After two-plus years of delays, and a whole lot of pre-release baggage Disney is ignoring, Magic Camp arrives three years after it first went into production on Disney+. Maybe it should have stayed on the shelf.
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Onward, the 22nd feature-length Pixar film, has a rich, emotional payoff to an amusing fantasy-laden adventure as two brothers attempt to reconcile with their late father.
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The Call of the Wild means well but feels like a movie 20-30 years old, with a baffling decision to feature a CGI dog in a co-leading role.
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After much delay, Sonic The Hedgehog finally arrives with a manic, unhinged Jim Carrey and an anthropomorphic talking blue hedgehog from another dimension. In other words, your kids are gonna love it.
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Robert Downey Jr.’s portrayal of Dolittle, his first film since departing the Marvel Cinematic Universe is…to put it nicely…not one of his better decisions.
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Troop Zero is a harmless breeze of a comedy about a girl whose love of space pushes her to form a troop of Birdie Scouts, in the hopes that she can be heard on NASA’s Voyager Golden Record.
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While there are so funny and amusing moments, the animated reboot of The Addams Family is scattered, a bit random, and something of a mess.
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Harmless fun, with some deeper themes at play, Abominable is a fantastical adventure about a teenage girl hoping to return a rescued Yeti to his home on Mount Everest.
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Frenzied, harried, and full of nearly two dozen celebrity voices, The Angry Birds Movie 2 is an animated family comedy that hits more than it misses.
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One of the biggest surprises of 2019, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, led by a breakout performance by Isabela Moner, is yet one more movie I never knew I needed.
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Disney’s 2019 reinterpretation of The Lion King is innovative and groundbreaking and unlike anything I have ever seen before. The rest of the movie struggles to find its own identity.
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Toy Story 4 is one of the best films of 2019.
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A marked improvement on the first film, The Secret Life of Pets 2 proves to be a slapdash series of scenes and vignettes loosely tied to its predecessor.
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If you are familiar with Pokémon, then Pokémon Detective Pikachu is for you. For everyone else, good luck - You can come on by, but you really weren’t invited to the party.
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While it may end up at a Gathering of the Juggalos, the serio-comic journey getting there is where Family really shines.
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I felt pure, unmitigated joy from start to finish watching Missing Link, the latest stop-motion animation success from the resilient Laika Studios.
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Though the main character is an irresistible CGI/motion capture creation, Tim Burton’s Dumbo is a bleak, somewhat cynical take on the Disney animated classic.
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Though well-intentioned, family animated comedy/drama Wonder Park struggles to find a tone consistent with its message.
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With the arrival of The Hidden World, it is official - How To Train Your Dragon is one of the best trilogies, animated or otherwise, of all time.
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Joe Cornish delivers an amusing, energetic take on King Arthur’s story with The Kid Who Would Be King, a nice escape of sorts for kids and families alike.
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