“Yes, God, Yes” Film Review: Sex, Lies and Videotape

Yes, God, Yes (2020) is a comedy-drama film written and directed by Karen Maine, based on her 2017 short film of the same name. It stars Natalia Dyer as a Catholic high-schooler who is attends a religious retreat to try and suppress her sexual urges. Dyer had her breakthrough on the small screen with Netflix’s Stranger Things series, and here looks to make the leap to leading lady on the silver screen. Could this be the start of a successful career for a talented young actress?

“Greyhound” Film Review: Anatomy of a Genre Success Story

Greyhound (2020) is a WWII film directed by Aaron Schneider based on a 1955 C.S. Forester novel. It stars Tom Hanks as a US Navy Commander tasked with defending a merchant fleet from German U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic. In an interesting twist, Hanks also wrote the screenplay himself, broadening his scope beyond just an actor and trying his hand at storytelling. How does he compose himself both in front of and behind the camera?

“The Old Guard” Film Review: Character Over Spectacle

The Old Guard (2020) is a superhero action flick from director Gina Prince-Bythewood and written by Greg Rucka, based on Rucka’s comic book of the same name. It stars Charlize Theron as the head of a team of immortal mercenaries who are being hunted by a pharmaceutical magnate. The film was originally slated for theatrical release, but ended up being bought out by Netflix and released on streaming this past Friday. Is it a worthy summer action flick?

“Palm Springs” Film Review: Infinite Time’s the Charm

Palm Springs (2020) is a sci-fi rom-com from debut writer-director Max Barbakow. It stars Andy Samberg and Cristin Millioti as two strangers who meet at a wedding and become trapped in a time loop, repeating the same day over and over. It debuted to strong reviews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival before hitting Hulu this weekend. Is this a fresh concept worth exploring, or a tired rehashing of familiar source material?

The 2020 Midpoint Oscars

2020 has definitely been a strange year for cinema. With cinemas all but shut down and the future of new releases in peril, it’s difficult to analyze the year’s offerings as a cohesive whole. I’ve also seen far fewer films than I normally would by this point in the year. Regardless, we have seen some strong work thus far, and as is tradition, I want to take the opportunity at the halfway mark of the year and look back at what we’ve received so far. So without further ado, here are the 3rd Annual Scriptophile Midpoint Oscars!

Top 10 Films of 2020 (So Far)

As is tradition here at Scriptophile, I like to mark the occasion of July 1st by highlighting the best of what the first half of the year had to offer. 2020 is an especially odd year, however, with theaters shut down due to COVID-19 and the future of new releases in jeopardy. As such, I saw far fewer movies than I usually do by this point in the year and we may not even have an awards season to look forward to in the fall and winter months! That said, we could all use a little positivity right now and I still love talking about film, so let’s look back and see what the year has had to offer us so far!