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Veronica's Top New To Me Movies of 2020

There’s no number attached to Veronica’s “best of” list for 2020. This year, she’ll mention as many movies as she can remember seeing and liking well enough because, well, with theaters closed it was kind of hard for her to see much of anything. Dreaming of you movie theaters, xoxo come back soon.

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Jenna's Top Ten Movies of 2020

A great documentary, skillful character studies and a handful of surprisingly original biopics kept 2020 afloat for Jenna. Here’s hoping this under appreciated cinematic year, full of intriguing introspective visions, is the shape of things to come for the decade.

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All of Them Witches: Female Anxiety in the Supernatural

Witch movies making a comeback speaks to a larger trend of people wanting more control over how they’re seen. With all of the discussion right now about who has power, who gets power, and what power means to society in general, it’s a natural fit for the Female Anxiety genre.

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Male Anxiety Movies That Fear the Future is Female

In this day of blurred lines between gender, sexual orientation, and what those words even mean, the axiom of the “every man” is fading away. Veronica looks at three movies that anticipated this inevitable sea change with varying degrees of male tears.

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Back Row's Third Year in Movie Reviews, Podcasts & Lists

We’re three years old today! Check out the most popular articles from our third year on this mortal coil–including I Watched It So You Don’t Have To, Hoser Horror, I Watched It So You Don’t Have To, Hoser Horror, and I Watched It So You Don’t Have To and Hoser Horror.

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Jenna's Top Ten Movies of 2019

Jenna rejects all your parasites, irishmen, gems uncut and once upon a times for a list of films that leans heavily on character development and themes of redemption.

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Dan's Top Film Discoveries of 2019

Dan’s top film discoveries of 2019 include made for TV movies, found footage, documentaries about dating objects, arthouse slashers and overlooked 1990s dramas–it’s a cornucopia of the strange and great!

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Old & New: Veronica's Top Ten for 2019

Veronica’s top ten for 2019 is a mix of old and new and includes everything from murderous cults, murderous alligators, murderous ice, murderous frat boys, murderous dancing… you get the idea.

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Tis The Season: Not Christmasy Christmas Movies

Christmas may always be the season of sap and treacle, but there’s no reason to suffer through boring, trite entertainment just to be thematically appropriate. Veronica delves into Red Christmas, Better Watch Out and Christmas Evil.

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