CODA (2021)
“Do you have something to say?” It’s not often that both the funniest and the most heartfelt pictures of the year coalesce as one, but I think that might end […]
Tag Archives: Family
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
“You can’t be great without putting in work.” Overlong, overblown, and emblematic of what can go wrong when a studio so obviously sees its big budget picture as a product […]
Yes Day (2021)
“I said yes to everything.” Yes Day should’ve be a fun movie and a fun time. It needed to be a cheap Chuck E. Cheese pizza party, a family centric […]
The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)
“Was it as good as last time?” Everything that mildly worked with 2018’s The Christmas Chronicles – the joy, the vast wonder, the childlike sense of belief – has been sucked […]
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
“I think it’s time for a new story.” There’s so much magic and humanity on display in Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey that it’s almost hard to formally criticize, let […]
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 […]
My Spy (2020)
“This is your last shot.” It should come as no surprise that My Spy is the hokey, ham-fisted, and dated picture the material presents itself as from the outside. But […]
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 […]
The Willoughbys (2020)
“Change is hard.” I couldn’t help but feel tired and bored by the chaotic, noisy nature of The Willoughbys, a stunningly animated film hamstrung by a one-note script. The movie […]
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 […]
