After 20 years, it still spreads Christmas cheer by singing loud for all to hear. Before you brats indulged yourselves with “Daddy’s Home” and before you dancers had a ball with “Spirited,” […]
Elf
The Marvels
A not so Marvelous movie. “The Marvels” pertains to the three female lead characters Carol Danvers A.K.A Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), her biggest fan Kamala Khan-A.K.A. Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani), and Monica […]
The Nightmare Before Christmas: 30th Anniversary
This stop-motion holiday merger turns 30 and still has magic in the air. In 1993, Disney’s very own Touchstone Pictures released the stop-motion animated musical “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” and within the […]
El Conde
This vampire satire drinks some fresh blood. “El Conde” is the third vampire movie I have seen this year, after the charming “Renfield” and the boring “Last Voyage of the Demeter.” I’ve […]
Ahsoka
Rosario Dawson uses the force with attitude and style. Ahsoka Tano is the former Jedi Padawan and apprentice to Anakin Skywalker. You know, before he went to the Dark Side and became […]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Now these turtles are teenagers! This is coming from a film critic, who never grew up on “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” but still knows they’re all named after famous painters. There’s Michelangelo, […]
Haunted Mansion
Humor and heart get conjured up in this fun ride-to-film transition. 20 years ago, we had the Eddie Murphy film version of the popular Disneyland ride “The Haunted Mansion,” which didn’t work […]
Barbie
A plastic movie with a real heart and colorful laughs. The routine of playing with Barbie dolls is simple. She wakes up all happy, takes showers with no running water, eats her […]
Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken
This is a No Wake zone, people! The reasons why these blue-skinned krakens in “Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken” have to pose as people and get away with it are because they say […]
Nimona
A gay knight and a spunky shapeshifter both make a dream team. “Nimona” is the new made-for-Netflix animated film, which is adapted from ND Stevenson’s graphic novel, and was originally under development […]
