Buffaloed (2020)

Zoey Deutch is a star, and watching Buffaloed, you get the sense that one day the rest of the world will catch up to her.

Michael WardMarch 31, 20202020, Comedy, Buffaloed, Zoey Deutch, Jai Courtney, Judy Greer, Jermaine Fowler, Noah Reid, Lusia Strus, Lorrie Odom, Raymond Ablack, Nicholas Carella, Tanya Wexler, Marc Sacca

Sonic The Hedgehog (2020)

After much delay, Sonic The Hedgehog finally arrives with a manic, unhinged Jim Carrey and an anthropomorphic talking blue hedgehog from another dimension. In other words, your kids are gonna love it.

Michael WardFebruary 14, 20202020, Comedy, Family, Adventure, Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Jim Carrey, Lee Majdoub, Adam Pally, Neal McDonough, Natasha Rothwell, Jeff Fowler, Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, Hirokazu Yasuhara, Patrick Casey, Josh Miller

The Assistant (2020)

Inspired, in part, by the Harvey Weinstein scandal, The Assistant is a quiet but referential look at workplace behaviors and conduct, and the way people adapt and learn to survive within their surroundings.

Michael WardFebruary 14, 20202020, The Assistant, Julia Garner, Matthew Mcfayden, Makenzie Leigh, Kristine Forseth, Jon Orsini, Noah Robbins, Stéphanye Dussud, Juliana Canfield, Dagmara Dominczyk, Alexander Chaplin, Purva Bedi, Kitty Green, Drama

2020 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Animation

All masterfully made, this year’s Oscar nominated Animated Short Films address emotional topics and issues that bridge the gap between fantasy and reality.

Michael WardFebruary 2, 20202020, Oscars, Animated Short, Animation, Hair Love, Daughter, Sister, Memorable, Kitbull, Dasha Kashcheeva, Rosana Sullivan, Siqi Song, Bruno Collet, Matthew A. Cherry, Everett Downing, Jr., Bruce W. Smith

2020 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Live Action

This year’s Oscar nominees for Best Live Action Short Film represent stories told from around the world, but all unify around the power of human interaction, no matter your age or where you come from.

Michael WardFebruary 2, 20202020, Oscars, Live Action Short Film, Brotherhood, Nefta Football Club, The Neighbor's Window, Saria, A Sister

2020 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Documentary

Tissues at the ready, this year’s slate of Oscar nominated Documentary Short Subject films are important, topical works of impassioned conviction that are hard to shake and ride a rollercoaster of emotions.

Michael WardFebruary 2, 20202020, Documentary, Oscars, In the Absence, Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone, St. Louis Superman, Walk Run Cha-Cha, Life Overtakes Me

The Gentlemen (2020)

While largely hit and miss, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen finds the director back to his rambunctious roots with a fantastic Hugh Grant stealing the show.

VHYes (2020)

VHYes lacks the common characteristic all comedies need to find success - the movie just is not funny.

Les Misérables (2020)

Nominated for Best International Feature Film at this year’s Oscars, Ladj Ly’s Les misérables steps far away from the classic musical, and showcases a gritty, of-the-moment representation of tensions in a modernized France.

Michael WardJanuary 17, 2020Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djibril Zonga, Issa Perica, Al-Hassan Ly, Steve Tientcheu, Almamy Kanoute, Nizar Ben Fatma, Jeanne Balibar, 2020, France, Foreign, Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini, Les miserables

Dolittle (2020)

Robert Downey Jr.’s portrayal of Dolittle, his first film since departing the Marvel Cinematic Universe is…to put it nicely…not one of his better decisions.

Troop Zero (2020)

Troop Zero is a harmless breeze of a comedy about a girl whose love of space pushes her to form a troop of Birdie Scouts, in the hopes that she can be heard on NASA’s Voyager Golden Record.

Michael WardJanuary 17, 2020McKenna Grace, Viola Davis, Jim Gaffigan, Allison Janney, Charlie Shotwell, MIlan Ray, Johanna Colon, Bella Higginbotham, Mike Epps, Ashley Brooke, 2020, Comedy, Family, Troop Zero, Bert & Bertie, Lucy Alibar

At The Video Store (2020)

An uneven and scattered documentary that explores the rise and fall and lasting legacy of the “video store.”

Michael WardJanuary 16, 2020Bill Hader, Gus Van Sant, John Waters, Todd Haynes, Nicole Holofcener, Alex Ross Perry, Thelma Schoonmaker, Lance Bangs, Charles Mudede, Ondi Timoner., Documentary, At The Video Store, 2020, James Westby

1917 (2019)

Sam Mendes’ breathtaking wartime drama, 1917 , resembles one continuous take - unrelenting in its intensity and suspense.

Michael WardJanuary 10, 2020George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, Richard Madden, Daniel Mays, 2019, 1917, Action, Drama, Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Robert Maaser

Just Mercy (2019)

Slow and steady attempts to win the race in Destin Daniel Cretton’s Just Mercy, a film based on the true story of Walter MacMillian, a black man wrongfully convicted for the 1986 murder of a white women in southern Alabama.

Michael WardJanuary 10, 20202019, Drama, Just Mercy, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Lindsey Ayliffe, Karan Kendrick, C.J. LeBlanc, Ron Clinton Smith., Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham, Bryan Stevenson

Uncut Gems (2019)

Adam Sandler gives a performance unlike any in his storied career in the Safdie Brothers manic, careening suspense/thriller Uncut Gems.

Little Women (2019)

Greta Gerwig’s wonderful updating of Little Women is a perfect marriage of Louisa May Alcott’s story and themes present in society today. One of 2019’s best films.

Michael WardJanuary 4, 2020Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Chris Cooper, Louis Garrel, James Norton, Meryl Streep, Louisa May Alcott, Greta Gerwig, 2019, Little Women, Drama, Yes You Should!!!

Parasite (2019)

South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho has made his signature film. Parasite is a blistering, shocking, and unsettling look at class, capitalism, and human decency that transcends all languages and locations.

Bombshell (2019)

Women come forward at Fox News with allegations of sexual harassment, leading to the ouster of CEO Roger Ailes in Bombshell, a dramatization of true events which preceded the #MeToo movement.

Richard Jewell (2019)

A terrific movie exists in Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell, if only an ugly subplot didn’t threaten to derail everything good about the 89-year-old director’s latest effort.

Michael WardJanuary 4, 2020Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Nina Arianda, Ian Gomez, Drama, 2019, Richard Jewell, Clint Eastwood, Billy Ray, Marie Brenner, Kevin Salwen, Kent Alexander

Knives Out (2019)

Rian Johnson’s old school murder mystery, Knives Out, is a riotous comedy featuring a brilliant cast, compelling twists and turns, and countless memorables lines and moments.

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