Pixar really saw they canceled the “Call Me By Your Name” sequel and said, “fine, I’ll do it myself.” “Luca” is the latest effort from Disney-Pixar and follows two young sea monsters (Jacob Tremblay and Jack Dylan Grazer) who have the ability to turn into humans while on land, and enter a race in order… Continue reading ‘Luca’ Review: A Warm and Simple Pixar Adventure
2020 has been crazy, so there’s something comforting about a Pixar movie around Christmas to end the year. “Soul” follows a middle school music teacher (voiced by Jamie Foxx) with dreams of being a jazz musician who dies and must work with a young soul (Tina Fey) to return to Earth. Questlove, Phylicia Rashad, Daveed… Continue reading ‘Soul’ Review: Heart, Humor, and a Whole Lotta Jazz
There’s a line from the first “Incredibles” where the villain tells the hero his apology is 15 years too late. After a 14 year wait for a sequel, I feel Disney owes us an apology, too. “Incredibles 2” is the long-awaited follow-up to the 2004 masterpiece about a family of superheroes. This time around the… Continue reading ‘Incredibles 2’ Not Worth the Super-Long Wait
As we put 2017 in the rearview mirror, a year full of big hits but many box office bombs, we look ahead to 2018. It appears that tentpoles and blockbusters will again dominate ticket sales and conversations so just as I did last year I thought it would be fun to predict some of the… Continue reading 2018 Box Office Predictions
And so, the summer of the sequels we didn’t really ask for continues. “Finding Dory” is the sequel to the 2003 film “Finding Nemo” and follows the forgetful fish Dory (voiced by Ellen DeGeneres) as she searches for her long lost family. Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolence and Ed O’Neill also star as Andrew Stanton directs.… Continue reading ‘Finding Dory’ Familiar but Fun Family Adventure
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