Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
“I thought we’d never see you again.” Mary Poppins Returns claims to be a sequel, and it technically is one since it picks up where things once started, starring the […]
Category Archives: Family
Home Alone (1990)
“I wish they would all just disappear.” It’s okay to admit that a much beloved movie is imperfect as long as you rationally recognize the faults at hand. Home Alone belongs […]
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
“Christmas simply must endure.” Ladies and gentlemen, boy and girls, believers and non-believers, we have ourselves a new iconic Santa Claus. The movie itself might be too derivative of The Santa […]
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
“It’s clear you’re frustrated and so are we.” Like one of those stale, one-man restaurant magic acts that accosts your dinner table during a family vacation, The Crimes of Grindelwald overstays its […]
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 […]
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
“Everything looks different from the realms.” As a multi-million dollar costume party largely set against some lavish set designs and innumerable CGI filled backdrops, Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms […]
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
“Who would lock a book?” Packing humor that’ll sail right over the heads of very young children and sticking to a plot that’ll bore most grownups, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween finds […]
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
“This is no place for a kid.” Ghoulish, garish, and just goofy enough to get by, The House with a Clock in Its Walls doesn’t really appeal to any single broad audience. […]
Mac and Me (1988)
“Just trust them.” There was something so strange about revisiting Mac and Me so many years later. I spent nearly 20 minutes rewinding the old, used, grainy VHS tape; as a […]
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 […]
