Artemis Fowl (2020)
“Get the four leaf clover out of here.” Maddening, gaudy, and downright confusing from the awkward start to the clumsy finish, Artemis Fowl seems to have been a failed endeavor […]
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Scoob! (2020)
“The gang’s finally back together.” Desperate to be current and hip whilst also honoring its old, animated inspiration, Scoob! lands with the kind of heavy thud felt after hearing a […]
Trolls World Tour (2020)
“There are others kinds of trolls.” Despite the overwhelming feeling that Trolls World Tour – the second entry in what’s still a head-scratching series – only seems to exist and […]
Onward (2020)
“We’re going on a quest.” It makes sense that Pixar, a powerhouse arm of the behemoth Disney monopoly, has chosen to stick so closely to the formula found in the […]
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
“You are a weird little dude.” I’ve always tended to root for and to be a fan of the underdog, which is a fair description of Sonic the Hedgehog, a […]
Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey (2020)
“It was time for Gotham to meet the new Harley Quinn.” Ever the true New Yorker (or, in this comic inspired setting, the quintessential Gothamite), Harley Quinn (a dynamite Margot […]
Dolittle (2020)
“Please make it stop.” Featuring a massive and wastefully ballooned budget, Dolittle isn’t destined to become a bona fide box office bomb because it’s the worst picture of the year, although it […]
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
“You’re haunted.” If you’re a die-hard Star Wars fan and you’re about to read this, it should be known that I personally do not feel any which way about this […]
Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
“I think we went back in.” It’s not that I think Jumanji: The Next Level is a far inferior film than 2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, but more that […]
Klaus (2019)
“No one seems to wonder how the whole thing got started in the first place.” Tailor-made for busybody elves who absentmindedly throw on a new holiday film while wrapping presents, […]
