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Stopmotion
The conceit of a tortured and socially maladjusted artist whose obsessive pursuit…
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Mother of the Bride
Over the last few years, there has been a trend of opulent…
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Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate
The original “Megamind,” released in 2010, was a fresh, funny, and heartwarming…
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Poolman
Chris Pine’s first film as a director, “Poolman,” is a character comedy about oddball…
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Kung Fu Panda 4
Did the world really need another “Kung Fu Panda” movie? The trilogy…
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Nothing Can’t Be Undone By a HotPot
In case you’re wondering, “Nothing Can’t Be Undone By a HotPot” is…
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Chicken for Linda!
I missed Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s animated French escapade “Chicken for…
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Art College 1994
It’s weirdly funny to see a year mentioned in the title of…
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Golden Years
Cinema is replete with examples of stories about old couples getting their…
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Inu-oh
It takes a while, but eventually the Japanese animated fantasy “Inu-Oh” becomes…
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If
If you’re lucky enough to attend an early screening of John Krasinski’s…
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Article 20
A broken system validates itself in “Article 20,” a Chinese New Year…
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Entergalactic
Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi’s new Netflix collaboration, “Entergalactic,” is hard to categorize.…
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Drifting Home
Pre-teens somehow come of age in “Drifting Home,” a Japanese animated fantasy…
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Problemista
Since his breakout sketches on “Saturday Night Live,” Julio Torres has established…
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Strange World
All the basic elements of “Strange World,” Disney’s latest sci-fi/fantasy flick, are…
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Wendell & Wild
Henry Selick is back, and animation really missed him. With LAIKA on…
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Ricky Stanicky
Before Judd Apatow cornered the comedy market on movies about permanently adolescent…
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My Father’s Dragon
For the young heroes and heroines in the tenderly magical fables by…
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The Regime
Few things are as alarming in modern day American television as dialogue-heavy…