Zootropolis

With a plot that unfurls with all the sinuousness of a PG-cert Chinatown, Disney’s latest box-office smash is one of their best. There are creaks and leaks within the metaphor at the centre of this otherwise delightful new animation from Walt Disney Studios. We are set down in a city where all sorts of animals […]

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To Kill a Mockingbird

Welcome back to “Black History Movie Month,” where I will start this month off with the 1962 classic directed by Robert Mulligan, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The screenplay by Horton Foote was based on the 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Harper Lee. A Pulitzer Prize winner when it was published in […]

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Spirited Away

A beautifully drawn and wonderfully composed work of art – really, no other description will do – which takes us on a rocket-fuelled flight of fancy. Magical is a word used casually about films like this, films about fantasy and childhood. Yet this one really does deserve it: an enchanted and enchanting feature from the […]

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Penguins of Madagascar

The scene-stealing penguins from the “Madagascar” movies get their own spin-off in the 2014 rightfully named “Penguins of Madagascar,” and yes, I know this is my 800th review, which is hard to believe. One would think a little of these eccentric animals would go a long way. Christy Lemire said in her review, “And indeed, this family-friendly animated […]

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Onward

In the five years since Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur, Pixar has released only one original feature film: Coco, about a boy who magically journeys to the Land of the Dead and spends a night with a departed paternal ancestor, but must return home at dawn. Onward, from Dan Scanlon (Monsters University), has twice the boys and half […]

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Black Widow: Everything we know about Marvel’s Phase 4 movie

Marvel fans have been clamoring for a stand-alone Black Widow movie for years, and they’re finally getting one. Despite her seemingly permanent send-off in Avengers: Endgame, Natasha Romanoff will return to the big screen to kick off Marvel’s highly anticipated Phase 4. In true superspy fashion, Marvel Studios is keeping many details of Black Widow a tightly guarded secret, but […]

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“You Should Have Left” release special

“You Should Have Left” release special, Amanda Seyfried faces fear. On June 16, the thriller “You Should Have Left” starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried was released. The remote mansions, the sudden appearance of figures, mysterious writings and photos, the common “routines” of these thrillers appear in the trailer. The actor starring Kevin Bacon seems […]

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