Minions is one wall-to-wall level of absurdity set to 11… it’s a totally smile-your-way-through-it movie and I did. I had a lot of fun with this movie. It’s the Minions from Despicable Me in their own movie and I’m ok … Continue reading
Inside Out is the new Pixar animated film and I’m happy to say that it’s a pretty good film. It’s not a pantheon Pixar flick like Toy Story, Monsters Inc, or The Incredibles but it doesn’t have the uneasy “well, … Continue reading
Went to see Home, the new Dreamworks animated film. I went in thinking it was going to be terrible… so maybe those low expectations resulted in me being really enamored by the movie. It’s very charming, surprisingly sweet, and had … Continue reading
I don’t have any childhood or adult nostalgia or feelings for SpongeBob Squarepants so my feelings for the new Sponge out of Water movie is surface level. This doesn’t mean I’m unfamiliar with the cartoon (of which I’ve seen a … Continue reading
Inexplicably, incomprehensibly, and almost impossibly, I went to see the new CG family film Strange Magic and I came away charmed. Based on reviews, I may be the only person who walked out of the movie with a smile. I … Continue reading
Finally dragged myself out to see the Penguins of Madagascar for some reason… the spin-off movie from the Madagascar movies that I don’t particularly find to be all that good. And this one is… not at all that good either. … Continue reading
Big Hero 6 is Disney’s new animated movie based on an apparently obscure Marvel comic book of the same name… and it’s really quite good. It’s not amazing but I was never bored by it, I laughed quite a bit, … Continue reading
Went to see the new stop-motion family movie The Boxtrolls and boy did I hate it. It’s almost enough to say the technical marvel that is the actual craft of making the movie with stop-motion puppets and whatnot makes the … Continue reading
I don’t have a distinct memory or nostalgia for Mr. Peabody and Sherman from the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon… I imagine I saw it way back when (it seems inevitable) but it didn’t make an impact on me… and I’m … Continue reading
I skipped it for a few weeks, but finally got to see The Nut Job, the shockingly unfunny CG cartoon starring various small rodents who want to rob a nut store (which is being used as a front for generic … Continue reading