Yep, it's 2021 (thank the lord)! But we're still stuck in 2020 and for the whole month of January we're going through a whole heap of some of 2020's most critically-acclaimed (and some not so critically-acclaimed) flicks, so that by the end of the month we'll be able to unveil the Fully Official Fully Operational Top 10 movies of 2020—the most prestigious of film society lists.
But before we get into Happiest Season & Soul, we have a lot to discuss, including our review of the Coming 2 America trailer, what movies we'd go to the theater for vs. what we'd be happy to stream, and what we watched this week.
Goodman finished the Hulu limited series, Normal People, based on the book by Sally Rooney; Tom Cruise's All the Right Moves; and Kristen Stewart's underwater horror/monster movie, appropriately titled, Underwater.
While, Dre caught up on David Byrne's American Utopia directed by Spike Lee; Natalie Portman's unsettled astronaut movie, Lucy in the Sky; the 3rd movie in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, Red, White and Blue, starring John Boyega; The Forty-Year-Old Version starring Radha Blank; and Season 2 of The Mandalorian on Disney+.
Then we do a double-dose of 2020 hits. First up is Happiest Season, starring Kristen Stewart, MacKenzie Davis, Alison Brie, Mary Steenburgen, Dan Levy, and more—written and directed by The Faculty's Clea Duvall.
Then it's time to let our Soul glow with the latest Pixar film, co-directed by Inside Out's Pete Docter and Kemp Powers of the soon-to-be-released One Night in Miami. We discuss whether it's a 'kids' movie and get all existential.
And don't forget to get in line for the very first Quote Parade of 2021!
Coming up next week it's a head-banging two-fer with The Nest starring Carrie Coon & Jude Law and Sound of Metal starring Riz Ahmed & Olivia Cooke!
SONG CREDITS:
Theme music: "70s Funk" by Frank Cogliano
What we watched music: "Let's all go to the lobby" by Jack K. Tillar (lyrics)
Closing music: "This is My Jam" by Will Van De Crommert
The Quote Parade music: "Pelican Parade" by Richard J. Freitas and Geraldine Brioso
