Unhinged (2020)


After a confrontation with an unstable man at an intersection, a woman becomes the target of his rage.


There just isn’t a whole lot to say here…Unhinged is pretty much every single thriller you have seen, except in this one the characters make some incredibly stupid decisions. Russell Crowe is at least decent enough and looks like he’s enjoying his role, what’s weird about Unhinged is that some of it is so ridiculous that it ends up being hilarious. Given what the movie is about that’s something I certainly did not expect but here we are. Unhinged has very awkward pacing, at times it will go at a decent speed but then for whatever reason it will quickly switch to very fast. Leading to some scenes that felt like they should have been developed a lot more but were shortened, as I said before Unhinged is no different from a lot of other thrillers. Russell Crowe is the only reason this movie sticks out from some other thrillers, it plays out exactly how you think it will. It’s way too predictable and does not have a lot to offer, I will give Unhinged this at times it does have a decent atmosphere but it never uses that to it’s full potential. Which is a huge missed opportunity, overall Unhinged isn’t the worst movie but it’s definitely not something I would ever recommend unless you are just getting into the Thriller genre.

4/10 D+

Leap Of Faith William Friedkin On The Exorcist and The Nest (2020)


A lyrical and spiritual cinematic essay on The Exorcist, exploring the depths of William Friedkin’s mind’s eye, the nuances of his filmmaking process, and the mysteries of faith and fate that have shaped his life and filmography.


This was another really strong documentary to come out of this year, it’s very straightforward and to the point. It’s basically about the making of The Exorcist and it shares huge amounts of information some of which I didn’t actually know about. William Friedkin also seems really passionate about the film he has made which is beautiful to see, the documentary itself is very well crafted and feels very personal. It’s a huge tribute to one of the biggest horror movies of all time and it does a fantastic job of doing just that!! Highly recommend giving this one a go!!

8/10 B+


Life for an entrepreneur and his American family begins to take a twisted turn after moving into an English country manor.


The Nest I feel like is going to be one of this year’s divided award nominated films and I won’t be surprised if that ends up being the cast. There is absolutely no denying that Jude Law and Carrie Coon both give fantastic roles and rightfully got nominated for Gotham awards. Both of them did a fantastic job on bringing out raw performances that felt impactful at times. With that said the movie suffers from huge pacing issues and spend a little too much time on scenes that really felt like they were supposed to be shorter. The ending I also have very mixed feelings about it’s the type of ending where you are either going to love it or hate it. I do think the idea of The Nest was interesting and at times it was done well, the problem is that it never really expanded on those ideas in a lot of areas. I absolutely respect on what The Nest was trying to do a lot of it just did not work for me. I recommend giving it a watch because it is a solid movie.

7/10 B

The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special (2020)


Rey leaves her friends to prepare for Life Day as she sets off on an adventure to gain a deeper knowledge of the Force. At a mysterious temple, she is hurled into a cross-timeline adventure. Will she make it back in time for Life Day?


I debated if I should even count this as a film and add it to my 2020 movies count. But since a lot of people are counting it I might as well, it’s only 48 minutes long which for what it is the movie is fine enough. There’s tons of Star Wars memes thrown in the film such as “Hello there!” To my surprise they actually got Kelly Marie Tran to voice Rose, it’s actually pretty nice to see although her part isn’t that big. What this movie really reminds me of is when I was like 8-10 years old I use to make storylines with my action figures. That’s the vibe this movie gives off which is not a bad thing at all, in fact in this case I think it works well. The movie is clearly not going for a serious tone, the comedy is a hit or miss some of it works and some of it doesn’t. It really comes down to if your a huge Star Wars fan or not, because a lot of it is Star Wars oriented humor. But overall The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special is very straightforward and gets to the point quickly, I can’t see myself ever watching this again but for a first time watch it’s passable.

6/10 C+

Sia’s disgusting attack on people with Autism

Dear Neurotypical people stop harassing People with Autism and defending Sia.

In short of what happened Sia posts a trailer for her directional debut “Music” and people quickly point out how Maddie Ziegler does not have Autism or any type of disability. Sia starts going on a rant about how “people should see the movie first” which means she doesn’t want to hear any genuine criticism. Many people with autism were trying to tell Sia about how this is wrong but Sia’s fans accused them of trying to “cancel” Sia. But then it gets worse with Sia’s responses, she even called an actress with autism who expressed concerns and said that Sia doing this silences our voices a “bad actor.”

