Month: May 2024
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Animated Movie
The Monkey King
Aggressively mediocre, Netflix’s “The Monkey King” takes no risks and offers too little humor, heart, or action to entertain all…
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Animated Movie
Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia
“Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia,” an animated film co-directed by Julien Chheng and Jean-Christophe Roger and the sequel…
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Comedy Movie
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Just when you think they’ve run out of real-life World War II stories to turn into blockbuster movies, some documents…
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Animated Movie
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
The “Paw Patrol” television series is designed with a single-minded focus to (1) get kids to identify with the characters…
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Comedy Movie
Sasquatch Sunset
Four tall, scruffy creatures amble through a storybook forest. They walk, they eat, they build shelter, and repeat. The group…
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Animated Movie
Trolls Band Together
The third in DreamWorks’ animated “Trolls” series is as adorable as the first two, and irresistible in the truest sense…
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Comedy Movie
LaRoy, Texas
“LaRoy, Texas” immediately tests your expectations. Driving down a dark dirt country road, Harry (Dylan Baker), whose car headlights are…
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Animated Movie
Wish
Disney’s “Wish” is the most aggressive piece of Disney propaganda in years. Sure, they all are to a certain extent,…
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Comedy Movie
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead
Director Wade Allain-Marcus’s “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” is a remake of the 1991 original, repurposing an older narrative…
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Animated Movie
Leo
Adam Sandler does That Voice again in the animated movie “Leo,” when bringing a slight personality to a 74-year-old class…
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