#FF20 7500 says Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a co-pilot fighting off a hijacking attempt.

A solid one location film, with great sound design, tense moments, and some neat plotting. The last 20-30 minutes drag a little, but it holds up overall.

Worth seeing.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) August 9, 2020

#FF20 The Vast of Night never quite reaches where it should.

The performances are fine with some very neat shots (and one that is a bit too clever), but the script mistakes running frantically between places with action. Much of the story is flat and expositional.

Meh.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) August 9, 2020

#FF20 Project Power is a bit of a mess.

Despite a solid cast, it's a bit of a mess. The script feels underwritten, bumbling from set piece to set piece in a clunky way.

The action itself is bad: a mess of edits that makes it difficult to enjoy any of it.

Really not good.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) August 16, 2020

#FF20 Days of the Bagnold Summer is a charming story about a single mum and her metalhead son.

It perfectly plays teenage grump and awkwardness against a librarian in cardigan. The neat cinematography provides lots of beautiful shots and framing.

Funny, sweet, and worth seeing.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) August 22, 2020

#FF20 An American Pickle is a fish out of water buddy comedy, about a man preserved in brine for 100 years.

It has moments of humour, but is ultimately a bit one note. Neither of Seth Rogan's characters are particularly 2-dimensional.

Meh.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) August 22, 2020

#FF20 Never Rarely Sometimes Always is an important look at how difficult it can be to get an abortion in the US.

Shot in a grounded style, the quietness amplifies the reality being shown. The performances are equally subtle.

Sometimes difficult viewing, but worth seeing.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) August 31, 2020

#FF29 Tenet is a Nolan film, through and through.

Spectacular action and a complicated narrative, with a great performance by Washington. Also suffers from being excessively expositional, and having terrible sound design, as with most of his films.

Worth seeing at least once.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) August 31, 2020

#FF20 Family Romance, LLC is a fascinating look at Japanese businesses who rent family members, like a father for your wedding.

Presented in a documentary style, the drama that unfolds is subtle and human. Herzog makes his protagonist relatable, despite his business.

Very good.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) July 5, 2020

#FF20 Wasp Network has a good first hour, setting up several characters in this story about how the Cuban government would infiltrate organisations in Florida.

The second hour? Feels like they really need a lot longer.

Solid performances, but doesn't really get time to develop.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) July 11, 2020

#FF20 Hamilton lives up to its reputation as an exceptionally polished musical, mixing styles to create something fresh.

Even at 3 hours, it rushes a lot, with a lot of tell-don't-show storytelling. Lots of characters, particularly the women, are pretty flat.

Good but flawed.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) July 11, 2020

#FF20 The Old Guard lives up to its billing: a Summer blockbuster for lockdown. Not as spectacular as it might be, but never looks cheap.

The premise is decent, but some of the worldbuilding a bit heavyhanded. Some decent action. Some not so decent.

Fun enough for two hours.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) July 12, 2020

#FF20 Palm Springs sits neatly in one of my favourite tropes: time-loops. This is Groundhog Day at a wedding, if Andie MacDowell's character was also in on the loop.

Funny, sweet, dumb, inventive, and with a bunch of neat twists.

Samberg and Milioti make this great.

Very good.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) July 12, 2020

#FF20 The Assistant is a look at how people become complicit in sexual harassment, through utter mundanity and bullying.

The first 30 minutes work without words: painting a picture of the drudge of office life, with clues sprinkled around.

Fantastic performances. Must see.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) July 19, 2020

#FF20 Nobody Knows I'm Here is about a reclusive former child singer.

Each new bit of information about his circumstances complicates the story just enough to make it interesting again.

Good lead performance. Ends at the right time. Worth seeing.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) July 19, 2020

#FF20 VFW is about veterans protecting a girl from drug-fuelled, almost zombie-like punks.

It's intentionally trashy, b-movie fodder. Grim, gory, and over-the-top in every respect.

The dialogue is awful and the characters unpleasant. Decent practical effects.

Mindless.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) July 26, 2020

#FF20 Only is about a global pandemic that infects women, and a couple fighting for survival.

It's a not particularly subtle take on patriarchy and misogyny, going back and forward over the first year after the outbreak.

Okay in most regards.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) July 26, 2020

#FF20 The Night Clerk is a dull, lifestyle movie that has somehow got a solid cast.

