Review: Trolls Band Together Revisits Familiar Characters and Music, a Mild New Entry into the Franchise
I’ve always had a soft spot for the Trolls movies because of the music, and because Anna Kendrick and Justin…
Review: In Its Latest Live-Action Adaptation, Disney Drains The Little Mermaid of All Its Magic, Charm
The 1989 animated feature film The Little Mermaid ushered in a new golden era of Disney’s storied animation legacy. A…
Review: DC League of Super-Pets Is a Lighthearted, Animal-Filled Entry to the Superhero Genre
How is it possible that some of my favorite DC movies of late have been their animated offerings? Four years…
Review: Satire and Terror Make for Quite the Pair in Velvet Buzzsaw
Like many die-hard film fans, I was sad to miss Sundance Film Festival this year. It marks the start of…
Review: Creative Duo Crafts Heartbreaking, Uplifting Story of Change in Blindspotting
At its heart, Blindspotting is a film by and about friends. Longtime music collaborators and Oakland natives Daveed Diggs (best…
Interview: Blindspotting Creative Duo On Oakland, Finding a Director and the Ten Years to the Big Screen
Musicians, poets, actors, and general creative types Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal have been working on-and-off on the screenplay for…
