This ape wins you over, and Sam Rockwell is winning in this voice role. This year, alone, I’ve received two crappy live-action family adventures with CGI animals. There was “Dolittle” with Robert […]
The One and Only Ivan
Animal Crackers
A few broken pieces don’t taint these fresh cookies. A lesson I’ve acknowledged as a young film critic is that when movies keep getting pushed back, they can be disastrous. But once […]
My Spy
A waste of time for Dave Bautista and everyone involved. “My Spy” is a comedy so insipid, so head-ache inducing, and unfunny, it’s no wonder why it kept getting pushed back in […]
Artemis Fowl
The theme is green, but is the movie really clean? Not really. Because of the COVID-19 (here we go again) closing the movie theaters, “Artemis Fowl,” Kenneth Branagh’s first take on Eoin […]
Scoob
It would have been good if it wasn’t for those Meddling Kids. Most of us fans hated the live-action “Scooby Doo” movies from two decades ago, because of how they made the […]
The Willoughbys
A black comedy with energy and messages for kids and adults The worst movies about kids getting rid of their parents both came out in 1994. Rob Reiner’s “North” was a mean-spirited […]
Trolls: World Tour
This animated sequel removes its split ends, and makes a much better hairstyle. I don’t know what kind of good luck charm I have, because so far this year, sequels to movies […]
Elephant
Horton hears a sweet voice guiding these pachyderms. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen a DisneyNature film (the last one I saw was “Monkey Kingdom” with Tina Fey’s narration), but given our […]
Onward
Far from a Pixar classic, but Holland and Pratt have their own magic. Disney and Pixar’s latest entry “Onward” has a similar vein as “Zootopia,” because it takes place in a parallel […]
The Call of the Wild
Only Harrison Ford is real; not Man’s best friend. Probably the most dangerous and realistic moment I’ve ever seen in a kids’ adventure film was in “The Bear” in 1988. It involves […]
