It’s hard to overstate just how exciting it felt to watch Knives Out in 2019. Director Rian Johnson, fresh off his polarizing take on the Star Wars franchise with Star Wars: The Last Jedi, pivoted …

I have been playing Super Mario games for literally as long as I can remember. After nearly 40 years on this planet, I’ve played virtually every single game. I’ll always have a soft spo…

As I watched Avatar, I had to keep reminding myself that the film is almost entirely comprised of computer-generated visuals driven by motion-capture performance. The moon of Pandora isn’t re…

As I watched Avatar, I had to keep reminding myself that the film is almost entirely comprised of computer-generated visuals driven by motion-capture performance. The moon of Pandora isn’t re…

Wicked: For Good always had a tough hill to climb. As the highly anticipated sequel to last year’s mega-hit Wicked, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, there was a lot of pre…

I know I’m dating myself by admitting this, but 30 years ago, I was a massive Sonic the Hedgehog fan. I didn’t have a Sega Genesis growing up, but that didn’t stop me from falling…

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When The Naked Gun was first announced, I thought it was about damn time. It feels like in the last 20 years or so, comedies have largely disappeared from theaters. Sure, there are plenty of films …

On its surface, Zootopia feels like a no-brainer film for kids. It’s not just the bright colors or heaps of jokes, either. It’s got anthropomorphic animals, genuinely memorable characters, a catchy…

It says a lot about my admiration for director Guillermo del Toro that I was eagerly anticipating watching his take on Frankenstein. It’s a story that’s been done to death, after all. There are so …

In 1995, it was impossible to escape the marketing buzz for Casper. It was a film aimed squarely at kids, starring a character that adults remembered from their own childhood. Long before the days of weaponized nostalgia, the filmmakers behind Casper had found a way to appeal to a wide swath of audiences and deliver a family-friendly film that all ages could enjoy. I didn’t see a ton of movies in the theater as a kid, and at the age of 8, I wasn’t eagerly anticipating Casper. I was a pretty wimpy kid, and ghosts weren’t something I gravitated toward. Needless to say, I didn’t see the film. In fact, I don’t know that I ever gave the film much thought again until this year. As my wife and I hunted for age-appropriate spooky movies to show our 4-year-old daughter, we stumbled upon the fact that Casper was celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Having never seen it, but remembering the omnipresent marketing from my childhood, I was intrigued at the idea of watching it for the first time alongside my daughter.

When I was a little kid, I was fascinated with the legend of Sleepy Hollow. As I’m sure many of my contemporaries did, I first learned about it from the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” segment of the Dis…