2020 has been a year with many movies either delayed to later in the year or postponed entirely until 2021. Films considered for Oscar awards this year are receiving an extension on their release dates. That extra time could be extended even longer, depending on events later this year because of the 2020 pandemic. Many movies have skipped theaters and gone straight to on-demand. One of those movies that will need to worry about Oscar consideration this year is Tate Taylor’s (The Help, The Girl on the Train) Ava.
Category Archives: 2020
I Still Believe (2020)
Fresh off their 2018 surprise hit I Can Only Imagine, brother directors Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin once again explore the real-life story of a Christian rockstar (this time Jeremy Camp) and his journey through love and loss that encourages us never to give up hope, even when our faith is heavily tested, even in the middle of tragic circumstances.
The Way Back (2020)
How do you make a basketball movie in 2020 that doesn’t get quickly compared to Hoosiers, Coach Carter, Glory Road, and Hurricane Season, not to mention the many other films about a sports team facing adversity? Sometimes, when you see the trailers for the first time of a movie like Gavin O’Connor’s (The Accountant, Warrior), The Way Back, you kind of groan, thinking, “Here we go again. How are we supposed to get something different from this movie?” But he was unequivocally able to do that. Admittedly, this movie could have been better in its script and sequencing. Still, its parts made up for its occasional lack of cohesion and left you feeling hopeful in a movie you expected to find hope, albeit in a much different way.