Month: May 2024
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Animated Movie
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Sullen middle school freshman Kokoro (Ami Touma), is frightened to attend school after getting bullied by her aggressive female peers.…
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Comedy Movie
Lousy Carter
Austin-based filmmaker Bob Byington never takes the easy road, even when he’s telling the stories about the same middle-aged sadsacks…
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Animated Movie
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
“Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” is a cheerful, colorful animated film about a shy, academically gifted young girl with a protective mother…
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Comedy Movie
La Chimera
“La Chimera” plays like a magical realism version of the classic one-last-heist movie. The core of it ultimately may reveal itself to be somewhat familiar: Newly released from prison…
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Animated Movie
Nimona
A few compelling emotions and themes are suggested but rarely well expressed in “Nimona,” a sometimes cute but mostly hyper…
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Comedy Movie
Yannick
Both drawn-out and deceptively simple, the trippy French comedy “Yannick” re-imagines a hostage situation as a surreal and very slow-burning…
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Animated Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
As the leads in Jeff Rowe’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” spoke with all the momentum of my kids…
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Comedy Movie
The People’s Joker
Before you see a single frame of Vera Drew’s Batman-soaked satire “The People’s Joker,” you’re greeted with an enormous wall-of-text…
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Animated Movie
Aurora’s Sunrise
My grandfather served valiantly in World War II, landing on the beaches of Normandy, coming home, and never speaking of…
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Comedy Movie
Musica
In the romantic comedy “Música,” Rudy is a young man who experiences the world through sound. In his ears, everyday…
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