Movie Review: A Christmas Story Christmas
What makes A Christmas Story worthy of marathon cable programming around the holidays? It found a perfect holiday formula: nostalgia + short mini vignettes leading …
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Movie Review: Enola Holmes 2
There weren’t a lot of bright spots in 2020, especially at the movies. One of them, was Enola Holmes, with Millie Bobby Brown playing Sherlock’s …
Movie Review: Robert Zemeckis’s Pinocchio
What happened? Disney took 3 things I usually love: Pinocchio, Tom Hanks, and director Robert Zemeckis, and somehow combined them into this unholy concoction that’s …
Movie Review: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
A24 is having an incredible 2022. Their WORST release is the fascinating Men. The other 3 are already in my top 10 for the year, …
Movie Review: Father of the Bride (2022)
Some concepts never age. Dads are always gonna worry about their daughters growing up and getting married. That was true in 1949, when The Father …
Movie Review: Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Like most people, I was surprised that Disney hadn’t tried to reboot Who Framed Roger Rabbit? yet. Turns out, they’ve just been prepping its successor. …
Movie Review: Sneakerella
Disney Channel Original Movies were a little seminal section of growing up for any kid who had cable. We would wax poetically about Smart House, …
Movie Review: Downton Abbey: A New Era
Let’s the keep the party going right? After a Community jealous 6 seasons and a movie, Downton Abbey gets the gang back together in a …
Movie Review: Petite Maman
Portrait of a Lady on Fire took the international movie world by storm, a top 10 film in one of the better movie years of …
Movie Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 2
I don’t know why, but I was pretty giddy for Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Some of it is nostalgia: I loved the Sonic games growing …