★★★★★ As far back as I can remember, it has always been a tradition to see a new Pixar film on the big screen with my family. Each new release was another opportunity to get together for some of the best movies that the medium of animation has to offer, and better still, it was … Continue reading NYICFF 2022: Turning Red
Film Review: The Adam Project
★★★★ Effortlessly combining clever humor, exciting sci-fi action, and a potent dose of heart, Stranger Things and Free Guy director Shawn Levy brings The Adam Project to Netflix in the style of Amblin classics. The Adam Project may fall victim to Netflix’s needless longing to show an entire truncated version of a film in its … Continue reading Film Review: The Adam Project
Sundance 2022 Wrap-Up
2022's all-virtual Sundance Film Festival brought together a variety of films, with the festival's usual eye for exciting new voices on full display. It seemed this year that nearly every selection featured at least one big-name actor in the majority of the projects. Below is our full coverage for the Sundance festival, and links to … Continue reading Sundance 2022 Wrap-Up
Film Review: The King’s Daughter
★★★ The King’s Daughter is a charming fairy tale style movie the whole family can enjoy. Director Sean McNamara, who has done a variety of films from Disney Channel originals to Baby Geniuses sequels to everything in between, directs from a script based on the novel “The Moon and the Sun” by Vonda N. McIntyre. … Continue reading Film Review: The King’s Daughter
Film Review: Birds Like Us
★★ When it comes to the filmmaking medium of animation, I am the first to jump to its defense when people try to claim they are all strictly for kids. Animation does not always thematically mean we are dealing with a children’s film. Look at nearly any of Pixar’s output, gritty anime, or even hilariously … Continue reading Film Review: Birds Like Us
Film Review: Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
★★★ The Hotel Transylvania films have been a staple of Sony Pictures Animation since the surprise box office breakout success of the 2012 original. Somehow, here we are almost exactly ten years later. Instead of a properly fitting October debut, the pandemic has essentially force-shuffled many movies around. Foregoing a traditional theatrical release, Hotel Transylvania: … Continue reading Film Review: Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Our Favorite Films of 2021
As another year comes to a close, we shut the book on a year of surprising and often excellent movies. We reveal our choices for our favorite movies of year, along with some yearbook-style superlatives! Be sure to let us know which movies in 2021 connected with you! Movie Yearbook Superlatives! Best musical sequence JOSH: … Continue reading Our Favorite Films of 2021
Most Anticipated Films of 2022
2022 is only days away, so what better way to get excited than to chart the films I am most looking forward to discovering in the new year? Check out an exclusive list, just a taste of what 2022 will hold as we enter a brand new year of movies! Here are my top 20 … Continue reading Most Anticipated Films of 2022
Film Review: Rumble
★★★ 2021 has been an exceptionally good year for animation. Come the Academy Award Nominations for best animated film, I greatly look forward to seeing what is competing for the top prize. Late-in-the-year animated entry Rumble is one that is sure to be missing from the coveted nominees list. A film’s legacy is of course … Continue reading Film Review: Rumble
Film Review: Mixtape
★★★ Set in 1999 Spokane, Mixtape follows adorable twelve-year-old Beverly (Gemma Brooke Allen) as she accidentally destroys the cassette mixtape belonging to her deceased mother. She is left with only a mysterious track list, and remains clueless as to how to repair it. Now, Beverly will do whatever it takes to find each and every … Continue reading Film Review: Mixtape