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Going into Selena, I didn't know or care much about the life of the late Tex-Mex singer, whose death in 1995 came just as she was attempting to break into the mainstream American pop market. As far as I was aware, Selena's tragic end was just anot...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-03-21
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Gregory Nava
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda, ...
Note: I consider this review to be “spoiler-lite.” Although there are no overt revelations of things that can’t be learned by scanning published cast lists or watching the trailer, if you don’t want to know anything about the movie, co...
U.S. Release Date: 2021-09-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Fantasy
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Cast: Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Meng’er Zhang, ...
Across the Spider-Verse, the middle installment of the “Spider-Verse” trilogy (following 2018’s Into the Spider-Verse and ahead of 2024’s Beyond the Spider-Verse), is just as rambunctious, psychedelic, and occasionally spastic as its precu...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-09-05
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated/Action
Director: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
Cast: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac, ...
When I was sitting in a theater during the summer of 1977 enthralled by the spectacle that was Star Wars, never did I imagine that, some 31 years later, I would find myself wishing it would go away. Overmerchandising, fan unfriendliness, and greed...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-08-15
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Dave Filoni
Cast: (voices) Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, Ashley Eckstein, ...
Had the storyline for The Mandalorian and Grogu been used for a three-episode arc in the Disney+ TV series, I don't think anyone would have minded. The plot isn't appalling; it's the kind of thing that one wants from a TV series—an episodic ...
U.S. Release Date: 2026-05-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sci-fi action violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Pedro Pascal, Jeremy Allen White, Sigourney Weaver, ...
Tootsie works for three reasons: a sharp screenplay, good comic timing, and delightful performances. There's nothing deep or philosophical about the film. It doesn't try to solve the world's problems or uncover some great social truth. It's a ge...
U.S. Release Date: 1982-12-17
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, ...
Ned Devine is dead. The news that he was holding a lottery ticket worth over 6.8 million pounds was too much for old Ned's heart. Now, the tiny Irish village of Tullymore has a decision to make: do they bury Ned's ticket along with him or do the...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-11-20
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Kirk Jones
Cast: : Ian Bannen, David Kelly, Fionnula Flanagan, ...
After a 10-year absence, Aardman Animation's foundation characters, Wallace & Gromit, have returned. The clay man and his dog, who were featured in three animated shorts between 1989 and 1995, were left out in the cold when Nick Park and his crew ...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-10-07
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Nick Park, Steve Box
Cast: (voices) Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham-Carter, ...
Transforming Watchmen, one of the most lauded comic series of all time, into a movie is as ambitious an undertaking as anyone in Hollywood is likely to attempt. For more than 20 years, a variety of people (including Terry Gilliam, Darren Aronofsky...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-03-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity, Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/THRILLER
Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson, Malin Akerman, ...