The Wild Robot (2024)
The Wild Robot might be the most subversive film of 2024, and not in the way Hollywood usually means that word.…...
WOKE: 8
TRAD: 28
AUTH: 78%
Paddington in Peru
Spoiler note: the film's villain twist is better experienced unspoiled. The review discusses it briefly but the mechanics are not a significant part of what makes the film work....
WOKE: 2
TRAD: 9
AUTH: 82%
Zootopia 2 (2025)
Zootopia 2 is exactly what it looks like. It is a Disney animated buddy cop sequel with gorgeous animation, sharp voice performances, a cracking mystery plot, and a progressive allegory that does not hide behind the fur.…...
WOKE: 91
TRAD: 53
AUTH: 70%
GOAT (2026)
GOAT lands exactly where Sony Pictures Animation has been living lately: colorful, kinetic, and willing to layer messaging underneath the entertainment without letting the messaging kill the fun.…...
WOKE: 37
TRAD: 41
AUTH: 58%
Moana 2 (2024)
The short version: Moana 2 is fine. Better than fine for fans of the original. Not as good as the original.…...
WOKE: 13
TRAD: 17
AUTH: 56%
Inside Out 2 (2024)
Inside Out 2 is the highest-grossing animated film Pixar has ever made. It earned 1.7 billion dollars worldwide.…...
WOKE: 14
TRAD: 19
AUTH: 57%
Despicable Me 4
Despicable Me 4 is the franchise at its most comfortable and its most predictable. That is not entirely a bad thing....
WOKE: 3
TRAD: 10
AUTH: 80%
IF (Imaginary Friends)
IF is John Krasinski's most emotionally ambitious film and his most uneven one. But when it works, which is more often than its mixed reviews suggest, it works because Krasinski trusts the audience to feel something genuine....
WOKE: 4
TRAD: 9
AUTH: 72%