Year: 2024
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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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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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