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Mar 7, 2020

Onward

The premise of Onward makes it sound like a routine family movie. However, Pixar, as usual, spins it into something different.

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Feb 21, 2020

The Call of the wild

The negatives will not matter to those for whom the phrase “cute movie dog” is a massive selling point. For the rest, it adds up to decent.

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Feb 15, 2020

sonic the hedgehog

The character is annoying, the humor is mostly of the fart and poop variety and Jim Carrey gives a very irritating performance.

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Jan 17, 2020

Dolittle

Dolittle is not terrible, but it is not good either. It does not work and features an inexplicable performance from Robert Downey Jr. Howeve

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Dec 7, 2019

Playmobil: The Movie

It is a lazy attempt to cash in on a popular toy, without the drive needed to make it feel like anything else. The story is derivative of co

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Nov 23, 2019

Frozen II

If you have kids who liked Frozen, you will undoubtedly wind up seeing Frozen II. The good news is it is funny and sweet, giving them more o

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Nov 9, 2019

Playing with Fire

The people become a clothesline to hang gags on, making it incredibly challenging to become engaged with anything onscreen. It occasionally

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Oct 11, 2019

The Addams Family

The Addams Family works as a reminder of who these characters are. It is less successful at being entertaining on its own merits. I guess it

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Sep 27, 2019

Abominable

There is not much of an arc, none of them really grow or learn anything significant about themselves. I guess there is kind of a message abo

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Aug 13, 2019

The Angry Birds Movie 2

This is all as ridiculous as it sounds and it knows it. There is no attempt at sincerity or emotion. Angry Birds 2 is light entertainment. T

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Aug 9, 2019

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

Though the movie teases the show’s style and scores some points off of how out of place Dora is, it never implies there is anything wrong wi

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Jul 19, 2019

The Lion King

I admire the artistry involved in putting The Lion King together. I highly recommend seeing it on the biggest screen possible. Yet the feeli

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Jun 22, 2019

Toy Story 4

These movies are always deep; 4 is no exception. It mirrors the toys’ emotions with that of their kid’s and the kid’s parents. Even four ent

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May 11, 2019

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

The buddy comedy is the heart of the movie. It is funny without pandering to family audiences or ever becoming too adult for kids. This is n

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May 4, 2019

Uglydolls

Uglydolls does not want to break the mold. It is just trying to be a cute, funny, kids movie that entertains and teaches something helpful a

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Apr 18, 2019

Missing Link

It is clever, likable, enjoyable to look at and just a good time at the theater. It is not Laika's best, but it is their funniest. The c

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Apr 4, 2019

Dumbo

I know movies are a product. Even so, it is too bad when that is all they appear to be. Disney is trying to find relatively easy money with

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Mar 22, 2019

Wonder Park

I wanted to hang out in Wonderland and look around for a while. Unfortunately, the screenplay would not let me. Wonder Park is far too busy

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

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Feb 27, 2019

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

By the end, I cared about his journey. That is impressive since I was not exactly looking forward to seeing this. However, the series treats

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Feb 14, 2019

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

It tries to be a continuation and not just do the same things in a somewhat different way. It does not have that feeling of discovery, but h

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