Sia has completely trashed the Autism community the community that she claimed she loved and was making a “good intentions movie” about, but then more stuff came out…it was revealed that she worked with Autism Speaks a hate group towards people with autism and has a bunch of information online exposing the group. Sia claims that Autism Speaks joined in when the film was finished however screenshots have been floating around showing that she knew how bad Autism Speaks are since APRIL 2020 yet she didn’t say or do anything. But wait there’s more!! It was also revealed that Sia manipulated Maddie Ziegler into being in the film to the point where Ziegler started crying and said “this is wrong I don’t want to do this” Sia completely ignores Ziegler and goes ahead with the movie anyway. Lastly Sia is another one of those celebrities who whined about “cancel culture” when it was people with autism and allies giving genuine criticism. Sia has not apologized, held her fans accountable for trashing the community or anything else. At the time of writing this she hasn’t been active on Twitter since 2 days ago.

Sia’s ableism was of course ignored by her fans they claim “it’s called acting” yes we know that but people with autism deserve to have their stories told, another argument Sia’s fanbase likes to bring up is “nobody was saying anything about Rain Man!” Which is completely untrue people were very vocal about it, just because YOU haven’t seen it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. You just didn’t bother to do research and want to defend your ableist singer who can’t even do the bare minimum. The attacks on people with autism are absolutely disgusting, because Sia cried “cancel culture” her fans now think people with autism are a “mob” or “a bunch of snowflakes and aren’t worthy” there were even comparisons of people with autism and serial killers. Which I’m going to address this right now, people choose to become serial killers so anyone can play a serial killer. You aren’t born as a serial killer, you can’t choose to have autism. Sia’s fans are some of the exact same people who probably swear up and down that they support people with autism and are allies…yet they can’t do the bare minimum and call out their ableist celebrity. By defending Sia you are showing you can care less about people such as myself and the rest of the community, you are showing you would rather side with a terrible person who probably doesn’t even know you exist than people who would treat you with nothing but respect. A few days ago a thriller called Run was released and had the first wheelchair user actress in a thriller in over 70 years (great film by the way highly recommended). Plus she wasn’t a famous actress either in fact it was Kiera Allen’s first role in a movie! So answer me this why couldn’t Sia do that? What is her excuse? This proves to me that Sia wasn’t in it for the message at all, she was in it for people who claim they care about people with autism and use that as an aesthetic on their Twitter and Facebook profiles but then go right back to bullying people. Sia’s film “Music” just gives them some sort of way to pat themselves on the back for doing absolutely nothing or the bare minimum. Just because you plan on seeing some garbage movie by a singer who can’t even listen criticism about her ableism does not make you an ally it shows that you aren’t willing to listen to the community who is just asking you to listen and hold your favorite accountable for their garbage actions. As someone who was high functioning as a child what Sia has done is disgusting, this is the most angry I have ever been at a celebrity in quite sometime. I will not be supporting her new movie or any of her music, in fact I think her career is done with she buried herself deep in a huge hole that she can’t get out of. So to the people who insist Sia did nothing wrong let me leave you with a final question…the next time you see ableism taking place what will you do stand by a person from a community who is hurting and is trying to educate, who treats people with nothing but respect but gets told “they aren’t worthy” or will you side with an ableist who are hateful people and only pretend to care about people with autism and actually don’t care….if you chose the second choice congratulations you chose ableism and are part of the problem.

Freaky (2020)


After swapping bodies with a deranged serial killer, a young girl in high school discovers she has less than 24 hours before the change becomes permanent.


Christopher Landon’s career as a director has certainly evolved over the years, his first major movie was Paranormal Activity The Marked Ones easily the worst of the series and one of the worst films of the 2010s, then he followed up with Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse, which was a very forgettable zombie movie that hardly anyone ever talks about. It also doesn’t help that it wasn’t good or did nothing to standout either, then came the turning point Happy Death Day and Happy Death Day 2U some of the best slasher films in a very long time both of which actually surprised a lot of people as well. The same can be said about Freaky, it’s another surprisingly strong slasher movie that really stands out. Freaky shares a lot in common with Happy Death Day what I mean by that is Landon uses some of his same directing elements and style. Such as giving the characters actual character development something that was very present in the Happy Death Day movies. Kathryn Newton’s character Millie gets a ton of character development and a lot of moments are actually strong as well, Freaky is a huge throwback to The Friday The 13th series! But what I found very interesting is it takes those elements and makes them it’s own, it creates something truly special and quite humorous as well. The comedy is quite great, there are a few jokes that don’t land quite well but a lot of the time combines serious moments and comedic moments very well. The acting and writing are overall really strong Kathryn Newton and Vince Vaughn are both very solid in their roles, the kills also standout pretty well. They are classic slasher movie type kills that never get old at all, overall Freaky is a movie that could have went horribly wrong but luckily that’s not the case. It’s some of the most fun I have had with a film this year! Also worth pointing out that Freaky is the first movie I saw since March due to COVID-19.

