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After the world-altering year of 2020, critics and audiences and studio heads alike are navigating 2021 with its evolving distribution models and industry standards. So far, streaming continues to deliver the goods straight to the people while theaters have now reopened in earnest, and are delivering some big hits ( Free Guy , Black Widow , and yes, Shang-Chi ).
Best Movies 2021. The Best Movies category awards the best-reviewed film regardless of their release, whether they went straight to streaming or swung onto the silver screen. Spider-Man: No Way Home became the mega-cultural event that would entice moviegoers back into theaters, and it lived up to the hype for critics, as well.
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- The Power of The Dog
- Pig
- Summer of Soul
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- In The Heights
- The Father
- Judas and The Black Messiah
- Nomadland
Steven Spielberg's reworking of the classic 1961 musical has proved to be a hit with critics, although its longevity compared to the Robert Wise adaptation remains to be seen. The tale itself is a reworking of Romeo & Juliet, with the gangs the Jets and the Sharks standing in for Montagues and Capulets. Spielberg's adaptation already seems to have ...
CODA stands for Child of Deaf Adults, and the narrative follows Ruby, the only hearing member of her family who wants to pursue her passion for singing. The film is a tightly-knit family drama and while significantly different to 2020's Sound of Metal, similarly seeks to better portray the lives of deaf people onscreen. RELATED: 10 Movies To Watch ...
Jane Campion's latest is her first feature film in twelve years, and following its limited cinema release, the film has been able to reach a much wider audience due to its release on Netflix. The Power of the Dogfollows Benedict Cumberbatch's rancher, Phil Burbank, and is a Western-Romance that explores love and masculinity in the New Zealand lands...
Nicholas Cage has had a recent run of successful leading roles in cult films, starting with 2018's Mandy, followed by the similarly stylized Color Out of Space, and in 2022 is primed to continue his weird and unique choice of roles with The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Pig, the directorial debut of Michael Sarnoski, is yet another meaty rol...
The only documentary in Rotten Tomatoes' Top 10, Summer of Soul follows the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which lasted for six weeks in Mount Morris Park, Harlem. Directed by The Roots' frontman and drummer Questlove, Summer of Soulis a celebration of an underappreciated moment in music history. The festival had a huge attendance including the like...
While still an evergreen release, Spider-Man: No Way Homehas already become one of the most acclaimed films of 2021, and one of the most successful MCU films both critically and commercially. No Way Home is difficult to discuss without spoilers, but it provides what is certainly the biggest event movie Marvel has made since Avengers: Endgame. With ...
In a year that saw many successful musicals hit the big screen, In The Heightswas one of the most exciting films of the summer of 2021, taking place during a heatwave in the Dominican Washington Heights area of Manhattan. In The Heights features standout performancesfrom Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, and Leslie Grace, with a vibrant selection of mu...
Florian Zeller's adaptation of his own play, The Father, is a narratively confusing film that seeks to replicate a specific experience. The film follows Anthony, played by Anthony Hopkins, and it unfolds haphazardly from his perspective as he grapples with dementia. Through the use of cross-casting, rearranged scenes, and an unreliable protagonist,...
Judas and the Black Messiahfollows the end of the life of Fred Hampton and his betrayal from FBI informant William O'Neil. While the film saw minuscule returns in the box office due to its release at the height of the pandemic, it remained a critical success, with the lead performances from Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield praised alongside Sha...
In Nomadland Frances McDormand plays Fern, a woman living out of her camper van after the Gypsum plant she used to work in shut down. She becomes a Nomad and travels across the United States, meeting like-minded Americans who aren't bound to traditional means of living and working. While the film won the Academy Award for Best Picture back in April...
DOG is a buddy comedy that follows the misadventures of two former Army Rangers paired against their will on the road trip of a lifetime. Army Ranger Briggs (Channing Tatum) and Lulu (a Belgian ...
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Rotten Tomatoes is collecting every new Certified Fresh movie into one list, creating our guide to the best movies of 2021. Among them you’ll find blockbusters (Shang-Chi), documentaries (Lily Topples the World), awards contenders (The Green Knight), the cutting-edge in horror (The Night House). Movies achieve Certified Fresh status by maintaining a steady Tomatometer score of at least 75% ...
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3 days ago · Along with horror films like A Quiet Place Part II, action movies have been instrumental in demonstrating signs of vital life at the 2021 box office. Nobody made an unlikely commercial action hero out of Bob Odenkirk as theaters were re-opening, and afterwards, massive blockbusters like F9 , Black Widow , and Godzilla vs. Kong drew huge crowds that approached pre-pandemic levels.
