Movie Review: ‘Minions: Rise of Gru’ isn’t game-changing, but doesn’t need to be
Simple, and nothing out of the ordinary, “Minions: Rise of Gru” continues the trend of entertaining animated films featuring everyone’s favorite yellow henchmen.
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Movie Review: ‘Lightyear’ is a fun sci-fi romp that suffers under the weight of its own mythology
“Lightyear” is a fun movie, but the mythology hurts more than it helps.
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Movie Review: ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ wasn’t what I expected, but everything I wanted
I wasn’t expecting “Jurassic World Dominion” to be about what it’s about, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Movie Review: ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ lives up to its name, and I like it
Almost anything can happen in the multiverse and almost does in this movie. At times it’s a love movie. Most of the time it’s a superhero movie. But it has moments of a comedy, lots of drama, and surprisingly lots of scenes right out of a horror movie.
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Movie review: Turning Red’ is a charming Pixar story celebrating the beauty and chaos of puberty, parenting, and friendship
Pixar’s latest film, “Turning Red,” is a giant allegory for the beauty and chaos of female adolescence. It’s early 2000s setting resonates particularly with millennial women, but its core themes are universal: puberty, parenting, and the life-altering magic of friendship.
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Movie Review: The pack is back in ‘The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild’
“The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild” on Disney+ reunites prehistoric friends for a daring action-packed thrill-a-minute escapade in the Lost World.
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Movie Review: ‘Home Sweet Home Alone’ turns the franchise upside down
Slapstick comedy has been part of movie-making since the birth of celluloid, and it reached a peak in 1990 with Macaulay Culkin’s first outing in the “Home Alone” franchise. “Home Sweet Home Alone” takes it a step further.
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Movie Review: ‘Eternals’ brings a new and welcomed level of maturation to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Coming off the heels of the captivating “Shang-Chi and the Legends of Ten Rings,” Marvel Studios brings a new level of depth with “Eternals” — their third theatrical release amid the pandemic. The ambitious film sees the Marvel Cinematic Universe expanding — in a big way.
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Movie Review: ‘Halloween Kills’ lives up to its name
Check out our spoiler-free review of Universal Pictures’ newest entry in the rebooted Halloween franchise, “Halloween Kills.”
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Movie Review: ‘Candyman’ slashes his way into modern day
Originally planned to release in 2020, Universal Pictures’ “Candyman” takes the franchise’s mythology into the present-day.
