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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When it was announced that Disney would making a film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s famous musical for “Into the Woods,” released in 2014, fans were all surprised. Joseph Walsh said in his review, “Would the House of Mouse keep true to the sinister tone of the original or would they coat it in sugar to make it […]
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At some point, maybe it’s when the main character outrun an erupting volcano or maybe that time a trained velociraptor heroically jumps to their help against a much bigger, stronger dinosaur, “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” crosses over from the world of the fantastic to the silly. Greg Maki said in his review, “I know the entire […]
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Animated take on your friendly neighborhood webslinger gives us a host of Spider-heroes — and absolutely nails why we love the character. Did you ever think you could be Spider-Man? This gorgeous take on the Marvel superhero knows you can — that everyone can. The great power always comes by accident, that famous spider-bite origin story; it’s what you do […]
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Tonight I finally got to see “Frozen II,” which came out two months ago, and I will let everyone know my thoughts on it. I think everyone could predict that a sequel was going to be made. In 2013, “Frozen” made $1.3 billion at the global box-office making it the highest-grossing animated film ever (not […]
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Hyperreal digital animation meets old-fashioned storytelling in this faithful remake, which loses the songs but brings new, ingenious twists on the original. What on earth is the point of remaking Walt Disney’s great and possibly greatest masterpiece, the glorious animated musical from 1967, based on Kipling’s tales, all about the “man cub” Mowgli, brought up […]
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Pigs and birds unite to fight a common foe in a sequel notable for Leslie Jones’s voice. An animated sequel inspired by an iPhone app isn’t, I’ll concede, the most promising movie premise, but the second instalment in the Angry Birds series is much funnier and flappier than it needs to be. In 2016’s The Angry Birds Movie, […]
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Folks, I just made the biggest mistake of watching “The Lion King” remake, which came out in July, and I will let everyone know how much I loathe this remake. Disney continues to underwhelm with another botched remake of an animated classic, this time remaking the favorite 1994 classic, “The Lion King” in a CG […]
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In his Oscar nominated performance as Captain Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp swanned through the first Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) with enough wicked zest to make you forget the film was a bloated crock. The flab extends to the overlong (two hours and thirty minutes) sequel, but mostly in the dawdling setup. A pirate could braid his […]
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My brother and I went to see “Toy Story 4” tonight, which came out almost three weeks ago. Originally, this was supposed to be released last year and “Incredibles 2” was supposed to be released this year. However, after test screening “Toy Story 4,” Tom Hanks said in an interview that the audience at the […]
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