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ONWARD and
SOUL (both Disney/Disney+) Onward has a special place in my heart as the last movie I saw in a theatre before the COVID-mandated shutdown, but it
is primarily a warm and funny exploration of the relationship between disparate brothers as well as between fathers and sons set in a fairy tale world. Soul, meanwhile, is a jazz-inspired and deeply spiritual look at what gives our lives meaning. It also makes history as the first Disney animated film to feature a predominantly black cast of characters and actors.
SHADOW IN THE CLOUD (Vertical Entertainment) This provided the most fun I had watching a movie
all year and it would be even more enjoyable if viewed in a full theatre. Sigh. This New Zealand production co-written and directed by Roseanne Liang stars Chloe Grace Moretz as the fiercest movie heroine since Sigour- ney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley in the Alien series! She plays the lone female on a World War II fighter plane who does battle not only with enemy pilots, but a human-sized, bat-like gremlin determined to tear the plane apart. This feminist adventure becomes excitingly, deliriously over-the-top. You can see for yourself since it became available to stream on January 1.
I CARRY YOU WITH ME (Sony Pictures Classics), SUPERNOVA (Bleecker Street) and MONSOON (Strand Releasing)
The three best gay-themed films of the year deal with male couples unquestionably in love but facing the challenges imposed by physical, cultural and/or geographical barriers. All have won or been nominated for multiple awards, with Stanley Tucci a particular favorite and potential Oscar nominee for his performance as a gay man succumbing to dementia in the heartbreak- ing Supernova, which will be released at the end of January.
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