Tag: Animation

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Terrier Max (Patton Oswalt) is coping with some major life changes. His owner (Ellie Kemper) is now married and has a toddler, Liam. Max is so worried about protecting the boy that he develops a nervous tic. On a family trip to a farm, Max and mutt Duke …

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Time for a Reel POKÉMAN: DETECTIVE PIKACHU review

In the mid-1990s a video game phenomenon was born that was known as Pokémon. Known in Japan as Pocket Monsters, this game consumed the free time of a massive amount of people. In addition to the video games, there have been books, animated films and television shows. Now comes a live-action film version with a …

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Time for a Reel THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART review

Five years ago, writers/directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller surpassed everyone’s expectations with the smash animated hit, The LEGO Movie (2014). Stuffed with a bevy of recognizable voices and humor that hit on two fronts, young audiences and the young at heart would enjoy this movie to its fullest. While Lord and Miller are still …

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Time for a Reel SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE review

The story of Spider-Man has been told and retold many times over. There comes a point where people go “yeah yeah yeah” and start to grow wearisome of it. So, writer Phil Lord and trio of directors Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman had their work cut out when developing the latest entry into …

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Time for a Reel Dr. Seuss’ THE GRINCH review

It’s been a while since we’ve had a movie based one of Dr. Seuss’ most famous characters. His Grinch character is probably the second most recognizable character he created. First debuted in 1957 within the pages of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, people everywhere were swept away with the mischievous mayhem that this green guy …

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Time for a Reel CHRISTOPHER ROBIN review

English author A. A. Milne had moderate success as a novelist but gained the highest level of notoriety in 1926 when he first published Winnie-the-Pooh. The rest, folks, is history. Disney has put up some good works over the decades but interest seemed to have trailed off over the last quarter century. Marc Forster, known …

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Time for a Reel TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES review

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies is the first theatrical offering based on the Teen Titans Go! television series (hence the creatively entertaining title) which already has five seasons under its belt. Do to its success on Comedy Central, the animated, occasionally edgy, comedy which focuses on a younger generation of DC Comics looking to …

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Time for a Reel PETER RABBIT review

Peter Rabbit review

In 1902 an aspiring author by the name of Beatrix Potter hoped to make a name for herself with the release of her first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The rest, as they say, is history. She went on to become an extremely accomplished author, while The Tale of Peter Rabbit has gone on …

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Time for a Reel BILAL: A NEW BREED OF HERO review

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero review

Last year Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) was a pleasant surprise that seemingly came out of nowhere. By the time that awards season rolled around, the positive buzz could not be ignored. A story was told that was more mature in nature and the animation was stunning. Less than a year later, could we …