Year: 2022
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Comedy Movie
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Like Slimer shoving snacks in his ravenous maw, “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” tries to cram way too many characters, storylines and iconic images into its two-hour runtime. Director…
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Animated Movie
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Decades before his name became instantly associated with macabre wonder, Guillermo del Toro conjured up accomplished special effects makeup for…
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Animated Movie
The Amazing Maurice
Terry Rossio, one of the writers of “Shrek,” brings some of that fractured fairy tale energy to this week’s odd…
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Comedy Movie
Club Zero
Ambiguity and extreme emotional states occur simultaneously in Jessica Hausner’s films, where what “is” is not a simple question, and…
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Animated Movie
The Magician’s Elephant
A magician’s trick goes wrong and an elephant falls from the ceiling. A secret is hidden in a lie. A mysterious…
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Animated Movie
Unicorn Wars
Spanish animator Alberto Vázquez is setting himself up for a challenge with “Unicorn Wars.” An uneasy blend of non-threatening characters…
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Animated Movie
New Gods: Yang Jian
The first half of the Chinese animated fantasy “New Gods: Yang Jian” is a busy and colorful action-adventure. There are…
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Comedy Movie
The American Society of Magical Negroes
I wish I could erase “The American Society of Magical Negros” from my mind, but the universe doesn’t possess enough…
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Comedy Movie
Riddle of Fire
“Riddle of Fire” is the kind of cinematic bedtime story whose whimsical tone makes it easy to overlook its many…
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Animated Movie
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
I can vividly remember playing the first Nintendo version of “Super Mario Bros.” when I was just a boy in…
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