Author Archives: mikemargetis

What a bizarre year for movies. Everything major got either postponed until 2021 or the last two months of the year, making it impossible to see everything. This is my first Top 10 list that feels incomplete, because there are at least four major Oscar contenders I had no way of seeing. Supposed juggernauts likeContinue reading “Top 10 Films of 2020”

Step Up is a real wild ride of a franchise that starts off with a simple, incompetent teen dance movie and transforms into this almost mock-action franchise. In the later installments, there’s so many elaborate dance sequences that are happening so fast and so in your face, you’d think you were watching The Raid. IfContinue reading “Franchise with Me: Step Up w/ Audrey Farnsworth”

2020 was kind of a strange year for TV because it’s been a strange fucking miserable year for everything. I didn’t get a chance to watch everything for various reasons – I just can’t get into Schitt’s Creek as much as I love Catherine O’Hara, I can’t get into The Crown now that Lithgow isContinue reading “Top 10 TV of 2020”

Yes, I know it’s 2021, but these are all movies from 2020. Going forward these reviews are going to be a mixture of 2020 stragglers and new 2021 releases, at least until the first quarter of the year is up. Once a 2021 movie enters the stratosphere of these reviews, the title will change toContinue reading “2020 Reviews: Kajillionaire/Tenet/The Trial of the Chicago 7”