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While the Toy Story movies look to the digital future of entertainment, the Despicable Me franchise is going way, way back into its analog past. Even movie buffs will be surprised just how much of a deep dive into Hollywood history Pierre Coffin's latest animated offering, Minions & Monsters, is…

I approached seeing director Rod Davis Lurie’s new WWII-set film Lucky Strike with a little apprehension because at this point I had a hard time imagining seeing another movie set during this war of wars that could possibly feel like something I hadn’t already seen. From all those films actually made…

Milly Alcock is the titular star of Supergirl, but the main attraction and secret sauce as far as I am concerned is a CGI dog named Krypto. So why did the filmmakers behind this cinematic reboot of DC’s female answer to Superman relegate poor Krypto, who was such a big part of making last year’s…

First up: Parents, the new animated feature film Tangles is not to be confused with Disney’s fairy tale toon Tangled, just in case you ever run into the two titles looking for the latter but perhaps accidentally letting junior see the former instead. That said, perhaps the full title of…

My first reaction when I heard of a new animated feature film adaptation of Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera, Carmen, was that despite the animated form it was taking, this had to be for adult and fans of opera, especially this one which is perhaps the most performed around the globe to this day. Wrong…

With his fifth film, Duncan Jones reveals that he was always more of a futurologist than a sci-fi guy, even though, like his films that preceded it, Rogue Trooper is another look into the black mirror of technology. Like father, like son, you might think, given that Jones' famous father David Bowie…

Not to sound too dated, but if you remember with fondness 1970’s classic boy-meets girl-boy loves girl-boy-loses-girl love story titled, of course, Love Story, then I have a new animated feature that is kind of the West Coast version on…

When Jon Brion would perform at Largo in Los Angeles, the enthrallment of his show entailed watching the shaggy-haired guy play myriad instruments, sampling and looping them into a climactic song. One that sticks out from memory is his version of Al Green’s “Let’s Stick Together.” Well, Ariana…

The spirit of Samuel Beckett is alive and well in what will surely — and most deservedly — be the biggest family movie of the year. Beautifully rendered and tightly scripted, Toy Story 5 a very modern comedy that hits almost all its satirical targets…

“This is my last time here, so let’s have a party tonight,” Rod Stewart said Wednesday night to an ecstatic Hollywood Bowl crowd of 17,500, prompting some immediate groans. Fans didn’t want the show to end at the Los Angeles stop for Stewart’s latest “One Last Time” farewell tour, and either…

Rose is a neurodivergent middle schooler living in a rural town with Wesley, a single father just barely hanging on but trying to do everything he can to raise her alone. He told her at a very young age that her mother abandoned the family, but that…

Reality TV does not have an enviable track record of transferring small-screen success to the big screen. In 2003 the American Idol extension From Justin to Kelly, pairing the first Idol finalists Justin Guarini and Kelly Clarkson in a romantic teen…