Way back in 2015, Disney subsidiary Pixar released The Good Dinosaur, a boy-and-his-dog story that flipped things by making the big green lizard into the lost little boy and giving the dog’s part to a feral human child. Here, Disney …
by Matthew LickonaRise of the Planet of the Apes alone justified the advent of CGI. With it comes a worthy successor. No other-worldly Hollywood actioner of recent vintage come close to playing by the rules of the robust fantasy universe it puts …
by Scott MarksBringing R. Crumb's crum-bum characters to life is no better an idea than bringing Charles Schulz's to life, not even for the privilege of boasting about making the first X-rated cartoon. The disappointment stems from some silly voices and stiff …
by Duncan ShepherdShe sees...fake people? After discovering she can see everyone's imag…
Set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, apes …
Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, la…
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A classmate introduces teenage Owen to a mysterious late-night TV sho…
Takumi and his daughter live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One…
Darren Barrenman (Chris Pine) is a native Los Angeleno who spends his…
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Musical fantasy from the Disney people, featuring imbecilic hillbillies and a melodramatically mustachioed huckster as villains, a carrot-topped waif as a hero, and a too-cute, teardrop-shaped, pink-green-and-lavender cartoon dragon. There's also Helen Reddy, a movie debutante, as the steadfast, spiritual …
by Duncan ShepherdNever mind James Franco, though he acquits himself reasonably well in the thankless role of a handsome super-scientist out to heal the human brain. The real star here is Caesar, the genetically tweaked chimpanzee who has to figure out who …
by Matthew LickonaBringing R. Crumb's crum-bum characters to life is no better an idea than bringing Charles Schulz's to life, not even for the privilege of boasting about making the first X-rated cartoon. The disappointment stems from some silly voices and stiff …
by Duncan Shepherd