super-film that managed to somehow still squeak into theaters (in my view, the truly incomprehensible “Tenet”

Gail Gadot became a well-deserving star as Diana Prince, a.k.a. Wonder Woman in Patty Jenkins’s 2017 adaptation of the DC Comics series. In a sea of dour superhero performances from the DC comics films, Gadot’s Wonder Woman was a shining light. The actress was fresh and fun, fully capturing what makes the character so special. Gadot brought honor and respect to her performance of the much-beloved superhero.

He loves me. He loves me not. He isn’t a vampire. He is a vampire.

True love.

“Climate of the Hunter” is a moody drama that is all stylistic pleasure, making big out of its small budget.

Mickey Reece’s interesting film (make no mistake, this is not

Malcolm X. Muhammad Ali. Jim Brown. Sam Cooke. Cultural icons all. In 1964, they came together for one night. While no one truly knows the actual conversation that occurred between these four men, actress Regina King’s directorial debut, “One Night in Miami” takes us into the room with these giants of American history giving us a fictional account of what might have occurred that night, through explorations of their individual ideologies.

So it turns out there was a reason why President Trump wanted to buy Greenland: for when the apocalypse from above rains fire and brimstone down on humanity, the Danish island will be where the chosen few will be spirited off to save the species.

To little surprise, the protagonist of the new disaster flick is played by Gerard Butler.  He is an everyman civil engineer

Donald Trump’s 2016 election shocked a great many, including Dr. Tim Seelig, the artistic director of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. Despite the heartbreaking result, Seelig decided that, rather than continue to perform for friendly Bay Area audiences, it was time to head south—-to the Deep South. After Trump’s election, Seelig and the choir announced their intention to stage a tour to some of the most conservative states in the country