Project Hail Mary: Amaze Amaze Amaze

Ryan Gosling. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios In the spring of 2026, this movie was a shot in the arm to anyone looking for a great reason to go to the movies…

Howl’s Moving Castle

A young hatter called Sophie encounters a witch who turns her into an old woman; she finds an ally in a wizard called Howl. Hayao Miyazaki found inspiration in both…

Kiki’s Delivery Service

13-year-old witch Kiki takes her cat Jiji and flies away on her broomstick, leaving her family to find an independent new life in a city. Hayao Miyazaki followed up on…

My Neighbor Totoro: A Friend in Need

Photo: Ghibli When it came to animation, 1988 was an interesting year. In the U.S., Disney released Oliver & Company, an animated take on ”Oliver Twist” that earned a profit…

Oliver & Company

An orphaned kitten in New York City called Oliver makes friends with a group of street dogs who hang out with Fagin, a petty thief. The last film Disney made…

Elio

Young orphan Elio dreams of space, but when he’s abducted by aliens he finds himself representing Earth in negotiations with a warlord. The fact that the original LGBTQ-colored characterizations that…

Tron Ares

During a race to find a ”permanence code” to break a barrier between reality and digital constructs, a breakthrough happens in Alaska. No one really asked for a third chapter…

Mulan

When the Chinese Emperor demands one man from each family to build an army against an invasion, Mulan (Liu Yifei) volunteers, disguising herself as a man. The live-action remake of…

Stranger Things 

It became a global pop-culture phenomenon, this sci-fi show about a small town in Indiana where a group of kids learned about the existence of a portal to a dimension…

Bamse and the City of Thieves

After several animated shorts made in the 1960s and ’70s, this was the first feature starring Rune Andreasson’s friendly but super-strong bear Bamse. The story (which shares similarities with the…