When time stands still and all around you shudders to a halt, we seek inspiration beyond our reality and find refuge in the magic of film. Taking us up into its arms and away into its dreams, film will forever be our saviour. Showing us the light that bursts forth from beyond the storm, film shelters all its children in its warmth and wonder and promise of other worlds. In film, we trust.
And so we take this opportunity to reclaim moments of a broken year and celebrate the films from 2020 that helped us stay safe and keep our faith in a better tomorrow. It’s our annual massive list!
Peacock might have an unassuming name compared to the beefy energy drink title that is HBO Max or the clear branding of Amazon, but the NBCUniversal streamer isn’t slouching with its offerings. The quality of films in its vast library are by and large quite good (that’s what happens when a studio starts its own streaming service), with the added bonus that it has a free, ad-supported tier which is even better than the likes of Hulu, which still charges a monthly fee in addition to running commercials. And its free TV isn’t bad either.
Hiding behind the paywall (or the week-long trial subscription, if you want to binge some movies) are collections including animated classics like
While This Market Is Great, It Never Lasts Celebrate your profits but understand making money this year doesn t make you a genius nor guarantee profits moving forward.
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Buyers have to be feeling like Bud Abbott out there right now with sellers being the sad, loving partner Lou Costello. I grew up watching this comedy pair. One of my favorite skits, obviously behind Who s on First was Two Tens for a Five.
Abbott tricks Costello by asking if he has two tens for a five. The process goes back and forth multiple times, each time Abbott only surrendering $5 to get $20 in return. That makes for some easy money.
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HOLLYWOOD No one really went to the movies this year, but the movies still came to us. The 2020 pandemic sidelined a lot of big blockbusters, leaving smaller, more interesting movies to take center stage. Let’s look at some of the incredible movies from a year where movies still rallied to offer experiences that were compelling, provocative and fun.
The film “The Assistant” is one of the best films made in response to the crimes of Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement. The movie follows an assistant (Julia Garner) who works at an unnamed movie production company in New York City for a long, miserable day. The predatory boss, never shown or heard except over the phone-whom everyone accommodates and protects. The film is quite interesting.
When COVID shut down movie theaters, I decided for myself that if I couldnât see as many new movies as I would under normal circumstances, by golly, I was going to see as many old ânewâ movies as I could. I have a lot of DVDs and Blu-Rays that Iâve never seen, and I began to haunt stores for DVD theme sets: four Meg Ryan rom-coms, four Randolph Scott Westerns. Every time I watched one, Iâd post âTodayâs âNew to Meâ featureâ and an image of the poster on Facebook, and add it to the list: 160 films and counting.