“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
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“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,
“The Bad Guys” Review
The Bad Guys tell the story of anthropomorphic characters usually associated with villains. In this world of humans and animals, the predators of wolves and snakes are regarded as criminals.
“Sonic The Hedgehog 2” Review
As a matinee adventure for kids, Sonic The Hedgehog 2 is okay entertainment for the wee ones. Yet I couldn’t help but feel that there was something more I should
“Turning Red” Review
There’s a refreshing earnestness to Pixar’s Turning Red. It does what the studio’s best films accomplish beyond the competition, treading into territory not expected of the medium. On the surface,