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Happy new year! It’s finally 2021! This is our favorite, most important episode of the year! In case you were wondering what a terrible, relatively “movie-less” year like 2020 brought to us in terms of noteworthy cinema, you can hear the Top 10 Movies of 2020, brought to you by your host Jason Pyles (aka “Jay of the Dead”) and his buddies from Movie Podcast Weekly, including the actor Karl Huddleston, the professional Geek Ryan Elliott of the Geek Cast Live Podcast, and a Guy Named Andy. (William Rowan Jr. is absent during this episode.)
Episode 338 was recorded on January 4, 2021, and it was released on January 5, 2021. This is a hybrid episode brought to you by Considering the Cinema and Movie Podcast Weekly. If you’re a Horror movie fan, listen to Jay of the Dead’s Top 10 HORROR Movies of 2020 episode here.
Thanks for listening to Movie Podcast Weekly, The Clown Car of Movie Podcasting…
SHOW NOTES: Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 338
[ 00:00:00 ] – Introduction
— Happy New Year 2021!
— This episode is a Considering the Cinema / Movie Podcast Weekly hybrid release.
— Jay welcomes his co-hosts: Karl, Ryan and a guy named Andy. (William is absent.)
— The February 2021 MPW release: Reviewing the Colonel Sanders movie, “A Recipe for Seduction” and Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone.
[ 00:04:11 ] – General Thoughts on the Cinema of 2020: An Overview
[ 00:18:19 ] – THE TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2020 (and some other additions)
Jason’s Top 10 Movies of 2020 (Mostly Non-Horror)
1. 1917
2. The Decline
3. The Lodge
4. The Informer
5. Greenland
6. Sputnik
7. Possessor
8. Blood on Her Name
9. Just Mercy
10. Only
Andy’s Top 10 Movies of 2020 (Sort of…)
1. The Lego Movie (2014) – tied with – The Lego Movie The Second Part (2019)
2. Hamilton
3. The Good Place (TV series)
4. Possessor (Andy has never seen this movie.)
5. Extraction
6. Trolls (2016) and Trolls World Tour (2020)
7. A Simple Favor (2018)
8. Sicario Part 3 (Not a Real Movie)
9. Timmy Failure / Mulan / Magic Camp / Artemis Fowl / Onward (A five-way tie)
10. Enola Holmes
Karl’s Top 10 Movies of 2020
1. 6 Underground (2019)
2. The Invisible Man
3. The Midnight Sky
4. Promising Young Woman
5. Underwater
6. Soul
7. The Hunt
8. Just Mercy
9. Not actually Karl’s No. 9 … he’s just mentioning it: Hillbilly Elegy
10. Book: “The Lincoln Conspiracy” by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
Ryan’s Top 10 Movies of 2020
1. Hamilton
2. Onward
3. The Trial of the Chicago 7
4. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
5. The Devil All the Time
6. The King of Staten Island
7. Extraction
8. Timmy Failure
9. Bad Education
10. Enola Holmes
[ 01:23:16 ] – Honorable Mentions of 2020 (11 – 15)
Jason’s Honorable Mentions of 2020
11. Swallow
12. Extraction
13. Spenser Confidential
14. Inherit the Viper
15. The Silencing
Andy’s Honorable Mentions of 2020
11. The Old Guard
12. The Silence (2019)
Karl’s Honorable Mentions of 2020
11. Contagion (2011)
Ryan’s Honorable Mentions of 2020
* * * * *
[ 01:30:08 ] – Guilty Pleasures of 2020
Jason: Bullets of Justice
Andy: * * * * *
Karl: Last Christmas (2019)
Ryan: * * * * *
[ 01:33:47 ] – Biggest Disappointments / Heartbreaks of 2020
[ 01:37:28 ] – Dishonorable Mentions and WORST Movies of 2020
Wrap-Up
Links for this episode:
Jay says check out his MPW buddies here:
— Movie Podcast Weekly
— On Twitter: Karl Huddleston
— On Twitter: Geek Cast Ryan Elliott
— Ryan’s show: Geek Cast Live Podcast
— On Twitter: William Rowan Jr.
— William’s shows: Movie Moments Podcast and The Sci-Fi Podcast
Jason recommends indie musician Nate Johnivan’s Help Wanted EP
Want to hear more Horror movie reviews? Check out Jay’s new weekly horror podcast:
– Horror Movie Weekly.com
– On Twitter: @horror_weekly
– Meet Jay’s New Co-hosts in Ep. 071
Don’t miss the recent Top 10 shows:
— Jay of the Dead on Movie Podcast Weekly’s Top 10 Movies (All Genres) of 2019
— Jay of the Dead’s Top 10 Horror Movies of 2019 with special guest Lady Phantom!
— Jay of the Dead’s The Top 10 Horror Movies of the 2010s Decade, with special guests GregaMortis and Ron Martin!
— Jay of the Dead on Movie Podcast Weekly’s Top 10 Movies (All Genres) of 2019
Considering the Cinema links:
On Twitter: @ConsiderCinema
Film Blog / Audio Podcast: ConsideringTheCinema.com
HORROR-Only Content: ConsideringHorrorCinema.com
Email: ConsideringTheCinema@gmail.com
Voicemail: (801) 215-9704
Letterboxd: Letterboxd.com/ConsiderCinema
Top 15 movies of 2020
1. Invisible Man 9.5*
2. 1917 9.5*
3. Kid detective 9*
4. Fatman 9*
5. The Wolf of Snow Hollow 9*
6. The outpost 9*
7. The Hunt 8.5*
8. The Last Full Measure 8*
9. Force of nature 8*
10. The gentleman 8*
11. The wretched 8*
12. Unhinged 8*
13. Guns akimbo 7.5*
14. Underwater 7.5*
15. True Fiction 7.5*
Feeling extremely fortunate to have MPW back for monthly episodes. A ray of hope to end 2020, and a great way to start the new year. I am committed to being a better listener and subscriber. You guys deserve the support.
I did find it humorous how you all just dived back in, nary a word on the details of the revival. No jibes from Andy or Ryan about their estranged papa J coming back into the fold. I thought for sure they’d give him a ton of grief for his year off.
(I still need to listen to this “Best of 2020” episode. Looking forward to some movie recommendations.)
I spoke too soon on J getting ribbed for his return:
Andy to Jay: “They are afraid to fall in love with you, cuz you’re just going to walk out on them.”
Ryan: “Abruptly…jarring.”
I have listened in awhile just COVID blah and not too many movies being released. Thanks for recommendations though.
If you haven’t, mentioned was Brooklyn 99, I’ve only started recently catching up to this, but the movie Palm Springs on Hulu streaming I really enjoyed.
I didn’t like Onward, kids liked it. I couldn’t get the movie Orange County out of my head watching it. Just them on this quest, the brother just seemed so much like the Jack Black character.
I have listened in awhile just COVID blah and not too many movies being released. Thanks for recommendations though.
If you haven’t, mentioned was Brooklyn 99, I’ve only started recently catching up to this, but the movie Palm Springs on Hulu streaming I really enjoyed.
I didn’t like Onward, kids liked it. I couldn’t get the movie Orange County out of my head watching it. Just them on this quest, the brother just seemed so much like the Jack Black character. Thanks
It’s March 25th, and I just dusted off my podcast player and saw there were new episodes! After hitting play and hearing the voices of my 5 favorite podcasters, I knew everything was right in the world again. Thanks guys, I don’t think you guys realize how much we miss and appreciate you guys taking the time to do this.