Best movies of 2020: Every must watch film from 'Uncut Gems' to 'Hamilton'

Barack Obama has been a busy watcher this year.

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“Mank,” David Fincher’s wondrous ode to old Hollywood and “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz. A niche idea for a film, the black-and-white drama was a deeply personal project for the director — his late father Jack wrote the script — and the attention to detail in recreating 1930s Los Angeles was remarkable.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

the tough stuff that this year brought, we're thankful that many retailers we love were able to keep doing business as usual — online. Because we found ourselves constantly scrolling on our phones and computers, wanting and needing all the things.

Unlike the Oscars or other annual awards, being selected by the Library of Congress as one of the 25 films picked to join the National Film Registry is on a whole different level. By being chosen, a film is given the honor of being deemed one of the most influential and important films to ever be released.

Onward, Sonic the Hedgehog and Birds of Prey.Meanwhile, anticipated films such as Black Widow, No Time to Die and F9 were pushed to 2021 and beyond. Even Tenet, the one entry that debuted on the big screen this summer, managed to disappoint with a convoluted story — and that’s with Robert Pattinson time-traveling a tailored suit!Still, there were some bright spots.

Who said there wouldn’t be any awards before the end of 2020? There are critics groups handing out (virtual) trophies in the weeks ahead and instead of New York or Los Angeles going first, we begin with their peers in Boston. And in what may be a familiar refrain, The Boston Society of Film Critics capped off their annual year-end winners by selecting “Nomadland” as Best Film.

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Andrew Rannells and Jimmy Fallon are looking back at the mess that was 2020.

Far-left progressives and socialists gained “significant” ground in the 2020 election compared to the midterms, according to the findings of a report from the Heartland Institute. The analysis, “Socialist Watch,” conducted by researchers for the Illinois-based think tank’s Stopping Socialism project, evaluated 266 races in 29 states, plus Washington, D.C.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterIn entertainment as well as everything else 2020, has been a year like no other.

Jennifer Garner knows how to keep her followers entertained! The actress celebrated reaching 10 million followers on Instagram on Friday with a very special — and hilarious — recreation of one of her sexiest scenes.In the clip, Garner, 48, posted a side-by-side video of her latest version next to the steamy scene in which her character, Sydney Bristow, swims in a pool, towels off and unhooks her top.

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