“Moana 2” Review
It’s hard to get back into the groove with Moana 2. This is not for lack of energy, songs, and all the mythological fantasy wielded once more. It has all
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“Chicken For Linda!” Review
Chicken For Linda is a French animated film with a simple plot and room to play. It surprised me that it wasn’t based on a children’s book. It certainly has
“The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie” Review
There’s a reason the Looney Tunes was one of the longest-running cartoon reruns of Saturday morning cartoons. There was a versatile nature to the characters where they could be fun
“Poolman” Review
The meandering mystery of Poolman is a comedy that relies on the stumbling of its protagonist. It’s a mildly ridiculous take on Chinatown with an unlikely seeker who watched it
“Memoir of a Snail” Review
Stop-motion animation has the remarkable quality of feeling real with its practical puppets while remaining whimsical in a world built one frame at a time. From the adapted conversations of
“Brothers” (2024) Review
Brothers is a dumb comedy that’s just dumb enough to work. Not to be so dumb, it’s brilliant, as was the declaration in the Glass Onion, which Detective Blanc shot
“The Wild Robot” Review
It’d be so easy to get lost within the woods of The Wild Robot for looking so damn good. The lush visual splendor is enough to make one crave a
“Boy Kills World” Review
Jon Benjamin’s smooth voice can only go so far as comedy backup. That seems to be what’s desperately needed for Boy Kills World, an absurd action picture that never fully
“A Different Man” Review
Much like Aaron Schimberg’s previous film, A Different Man centers around the actor Adam Pearson and doesn’t shy away from his noticeable condition of neurofibromatosis. This film is compelling because
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” Review
There’s a marvel to the mess within this Beetlejuice legacy sequel. It aims with a familiar arsenal of the macabre and the absurd, with Tim Burton wielding this old material