Tag: Animated
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Rihanna better have Paramount’s money after SMURFS

SPOILER-FREE PLOT SUMMARYEvery Smurf is named after whatever they’re known for. No Name Smurf (voiced by James Corden) is tired of not having found “his thing” yet and approaches Papa Smurf (John Goodman) on what he needs to do in order to earn a name. Encouraged by Smurfette (Rihanna), No Name heads into the forest…
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THE WILD ROBOT among the best of 2024

A Universal Dynamics shipment goes awry, sending several robots crashing to Earth on an uninhabited island. Only one of the robots remains in functioning order and, when a curious sea otter accidentally powers it on, ROZZUM Unit 7134 (voiced by Lupita Nyong’o) comes to life and tries to acquire a task, per her programming. After…
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TRANSFORMERS ONE is the spark the franchise needed

TRANSFORMERS ONE might be the best movie of the entire franchise, one that gives future films promise and hope and, quite frankly, that’s a huge improvement.
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REVIEW: Migration (2023)

While logically Mack is the main character, a case could be made that adventure is actually the main character here.
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REVIEW: Trolls Band Together (2023)

While “hate listening” — it’s a thing — to an old BroZone album, Branch (voiced by Justin Timberlake) finds himself reminiscing about his long lost brothers. Poppy (Anna Kendrick) bursts in and tells him she used to love BroZone, having no idea that her boyfriend is a former member. Fast forward to Bridget and King…

