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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…
Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) is a clever and curious little girl who lives in an orphanage and suffers from insomnia. She has never had a best friend. She spends her nights wandering the halls or reading in…
This time around, in a sequel I'm not sure anyone really asked for, Manny (voiced by Ray Romano), Diego (voiced by Denis Leary) and Sid (voiced by John Leguizamo) are faced with a cataclysmic event: a…
So eventually I snuck to the library and got the film for the typical three-week checkout, which left me enough time to let it casually sit in the middle of my floor until I got used to its presence. …
Pete's Dragon is one of those dubious Disney classics that seems great when you're a kid, but doesn't quite stand the test of time. I remember watching it over and over again when I was little, but I …
For starters, his voice is so distinct that it’s hard to separate the character from the actor. More problematic, though, is the fact that Oh feels like the cartoon-blob incarnation of Parsons’ well-k…
For being kind of a bunch of sanctimonious goody goodies, the folks of Hope Valley are often blatantly snippy, judgy, and gossipy. It's no surprise that the town's children are just as crappy to one a…
When Calls the Heart: Troubled Hearts finds change afoot in Hope Valley, but if we've learned anything from watching When Calls the Heart it's that change in Hope Valley has an uncanny ability to make…
As you may know from Dolly Parton's famous song and children's book, Coat of Many Colors is the story of Dolly as a young girl and the multicolored coat her mom made for her out of assorted fabric scr…
Every time I settle in for a new When Calls the Heart movie, I'm reminded how much I love everything about them. There's the way every character either nods, smiles, or rolls their eyes as they speak,…
This installment finds the widows of Coal Valley suing the mining company for negligence, but this bold step forward stirs up even more conflict for the town. Meanwhile, our heroine, Elizabeth Thatche…
As someone whose entire appreciation of Mark Twain's work comes from movies, I wholeheartedly support adapting his classic novels for film. Without the 1973 version of Tom Sawyer or the 1985 ABC Weeke…