Inside Out 2
Riley is now 13 and headed to a hockey camp over the weekend when suddenly new emotions take charge, pushing the old ones aside. A sequel to the 2015 film…
Jim Henson: Idea Man
An idea to turn the life of beloved puppeteer and filmmaker Jim Henson into a feature film evolved into this documentary. Conventional but compelling, it traces his life from the…
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
As Rey (Daisy Ridley) is in Jedi training, Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) faces threats from both the Resistance and an emperor who is supposed to be dead… The final chapter…
Knives Out
85-year-old crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found at home with a slit throat; his whole family are suspects and police employ the help of a brilliant detective (Daniel…
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The evil First Order is now in control of the galaxy, but Rey (Daisy Ridley) is trying to convince Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to come out of retirement and help…
Inside Out: Finding the Purpose of Sadness
Photo: Pixar In 2009, director Pete Docter had completed and released the phenomenal Pixar film Up when he started noticing things about his preteen daughter Elie. She was becoming more…
Trading Places
Two wealthy brothers (Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche) make a wager where they scheme to have two men (one rich, one poor) switch places in life – what will be the…
The Muppet Christmas Carol
The fourth Muppet movie is the first after Jim Henson’s death and now more clearly than ever is the concept directed at children. A smart commercial move, but I’m sure…
Phantom Menace: Meet Young Anakin
Liam Neeson, Ray Park and Ewan McGregor. Photo: 20th Century Fox According to Merriam Webster, the word "anticipation" means among other things "pleasurable expectation". They might as well have included…
Return of the Jedi: A Case of the Cutes
Carrie Fisher. Photo: 20th Century Fox When I told a friend of mine that I had recently reviewed the first three Star Wars movies and reached the conclusion that the…