Onward’s backdrop is the idea that magic, which once saturated the world with wonder and spectacle, has been siphoned away over the centuries by technology and, well, general apathy. Unicorns are the …
To backtrack: Lance is considered the world’s greatest spy. He can extricate himself from any situation with skill, finesse and borderline-superhuman athleticism, and he’s revered by his colleagues at…
Full disclosure: I thought the original Frozen was just okay. I saw it on DVD back in 2014 – after having heard the endless hype for months – and, frankly, was underwhelmed. Sure, the movie was cute, …
I have to admit, I thought the original Lion King was kind of terrifying. The way Scar orchestrates King Mufasa's death is terrible and upsetting to watch, and there just seemed to be a whole lot of m…
This time around, amiable dogs Max (voiced by Patton Oswalt, taking over from Louis C.K. for obvious reasons) and Duke (voiced by Eric Stonestreet) are living happily with their expanded family, which…
SYNOPSIS: Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope's video game, "Sugar R…
SPECIAL FEATURES In an interesting new twist to the Disney's oft-rereleased video packaging, this latest version of The Little Mermaid (the 30th Anniversary Signature Collection Edition) indeed…
Let me start out by saying that I don't think any film, long or short, has made me laugh harder than Aardman Animation's Wallace and Gromit in the Wrong Trousers, their Oscar-winning short featuring a…
This time around, Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) finds himself on the outs with the Anti-Villain League (AVL) and its hard-nosed new boss (voiced by Jenny Slate), who fires him after he fails to thwart …
I'm a huge fan of the Wallace and Gromit clay-animated short films from Nick Park and Aardman Animation, so I, like many so-called adults I know, was really looking forward to Chicken Run. And to tell…
I very much enjoyed The LEGO Movie, from that damn catchy earworm theme song "Everything is Awesome!" to the subversively funny and delightful script. Hands down, the scene-stealer from that film was …
Anyone who has read my reviews knows that I don't mind me a talking animal movie. Heck, I don't even mind if said chatty creatures are Golden Retriever puppies with names like B-Dawg that speak in a h…
