14 reviews in this category.
Moana (2026) arrives in theaters with a question hanging over it that no amount of Dwayne Johnson charisma can fully answer: why does this exist? The 2016 animated film earned two Oscar nominations, grossed nearly $700 million worldwide, and remains …...
Netflix has done something genuinely surprising with Little House on the Prairie (2026): they made a period drama about pioneer life that respects its source material.…...
The second Harry Potter film is darker, longer, and more confident than the first, and it holds up remarkably well....
Twenty-five years later, this film still works....
Home Alone is the most financially successful live-action comedy ever made, and most people can tell you exactly why: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, John Williams, and a script by John Hughes that knows the exact difference between comedy and cruelty....
The Fantastic Four has been one of the most difficult Marvel properties to adapt to film for twenty years.…...
The Breadwinner has not released at time of writing. But Nate Bargatze, Wonder Project, and the Mr. Mom premise tell you most of what you need to know....
The Incredibles is the most explicitly conservative major studio animated film since The Lion King.…...
E.T. is one of the few films where the word 'masterpiece' is not an overstatement.…...
Here is something you don't say often about a Disney live-action remake: this one earns it....
Twenty-two years is a long time. Anna Coleman has grown up, built a career as a music producer, raised her teenage daughter Harper alone, and is about to marry a widowed father named Eric Reyes.…...
Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value is that rarest of Oscar contenders - a deeply personal, genuinely humanistic film that resists easy ideological categorization.…...
Wonka is the rare prequel that earns its existence. Where most origin stories exist to explain away the mystery of beloved characters, Wonka does something different: it deepens the mystery by showing you where the magic came from....
Dean DeBlois is a rarity in Hollywood. He directed all three animated How to Train Your Dragon films and insisted on full creative control for the live-action remake. That condition shows in the finished product.…...
