Movie Review: Inside Out
Inside Out will be shown in COLLEGE psychology classes for decades. To remedy Pixar’s recent downturn, the creative team summoned their favorite doctor: Pete Docter, …
Animated
Movie Review: Big Hero 6
Disney Animation has been on a roll since Pixar’s creator John Lasseter stepped in to run it. Wreck-It-Ralph is close to the classics in my …
Movie Review: The Book of Life
Guillermo Del Toro is known mostly for his takes on the grotesque. With the Book of Life, Del Toro taps into his Mexican heritage to …
Movie Review: The Boxtrolls
Laika Studios proudly keeps stop motion animation charming and inventive in the CGI world of animation today. Coraline and Paranorman are thoughtful and clever stories …
Movie Review: How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Scottish Vikings of Berk are back. How to Train Your Dragon 2 blows out the scope of the first film to new lands and …
Movie Review: The Wind Rises
The Wind Rises is animator Hayao Miyazaki’s last film. Famous internationally for crafting animated classics like Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away, Miyazaki strikes another win …
Movie Review: The LEGO Movie
Legos are near the top of the best toys ever invented. Nothing encourages imagination and ingenuity in a child better than random blocks that can …
Movie Review: Frozen
Frozen is delightfully old school. The latest production from Disney is based on an old fairy tale, features a couple of cute creatures, has some …
Movie Review: Monsters University
Monsters University stops the bleeding by Pixar. The movie doesn’t quite hit the moviemakers’ highest of highs, but it does hit some very good emotional …
Movie Review: Frankenweenie
Tim Burton must have really loved his dog. Frankenweenie is clearly right in Tim Burton’s wheelhouse: a combination of a lonely boy-lovable dog relationship coupled …