9/10 A

I Am Greta (2020)

Documentary follows teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg on her international crusade to get people to listen to scientists about the world’s environmental problems.


While I Am Greta is a solid documentary and at times very inspiring, a lot of it is things that a lot of people already know, I feel like this movie specifically made for people who have absolutely no idea who Greta Thunberg is (which is kind of hard to NOT know who she is) it’s a very nice introduction to her and tells what she wants to change and what she’s fighting for which is some really good causes and the points she makes are incredibly solid. With that said if you already know a lot about Thunberg you basically already watched this movie. I do wish it gave more insights on her as well. But I will say the movie is crafted very well, it was clearly made with a ton of effort and as I said it does have a ton of inspiring moments. But overall the end result is just solid documentary that really doesn’t standout in a year where tons of far superior documentaries have released.

7/10 B

Chick Fight (2020)


When Anna Wyncomb is introduced to an underground, all-female fight club in order to turn the mess of her life around, she discovers she is much more personally connected to the history of the club than she could ever imagine.

Chick Fight is the very definition of release fodder, a movie that the studio just puts out there because they need to and gets little to no advertising. I only found out about this movie was because Bella Thorne is in it and I hate to say it but…she’s the best part in this garbage. Chuck Fight is basically a Fight Club clone, the biggest issue with this movie is the lead Malin Åkerman looks like she was held at gun point to be in this movie and I don’t blame her either. The writing is filled with cliches, terribly written dialogue and horrible attempts of trying to be funny. As I said the only positive about this is Bella Thorne which is quite honestly surprising given how bad she is in almost every role she’s in. But that is not nearly enough to save this movie from being a complete disaster, it leaves absolutely no impression on the viewer after watching it. That’s what really is the worst thing about this, it just sort of exists and has no reason to. Overall give this one a skip…

2/10 F

Words On Bathroom Walls (2020)


Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to not be defined by his condition.


Thor Freudenthal’s best film since Diary Of A Wimpy Kid, Freudenthal is another one of those directors who sort of jumps around from genre to genre. He started with Hotel For Dogs a very silly dog movie that was just not good then he switched to Diary Of A Wimpy Kid a pretty fun movie. But then comes Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters a movie people completely forgot ever happened, now he attempts a high school movie that actually manages to standout among the crowd. Words On Bathroom Walls mostly works due to the two main leads Charlie Plummer and Taylor Russell both really give strong performances and really dive into their characters. The writing has some pretty powerful moments that really get the viewer invested in Charlie Plummer’s character and what he’s going through, some of the writing does feel like it could have been much better and had more depth to it. But I’m actually quite surprised of how much I liked this one as much as I did. Give this one a watch!

7/10 B

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)


An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.


I’m not sure which is more surprising…David E. Talbert finally making an actual decent movie or that this is the best Christmas Netflix Original movie since Klaus. It’s definitely not something I would say is really great, but it has a lot going for it. For starters the music and the singing blend very well together, everyone did a very good job when it comes to singing. The acting was decent enough and the writing did have some heartwarming moments as well. The one major flaw with this movie is the running time, it’s 2 hours and 2 minutes which it definitely did not need to be. Some scenes really drag out and are only dragged out so they can make the running time. Trim at least 15-20 minutes of the film and you would still have the same movie. With that said Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey is a very fun Christmas movie that families will definitely love!

6/10 C+

The Giant (2020)


A teenager’s small town life is changed forever when a series of murders begin on the same night that her missing boyfriend suddenly reappears.

The Giant is the definition of a movie that has really great visuals but struggles everywhere else, I completely get what the movie was going for. In fact at times it does pretty well and has some genuinely creepy moments, however the main problem that’s holding this movie back is the extremely weak writing. It’s trying to be powerful but completely skipping every step to build those moments. There’s barely any character development at all and the story is just nonexistent. Which is not always a bad thing, a lot of movies that I really like don’t have much of a story. But it ultimately comes down to what the movie is trying to say and it just doesn’t work here. Odessa Young was actually pretty okay given what little she had to work with, but overall this is one of those movies where people are going to love it or hate it.

5/10 C