MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
Disney-fied
Inside Out 2 heads to puberty territory – but really? No horny? Were these people ever 13?
At Least it’s Fast as Lightning
Po the kung fu fighting giant panda returns for more of the same in Kung Fu Panda 4.
‘Table’ Mannered
When Table for Six 2 remembers its roots it’s a feast, but most of time it aims for haute cuisine: tiny bits that don’t fill you up.
The Long Good-bye
If Hayao Miyazaki is going out after The Boy and the Heron, it’s not quite with a whimper, but it certainly isn’t a bang.
Pure Sugar
Holy crap, Wonka is actually a delight and that monster at WB didn’t hide it from us.
No Laughing Matter
Note: Au Cheuk-man’s very dramatic Stand Up Story has hardly any stand up comedy in it.
Self-Centred
Daishi Matsunaga takes on seminal Japanese LGBTQ+ novel Egoist and does not embarrass himself.
‘Ninja’ stars
Wait, is this... is this good? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem reboots the old franchise to ace effect.
Over-built
This isn’t the hot mess we expected, but Haunted Mansion suffers from the ‘more is just more’ syndrome.
Turning Purple
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is very, very derivative, but very, very harmless.
Monster Mash
Yokaipedia is like a Japanese Stranger Things, including the girl, the Black kid and the upside down.
A Whole New World
Strange World is Disney’s most modern, effortlessly inclusive family adventure. See it on a big screen.