Movie Review: Yes Day
Yes Day is a good reminder that not every kids movie has to be Pixar level allegorical tales studying the depths of human emotion. Sometimes …
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Movie Review: Minari
The American Dream. Much like love, you know it when you see it. Minari is very much a story about the American Dream. Compared to …
Movie Review: Finding ‘Ohana
It would be easy to dismiss Finding ‘Ohana as a Goonies clone. I would respond with this: is that a bad thing? Remixing one of …
Movie Review: Education
And so we hit the end. The last of the Small Axe films. After court cases, police infiltration, house parties, and more than a bit …
Movie Review: Godmothered
Godmothered proves Disney is thinking bigger about revisiting its past: it’s not all just cynical cash grabs. They eviscerated their princess formula in Enchanted. And …
Movie Review: Mulan (2020)
Live action Disney movies have been mostly mediocre cash grabs. The last great one was Pete’s Dragon in 2016, and that’s in part because that …
Movie Review: Christmas On the Square
Dolly Parton’s approval rating is perpetually sky high. That’s because the woman, and her songs, are a national treasure. Christmas on the Square doesn’t have …
Movie Review: The Christmas Chronicles 2
While many people liked the first Christmas Chronicles, I was not one of them. I thought the movie’s adult lessons clashed with the fun CGI …
Movie Review: Happiest Season
Happiest Season is an overqualified Lifetime Movie. I admire what Clea Duvall is trying to do for representation at Christmas. That’s probably how she got …
Movie Review: The Princess Switch 2: Switched Again
What a giving heart Vanessa Hudgens has! Last year she doubled the normal effort an actor gives. And this year, she goes for 3! If …