That said, the cast are given very little to do, other than crawl through the boring, predictable plot at a snail's pace.

Entirely forgettable. Avoid.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) August 1, 2020

#FF20 The Orphanage follows an Afghan boy forced into a Russian-run Orphanage in the 1980s.

It switches between slice of life moments, surviving with bullies, to fantastical musical and action numbers, without breaking a sweat.

At times delightful, and others brutal.

Very good

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) June 4, 2020

#FF20 The Wrong Missy is moderately better than the sum of its parts. Where most recent Happy Madison comedies have been terrible, this is... fine

A little wrong-headed in places, but funny in others. If it's late, you've had a drink, and want something easy, this might work. Ok

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) June 16, 2020

#FF20 Da 5 Bloods is a solid film about friendship, ageing, trauma, and what motivates us.

The central cast are great, funny and well-fleshed out. The peripheral characters less so.

Longer than it needs to be, but not aggrevatingly so. A solid film.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) June 16, 2020

#FF20 The Banker is a solid, historical drama about two of the earliest Black Americans to own a bank.

The core cast, Mackie in particular, are good, the pacing works well, and you'll be charmed by how they figure out how to beat a system that is against them.

Very watchable.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) June 28, 2020

#FF20 Krabi, 2562 is a distant look at tourism and Thailand, against the backdrop of advertising, mysticism, and an unusual woman.

It sounds better than it is. Lingering shots of the environment are beautiful but boring. Nothing really goes anywhere, it's more about mood.

Skip.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) June 28, 2020

#FF20 The Last Days of American Crime: I can accept the silly premise.

I can’t accept the awful dialogue, empty action, mountains of cliched plotting, awful characters, exposition, languid pacing etc.

If you’re going to overproduce a heist movie, do it in 90 minutes. Not 150.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) June 28, 2020

#FF20 Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is an almost entirely forgettable comedy.

The idea is fine, but there are too few laughs and too many things we've seen before for it to be lasting.

Dan Stevens and Graham Norton have the best moments.

Meh.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) June 28, 2020

#FF20 The Ghost Who Walks follows a recently released convict trying to reconnect with his family, and avoid a hit.

It looks good, particularly the lighting and framing in action sequences, but it doesn't deliver. The wider cast are not great, and the writing is cliched.

Meh.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) July 5, 2020

#FF20 The Decline sees a group of survivalists deal with a grim accident.

A little slow in the last third, but tensions are built up well. Some nice shots, but the camera occasionally hints at action that isn’t followed through.

Reasonable enough.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 4, 2020

#FF20 All Day And A Night is a fairly generic take on poverty forcing people into crime, and that cycle repeating.

It's a worthwhile subject, but there's nothing here you haven't seen before. Jeffrey Wright is very good. The direction is fine. It looks okay

Not bad. Nothing new

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 8, 2020

#FF20 The Plagues Of Breslau is a cheap looking, made for TV quality, police drama.

Janky editing, contrived story, terrible dialogue, and over the top acting. It reminds me of an awful Seven remake.

Avoid.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 8, 2020

#FF20 Uncorked is a light drama about a man who wants to be a Master Sommelier, but whose dad wants him to continue the family business,

The tension is well set-up, it's beautifully shot, great dialogue, and charming.

An easy watch, that's got heft at the right times. Very good

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 13, 2020

#FF20 Swallow is the story of a woman who, frustrated with being a trophy wife for a rich family, is compelled to swallow potentially harmful objects.

Hard to watch at times, but with some powerful messages. A little slow at times, but very watchable.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 13, 2020

#FF20 Sea Fever sees a scientific expedition on a boating vessel go awry, as they discover something infectious.

Prescient, beautifully shot, fantastically acted and scripted. The whole cast put in solid performances for well-rounded characters.

Very good.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 13, 2020

#FF20 Sergio is the surprisingly good story of a UN diplomat negotiating various dilemmas while falling in love.

Charming throughout, the lead performances make this. The fragmented structure initially grates, but comes together well.

Slow towards the end, but worth seeing.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 13, 2020

#FF20 Selah And The Spades is a reasonably stylish teen drama, with a focus on factionalism and competition.

Cut in a slightly hazy, dreamy style, while at school, reality bites hard when Selah is with her mother.

