The second installment of Two Word Reviews (patent pending) for tv shows, movies, and music for 2020, covering the second quarter (April, May, June):
MOVIES
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw - insane fun
Good Boys - solid laughs
Onward - worthy journey
Beastie Boys Story - interesting format
Extraction - average action
A Secret Love - moving story
Hannah Gadsby: Nanette - shockingly funny
Jay & Silent Bob Reboot - okay nostalgia
Ad Astra - disjointed story
Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust - wild ride
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga - midlevel Ferrell
MUSIC
Danzig: Danzig Sings Elvis - producer needed
Fu Manchu: Fu30, Pt 1 - killer riffs
Godzillionaire: Negative Balance - fuzzy fun
Local H: Lifers - another banger
Ultimate Fakebook: The Preserving Machine - infectious energy
Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters - welcome return
EOB: Earth - missing pieces
Coriky: Coriky - above average
Michael McDermott: what in the world... - crafted rage
Giants Chair: The Streets EP - more please
Christian McNeill: Trapped On The Planet Part One - big songs
Tim Burgess: I Love The New Sky - cool weirdness
The Nixons: Sonic Boom - surprisingly agile
Moby: All Visible Objects - missing personality
The Vapors: Together - pop hits
Magnetic Fields: Quickies - mostly works
The Lickerish Quartet: Threesome, Volume One EP - mind melters
Shiner: From Schadenfreude - heady excellence
Moviola: Cuss and Scrape - scrappy goodness
Hum: Inlet - holy shit
Silver Sun: Switzerland - killer craft
TELEVISION
Schitt's Creek, Season Six (Hulu) - don't stop
Altered Carbon, Season Two (Netflix) - significant improvement
Tiger King (Netflix) - jaw dropping
Westworld, Season Three (HBO) - shifting quality
Avenue 5, Season One (HBO) - occasionally hilarious
The Handmaid's Tale, Season One (Hulu) - difficult watch
Future Man, Season Three (Hulu) - hit landing
Queer Eye, Season Five (Netflix) - strong season
Upload, Season One (Amazon) - defied previews
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Two Word Reviews, Spring 2014
Movie and music from the Spring of 2014, with patent-pending two-word reviews:
MOVIES
Captain America: The Winter Solider – headier follow-up
Draft Day – satisfying fantasy
Man of Steel – surprisingly tame
The Heat – more please
Neighbors – premise delivers
White House Down – suspect motivations
For A Good Time Call… – mostly fun
Godzilla – worthy reboot
X-Men: Days of Future Past – series highlight
Edge of Tomorrow – repeatedly entertaining
Pacific Rim – big fun
2 Guns – too stupid
The Purge – moronic premise
Tomorrow, When The War Began – redo dawn
Runner Runner – dumber dumber
The World’s End – fun decline
MUSIC
Jack White: Lazaretto – familiar ground
Fu Manchu: Gigantoid – gigantic success
M83: Oblivion soundtrack – exceeds movie
MOVIES
Captain America: The Winter Solider – headier follow-up
Draft Day – satisfying fantasy
Man of Steel – surprisingly tame
The Heat – more please
Neighbors – premise delivers
White House Down – suspect motivations
For A Good Time Call… – mostly fun
Godzilla – worthy reboot
X-Men: Days of Future Past – series highlight
Edge of Tomorrow – repeatedly entertaining
Pacific Rim – big fun
2 Guns – too stupid
The Purge – moronic premise
Tomorrow, When The War Began – redo dawn
Runner Runner – dumber dumber
The World’s End – fun decline
MUSIC
Jack White: Lazaretto – familiar ground
Fu Manchu: Gigantoid – gigantic success
M83: Oblivion soundtrack – exceeds movie
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