Category: Animation

  • Movie Review: “Clifford the Big Red Dog”

    Movie Review: “Clifford the Big Red Dog”

    A family of yellow labs, mom and 3 yellow pups and a red pup, were living in an abandoned warehouse when animal control came and took them to the shelter. Except for the red puppy who was hidden under some rubbish. The red puppy found it’s way to Central Park and a magical man named…

  • Movie Review: “The Croods: A New Age”

    Movie Review: “The Croods: A New Age”

    Years Ago The last words Guy (Ryan Reynolds) heard his parents tell him was to follow the morning sun to his “tommorrow”. Now Guy is still walking towards the morning sun when he meets another person! Overjoyed he reaches out to this person, only to be almost killed…..but, Eep Crood (Emma Stone), holds onto the…

  • Movie Review: “Turning Red”

    Movie Review: “Turning Red”

    Meilin “Mei” Lee (Rosalie Chaing) just turned 13. Mei is an independent “woman” (it says she is an adult on the mass transit card) not afraid to speak up for what she believes in and do what she wants to do. Except…..her mother, Ming (Sandra Oh), will not let her go to the upcoming 4*Town…

  • Movie Review: “Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania”

    Movie Review: “Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania”

    Dracula (Brian Hull) is planning to announce his retirement and his plans to hand over the hotel to Mavis (Selena Gomez) and Jonathan (Andy Samberg). Mavis, with her super hearing, overhears this and tells Jonathan, who goes all stupid with Drac, who then changes his mind and says he can’t legally transfer the hotel to…

  • “Luca” Movie Review

    “Luca” Movie Review

    Luca Paguro (Jacob Tremblay) lives with his family in a nice underwater cave. He is a sea monster. One day while herding his sheep-fish to pasture, Luca finds an alarm clock and a joker card…..human stuff that he is forbidden to have. In fact, he is forbidden to even think about going above the water…at…

  • “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” Movie Review

    “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” Movie Review

    Manny (Ray Romano) and Ellie (Queen Latifa) are expecting a little one anytime now. Manny keeps riling up the rest of the pack with false labors and some of them, well one of them, Diego (Denis Leary), decides to leave the pack to seek adventure. Sid (John Leguizamo) goes off on his own and comes…

  • “Raya and the Last Dragon” Movie Review

    “Raya and the Last Dragon” Movie Review

    Note: I paid $29.99 to Disney+ for special access to watch this movie, at home, before it becomes available to all Disney+ subscribers on June 4, 2021. Since our normal movie nights, according to Lori, cost over $30, I thought this was a good deal. I am so glad I did this as “Raya and…

  • “Soul” Movie Review

    “Soul” Movie Review

    Joe (Jamie Foxx) is a middle school music teacher with dreams of becoming a full-time jazz musician. He is, after all, a very good musician….just not spectacular. One day, an old student of his who is now a musician, Curley (Questlove), hooks Joe up with a famous jazz saxophonist, Dorothea (Angela Bassett), and lo-and-behold, Joe…

  • “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” Movie Review and Trailer

    “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” Movie Review and Trailer

    This, Andy Serkis directed version of the jungle book, was scheduled to arrive in theaters at the very same time as Jon Favreau’s live action version of Disney’s “The Jungle Book”. “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” was pushed back a year, but, ultimately ended up on Netflix. Life is tough in the jungle…..and in Hollywood.…