It Ends with Us (2024)
“It was a beautiful mess.” Well-meaning, thoughtful, and yet too long for its own good, It Ends with Us is a mildly successful adaptation and depiction of trauma and all […]
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Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
“Every rejection, every disappointment, has led you here. To this moment. Don’t let anything distract you from it.” The family laundry business is no longer profitable in Everything Everywhere All […]
I Want You Back (2022)
“I kind of can’t believe it worked.” It’s damn near impossible to make a timeless romantic comedy these days. The genre has almost been entirely relegated to the wastelands of […]
The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
“The first step of not being afraid is acting like you’re not afraid.” Rather than leaping through hoops or dancing on its hind legs, this sequel to 2016’s dreadful The […]
Venom (2018)
“Any action is often better than no action.” While I can’t allow myself to admit that it’s so bad it’s good (mostly because I don’t believe in the phrase), Venom […]
Despicable Me 3 (2017)
“Does no one value true art anymore?” Movies like Despicable Me 3 – alongside other recent animated films such as the insultingly stupid The Secret Life of Pets or the scattershot The Good Dinosaur […]
Gifted (2017)
“She doesn’t know how to be a kid.” Gifted is a tiny movie about a lot of big things: finding balance in life, the rigors of parenting, differing from the crowd, […]
The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
“Batman works alone.” From its impressively staged opening sequence to the final scene, The LEGO Batman Movie leaps off the high dive of hilarity and performs a cannonball into the canon […]
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
“I’ve got a bad situation.” When it comes to animated movies, or even just family friendly flicks appealing mostly to children, I find myself saying the same thing over and […]
Zootopia (2016)
“Anyone can be anything.” Not enough movies try to be socially relevant. Even less do it in a way that doesn’t come across as grating or forceful. Surprisingly though, Zootopia feels purposefully […]
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