How to Train Your Dragon (3): The Hidden World is the least of the series, but it’s still not a bad film. Just a little slow, just a little disappointing… and somehow the end of a trilogy? So the … Continue reading
Also rented (after missing it… but not REALLY missing it… at the theater) the kids animated click Smallfoot. I fully admit to expecting to hate this silly looking film with a terrible trailer… but in the middle of hate-watching it, … Continue reading
Caught an early showing of the new Marvel animated film Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse. This is not in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is not directly related to the recent Spiderman: Homecoming (though it could be due to the introduction … Continue reading
So Ralph Breaks the Internet is the sequel to Wreck-It Ralph, a movie they take pains to mention twice is now six years old. Regardless of how good or bad Ralph Breaks the Internet is, the fact the first movie … Continue reading
So… The new animated film version of The Grinch is, at least, better than the Jim Carrey version. I mean, on the graduated scale of badness, it’s a few notches in the positive column. You just have to ask if … Continue reading
The Hotel Transylvania animated flicks have always hovered around the levels of ok to fair… so naturally I went to see Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation last night. And it’s amusing… you might even say its ok to fair. I … Continue reading
Because I also just discovered dropping a ten pound stone on my toe hurts, I watched the kiddie film Sherlock Gnomes and thought it was really quite bad. To be charitable, it didn’t kick my cat or poor acid into … Continue reading
So Pixar’s Incredibles 2 came out… and the history of Pixar and random, possibly unnecessary sequels is rocky. Yes, Toy Story 3 can rip your heart out… but Cars sequels make you want to cry. So its been 14 years … Continue reading
Paddington 2 is the sequel to the pretty good and funny-in-a-British-sort-of-way Paddington from a few years ago. That movie was surprisingly good without knocking my socks off… and without knowing anything about the story books (except Paddington is a bear … Continue reading
Checked out The Star, the new nativity movie starring donkeys. And pigeons. And sheep. But also a baby Jesus, I suppose. You know, just kind of in the background… it’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead for children!! This is … Continue reading