A little slow in the last third, but otherwise solid.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 25, 2020

#FF20 The Lovebirds is a light-hearted, late-night, comedy about a couple breaking up... and then witnessing a murder.

The two leads are fantastic, the pace keeps up throughout, and the jokes are well-pitched. Some fun surprises throughout, but a slightly cliched end.

Very good

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 25, 2020

#FF20 Bloodshot is the kinda of film that I should've known better than to watch.

Some of the early action is better than I expected, but quickly degenerates into messy cuts and CG messes.

The motivations are pretty weak, as is much of the back-half of the film.

Skip!

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 25, 2020

#FF20 Earth and Blood is a bit of a slog.

A fairly boilerplate, small, action-thriller, with a washed out colour palette and characters that you’ve seen before.

Slow to start, slow to end, slow in between. It’s not bad, it’s just really generic.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 31, 2020

#FF20 Ultras is a look at the violence, tradition, and tribalism at the heart of football in Italy.

By focussing on both new recruiters who want in, and an older man who mostly wants out, it paints a full picture.

Beautifully shot, with some fantastic camera work. Watch.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) June 4, 2020

#FF20 The Platform is an allegorical horror that feels quite close to home.

Set in a prison where the lower floors eat the scraps of the upper floors, the message seems simple; but it frequently shifts perspective.

Not subtle, quite bloody, but absolutely worth seeing.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 2, 2020

#FF20 The Occupant is a solid thriller, taking a (gentle) swing at conspicuous consumption.

Some neat shots and direction, but it's the lead performance that holds everything together as we begin to see his darker side.

Not amazing, but reliable and engaging throughout. Watch.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 6, 2020

#FF20 Vivarium is an interesting rye, light-horror about a young couple moving to the suburbs... without really planning on it.

The allegory is obvious but not offputting. The performances are solid. The scripting fun.

The film is a good length, ratching things up slowly. See!

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 15, 2020

#FF20 Lost Girls puts the right perspective on a series of murders: that of the victims and those left behind.

Amy Ryan is fantastic as a struggling mother, who loses her somewhat estranged daughter.

Beautifully shot and paced. Difficult, but worthwhile.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 15, 2020

#FF20 The Jesus Rolls is a spin-off no-one asked for, by people who should know better.

There is no charm. There are no stakes. The film is about nothing. It doesn’t do or say anything.

Trying to coast on nostalgia doesn’t work, especially when done in such a mediocre way.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 15, 2020

#FF20 System Crasher is a difficult drama about a young girl, whose trauma has made it so she can't interact peacefully within the system around her.

Incredible performances, on a tough subject matter.

Very difficult. I broke down several times watching it. Stunning.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 15, 2020

#FF20 Code 8 is a solid, sci-fi action film.

Clearly made on a budget, but the effects work in context. The world is interesting and built without much exposition. The cast are fine for what they need to do.

Easy, fun, a little dumb. Pleasant enough.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 16, 2020

#FF20 Coffee And Kareem is a bit of a mixed bag. Ed Helms is an ineffectual cop teamed up with a foulmouthed kid, who witnesses a murder.

Fairly one note after that, but with the best gags coming from the supporting cast.

Half-baked. Meh.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 22, 2020

#FF20 Badlands is a fairly dull, generic Western.

If you want cliched, stilted & expositional dialogue in every scene, overwrought music, and cheesy plotting, this is the movie for you.

Pointless. A waste of a good Bruce Dern. Skip.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 25, 2020

#FF20 Sweetheart sees a woman stranded alone on a desert isand, but something appears at night...

For much of the film, it's dialogue-light. A great exploration of show-don't-tell, with some really neat shots.

The story plays out as you might expect but it's solid entertainment

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 30, 2020

#FF20 Rising High sees an unscrupulous man get rich and act badly.

You've seen much of this before and done better (Wolf of Wall Street), but it's stylish in places, with some striking colour choices.

Too many montages aside, it works well enough. Okay.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 30, 2020

#FF20 Extraction is a fast-paced action film, where Chris Hemsworth has to rescue a child from kidnapping.

While the plot is so-so and it's a little underbudget, the action and fight choreography is top-notch. The extended chase in the middle had me giggling in places.

Good.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 30, 2020