Finding Dory was just delightful. I loved it. My biologist husband liked it although he kept whispering things like “That’s not really an Open Ocean Exhibit.” My tween daughter adored it (“A+!”). I did not consult with any smaller children, but the theater I sat in seemed to be a happy place. My reviewing duties were made even easier by a very young child who periodically and gleefully yelled out helpful things like, “This movie … Continue reading Movie Review: Finding Dory →
The Good Dinosaur has a lot of things going for it. It’s gorgeous – really, some of the animation took my breath away. It’s not a prequel, a spin-off, a sequel, or based on a pre-existing toy franchise. It tells a pretty archetypal story (two lost souls help each other survive while learning heart-warming lessons) in a new way. But it does have some really odd stuff happening in terms of tone and that makes … Continue reading Movie Review: The Good Dinosaur →
Home is a dark movie that is wrapped in a literally and figuratively bubbly, package, in which we learn that colonialism is BAD. I’m not sure how much kids got the memo, but I have high hopes that some day our world leaders will be about to do something totally awful and suddenly they’ll say, “No, wait, I’m pretty sure this is wrong. I think I learned it in a movie. You know, that one with … Continue reading Movie Review: Home →
