“Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” Review
In the same way this film’s central character exists between two worlds, Ruby Gillman is a film that feels caught between Dreamworks’s innovations and modern animation’s simplistic reliability for kids.
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“Elemental” Review
Pixar is usually at its best when its animated films can do one of two things. They either create a world we’ve never seen before with a heavy dose of
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” Review
As the follow-up to Into The Spider-Verse, the high expectations for Across the Spider-Verse are more than met. While the previous film was playful and experimental with the Marvel comics
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” Review
Nintendo fans might be taken aback by how The Super Mario Bros Movie opens with the typical Illumination logo presentation, featuring their iconic yellow minion characters engaging in a dose
“Strange World” Review
Disney’s Strange World feels like a familiar brew with a modern glaze to its tale of fantasy and adventure. It has the old-fashioned allure of lost worlds and alternative tech
“Hocus Pocus 2” Review
Considering that the original Hocus Pocus was an almost TV movie that gained a cult following, my expectations were rather low for this sequel. After all, the original Hocus Pocus
“DC League of Super-Pets” Review
A DC Comics movie about pets seems like a surefire choice for superhero cinema aimed at the younger crowd. The franchise already has a number of canonical animal sidekicks that
“Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank” Review
Many years ago, this animated action-comedy was called Blazing Samurai. If that title sounds close to Blazing Saddles, that was intentional. The classic Western comedy was being tranformed into an
“Lightyear” Review
Lightyear is perhaps one of the oddest of Pixar spin-offs given its trajectory. It’s a story that’s meant to exist as a movie itself within the Toy Story universe to
“Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” (2022) Review
How do you make a Rescue Rangers movie? Do you play it safe by sticking to the adventure aspect of the show or go for a commercially-safe fish-out-of-water angle? Thankfully,