The Grinch (2018)
“Everyone should be happy, right?” While the latest version of The Grinch sorely lacks the general grumpiness and meanness you’d expect from Dr. Seuss’ beloved, pot-bellied recluse, this take on the classic […]
Category Archives: Animation
Christopher Robin (2018)
“It’s easy to lose your way on a foggy day.” Christopher Robin is an idealistic – and some could absolutely argue unrealistic – outlook on the hardships of adulthood. That’d […]
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
“Humans, monsters, what’s the difference?” In Hotel Transylvania 3, a deranged, curmudgeonly, wispy haired old white man makes it his lifelong mission to eradicate all of the monsters already outcast from […]
Incredibles 2 (2018)
“We have to adapt.” As joyfully thoughtful and stubbornly uncooperative as it is earnestly political, the innocent Incredibles 2 is the kind of family film that serves up so much laughter and […]
Isle of Dogs (2018)
“Whatever happened to man’s best friend?” The well from which Wes Anderson’s films are derived never go dry or run short on the same predictable sense of sardonic, caustic humor. […]
Paddington 2 (2018)
“If we look after this bear, I have a feeling he’ll go far.” In 2015’s Paddington, as well as in this year’s sumptuous, somehow even sweeter sequel, the titular little bear draped […]
Ferdinand (2017)
“Where do you think the word bull comes from? It ain’t from chicken.” In a year that’s featured no animated film I’ve absolutely loved – Lego Batman was probably my favorite, followed […]
Coco (2017)
“All of this work to bring the family together.” I’m not sure what to make of Coco. Its tedious and at times benign beginning is riddled with Chatty Cathy exposition right […]
The Top 50 Films of 2016
What a year for the movies. It seems like I’m always having to defend the integrity and the quality of what’s actually available out there to curious family members and […]
The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
“How hard is it to come up with a genius idea?” What sends The Lego Ninjago Movie off in the wrong direction tends to be its drive to duplicate some of the […]
