The 21-Word Review: Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)

Spike Lee needs to keep making movies, and we as a universe need to find a way to encourage him to.

The 21-Word Review: The Disaster Artist (Netflix)

Is it not amazing that in today's fully connected, always on, media saturated world that someone can exist that is unknowable?

The 21-Word Review: I Am Mother (Netflix)

Much better than expected, especially considering the two-human cast. It's nice when a movie isn't predictable, even at the end.

The 21-Word Review: Priest (Netflix)

Reminded me of the movies that I would watch on "all movie" channel 46 when it debuted in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The 21-Word Review: Tolkein (HBO)

One of the actors in the foursome framing the story looked so much like my daughter's friend that it was distracting.

The 21-Word Review: Kiki's Delivery Service (HBO)

I just found out that I get HBO Max included with my AT&T fiber internet, and so the family watched ... this.

The 21-Word Review: Vivarium (Amazon)

Is it really a complex metaphor for today's society or just a wickedly weird film designed to freak you out completely?

The 21-Word Review: Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield

It's still a fictionalization, but it's much closer to reality than the 300 movie. More than 300 Greeks died at Thermopylae.

The 21-Word Review: Lovebirds (Netflix)

If you hate movies where leads consistently make stupid decisions that get them in trouble, then this is not your film.

The 21-Word Review: Mort by Terry Pratchett

I've been meaning to read Pratchett for years. This seemed like a good time to take a break from serious nonfiction.

The 21-Word Review: 1917 (Amazon)

The single take technique never lets the tension diminish in this masterful film that certainly deserved the Academy's Best Picture consideration.

The 21-Word Review: Onward (Disney+)

Three weeks into a pandemic lock down and spring break coming up means it's time to try the Disney+ free trial.

The 21-Word Review: Just Mercy (Amazon)

A couple of actors from superhero movies take off their spandex costumes and play a couple of real world heroes.

The 21-Word Review: Spencer Confidential (Netflix)

I would have had no idea it was loosely based on the TV show if they hadn't named a character "Hawk".

The 21-Word Review: Train to Busan (Amazon)

I can only imagine that this Best Movie is even Better if one has a deeper understanding of the Korean culture.

The 21-Word Review: What If? (Amazon)

I've been in quarantine long enough to agree to watch romantic comedies with my wife. It can't get too much worse.

The 21-Word Review: Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic

Perhaps the best retelling of the story. Not a sensationalist shark tale, but an incredibly thorough and engaging recounting of history.

The 21-Word Review: The Aeronauts (Amazon)

If they were going to change the real story this much, why did they have to make the scientist a stereotype?

The 21-Word Review: Rambo Last Blood (Delta In-Flight)

I'm getting so stir crazy from the COVID quarantine that I'd watch this again just to be able to fly somewhere.

The 21-Word Review: Midway (Delta In-Flight)

One of my earliest memories was building a shoe box diorama for my elementary school report on the Battle of Midway.

The 21-Word Review: Us (Delta In-Flight)

I'm not sure if we should encourage Jordan to make movies or find a way to get him back into comedy.

The 21-Word Review: Rocketman (Delta In-Flight)

It's a shame this came out so close to the Queen movie. It's arguably a better movie and more honestly made.

The 21-Word Review: Gemini Man (Delta In-Flight)

Perhaps it would have been a better film if made 10 years ago with a computer-aged Will Smith. Perhaps not.

The 21-Word Review: Doom (Netflix)

All you need to know is it has the chainsaw, the shotgun, and the BFG. No plot, but who expected one?

The 21-Word Review: Harriett (Amazon)

We get the watered-down version of Harriet in school. After this, I'm fine with her replacing Jackson on the twenty.