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You can always count on the team behind Wallace & Gromit to deliver something whimsical, clever, and very, very British. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, the newest movie now streaming on Netflix, is no exception. Co-directed by original Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham, this movie finds Wallace (voiced...
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Surprise surprise, James Gunn knows how to make a good comic book adaptation. In Creature Commandos, the Superman and Guardians of the Galaxy auteur spotlights a ragtag group of monsters and non-humans, including a Nazi-hunting robot and Frankenstein's Bride, who must work together to save the world from an impending supervillain. I always jive...
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There's nothing quite like a disappointing sequel to remind you how great the original is. Such is the case with Moana, the 2016 animated Disney movie that—unlike the new Moana 2 movie in theaters— never fails to make me smile. The visuals are gorgeous, and Lin-Manuel Miranda's irresistible soundtrack will be stuck in your head for weeks after...
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This animated action-comedy follows Momo, a high school student from a family of mediums who challenges an alien fanatic to prove that aliens are, in fact, real. But when Okarun awakens an evil curse from a foul-mouthed old woman, and Momo unlocks her hidden powers, the teens form an unlikely friendship as they try to keep each other alive in the...
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30 years ago this week, The Lion King hit theaters. It's the fifth film in the 10 year Disney Renaissance period, and for my money, the best one (it might even be my favorite Disney movie, period, but don't quote me on that!). The Lion King has all the hallmarks of a great Disney Renaissance movie: a banging score (Hans Zimmer did not come to...
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Okay, hear me out: yes, Trolls Band Together is technically a kids movie, but as an adult, I had so much fun watching it — and I've never even seen another Trolls movie. Band Together is the third Trolls movie to star Anna Kendrick as the voice of Queen Poppy and Justin Timberlake as Branch; in the movie, Branch and Poppy are officially a...
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Blue Eye Samurai was a buzzy release when it premiered last November on Netflix, but if you have yet to stream the memorable anime series there’s still time. Mr. & Mrs. Smith star Maya Erskine plays Mizu, a mixed-race swordmaster who disguises herself as a man as she seeks revenge against the men who made her an outcast. The series’...
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