All posts tagged "Fantasy"
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Jim Batts | November 22, 2021
ENCANTO – Review
So, you didn’t think we’d go through the year’s last two big holidays without a brightly-wrapped animated gift...
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Jim Batts | October 7, 2021
LAMB – Review
Alright kiddies, time to gather around the fireplace for another magical fairy tale. Oh, scratch that, this is...
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Jim Batts | October 1, 2021
MAYDAY (2021) – Review
Okay, here’s a unique twist on some classic fables, one that could truly be called a “fairy tale...
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Jim Batts | August 11, 2021
FREE GUY – Review
The Summer season is “fun and games” time at the local multiplex. Oh, but you’re thinking, “Isn’t it...
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Jim Batts | June 16, 2021
LUCA- Review
So, travel venues are finally opening up just in time to escape those sweltering Summer temps. Someplace with...
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Jim Batts | March 5, 2021
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON – Review
We’re still a few weeks away from the big Spring break (even with the past year’s at-home learning...
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Jim Batts | February 11, 2021
THE MAP OF TINY PERFECT THINGS – Review
So, after nearly a year of…well, for want of a less annoying phrase, the “new normal”, are you...
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Jim Batts | December 10, 2020
PARALLEL (2020) – Review
A certain odd feeling probably crossed your mind as you’re dashing past a building. You might still experience...
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Jim Batts | December 3, 2020
GODMOTHERED – Review
So, who could use a little magic? This year, who couldn’t, even with just a few weeks left...
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Jim Batts | June 29, 2020
FOUR KIDS AND IT (2020) – Review
With the home-schooling battles and triumphs (hopefully) several weeks in the past, perhaps it’s time that the “wee...
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Jim Batts | March 5, 2020
ONWARD – Review
For animation feature fans it’s been a long cold couple of months since the Christmas Day release of...
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Jim Batts | September 26, 2019
TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID – Review
This film’s premise may promise many flights of fantasy and endearing whimsical humor, but what it delivers is...
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Cate Marquis | December 15, 2017
THE SHAPE OF WATER – Review
Magical, evocative THE SHAPE OF WATER blends Cold War thriller, romance and monster movie genres in director Guillermo...
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Cate Marquis | August 4, 2017
THE DARK TOWER – Review
THE DARK TOWER attempts to condense Stephen King’s wide-ranging epic book series of good versus evil into a...
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Travis Keune | September 24, 2014
JACK AND THE CUCKOO CLOCK HEART – The Review
Romance is perhaps the most coveted of the storyteller’s tools, one that can connect with anyone, yet open...
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Travis Keune | August 14, 2014
RAGNAROK – The Review
Show of hands… When you first saw the film, who absolutely thought RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK was...
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Travis Keune | March 24, 2011
KABOOM – The Review
Who is The Chosen Son and what the f *ck does it all mean? There is a lot...
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Travis Keune | May 7, 2010
Review: THE SECRET OF KELLS
With the popularity of CG-animated films from Pixar and DreamWorks and the namesake monopoly on traditional animation that...