Drac Finds Love in Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
All your favorites are back for a summer vacation cruise in Hotel Transylvania 3 and will be thoroughly hyper, loony fun for those children under the age of 12. For older kids and adults it may not be the summer vacation you were looking to cruise with. For those who didn’t catch the first two in this zany franchise, Dracula’s (Adam Sandler) daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) falls in love with and marries a human Johnny (Adam Samberg). Sensing her Dad may be due a much need vacation from being the proprietor of his monster hotel, Mavis treat’s Dad and his buddies, Frankenstein (Kevin James), Wayne the Werewolf (Steve Buscemi), Murray…
Elastagirl and Jack Jack Steal the Show in Disney*Pixar’s Incredibles 2
Disney has done it again! Incredibles 2 surpasses the excitement of its predecessor totally entertaining the adult children like myself. When we catch up with Elastagirl, Mr. Incredible, Violet and Dash – superheroes have been deemed illegal and are underground. When their best efforts to convince society that superheroes being needed and relevant aare thwarted, their superhero program is being shutdown and they have to find new digs in just a few short weeks. Elastagirl comes to the rescue with the help of cool techno-geek villain Evelyn Deavor (Catherine Keaner) and her overly enthusiastic brother Winston (Bob Odenkirk). Let me just say that Elastagirl is a total badass when…
Incredibles 2 Fans Celebrate Incredibles Day
Kicking off the countdown to “Incredibles 2” opening day, 25 content creators will dust off their super suits and join filmmakers and fans to celebrate INCREDIBLES DAY.
CARS 3
I think if I had known about a female race car driver, I could’ve probably been the 1st African-American chick to blaze NASCAR!!! Naw, not really, but in Disney/Pixar’s latest in the Car franchise – Cars 3, there is some serious female empowerment going on! In this installment, our favorite hero Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and his red-hot career have cooled down. Even his biggest fans and sports world constituents consider him as a washed up hunk of metal. Enter Cruz Ramirez (Cristela Alonzo)!!! Ramirez reminds McQueen of that “eye of the tiger” mentality Doc (the late Paul Newman) recognized that ultimately turned him into an unstoppable champion…
SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE
Like many kids and teens of my generation, I have a soft spot for Smurfs. I was particularly excited that there was a female Smurf – Smurfette! Smurfs were the “Minions” of their time and ridiculously popular. So popular, that Kings Productions even produced a show for their theme parks – “The Smurfs Are Here. Yup…and yours truly did was a performer in the one at Ohio’s Kings Island. If Beyoncé’ lit a match under millennial women with her concept album “Lemonade”, Smurfette is the ringleader for the Female Smurf Nation. At least until she stumbles upon the “lost village”, which is saturated with female Smurfs. These dolls have a…
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Love and stories about love never go out of style. These types of stories make us sentimental, long for a lost love or a love that was never to be realized. Disney’s Beauty and Beast stays true to form with this latest incarnation of “a tale as old as time”! This beautiful version has been transported into the 21st Century maintaining the integrity of the original Disney film. Belle, clearly ahead of her time, is portrayed as inventive, industrious girl, who is more interested in finding out who she is. She has no interest in finding a husband or being a princess. From the first frame to the last, I…
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FLOYD NORMAN: An Animated Life
What do Soul Train, Sleeping Beauty, Fat Albert, Sesame Street, Pixar and Disney Animation have in common? Classic and Ground-Breaking Animator – Floyd Norman. There isn’t a cartoon or animation project you have seen within the last twenty years that has not had the touch of Floyd Norman added to it. Growing up in Santa Barbara, California, Norman was prepped for a life with no boundaries. Luckily for him, his teachers saw that his imagination and gift for drawing were clearly unique when he was set up with an assistant job on the Katy Keene comic book with legendary artist Bill Woggon. However, it was grabbing a gig as an in-betweener,…
One Piece Film: Gold
The glittering Gran Tesoro, a city of entertainment beyond the laws of the government, is a sanctuary for the world’s most infamous pirates, Marines, and filthy rich millionaires. Drawn by dreams of hitting the jackpot, Captain Luffy and his crew sail straight for the gold. But behind the gilded curtains lies a powerful king whose deep pockets and deeper ambitions spell disaster for the Straw Hats and the New World alike.
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The Curvy Critic’s Best of 2016 – Flicks, Docs and Animated
Wow…I don’t know about you, but this year literally didn’t pick up film wise for me until a few months ago. Hidden Figures and Loving taught us several history lessons about how racist the State of Virginia could be, unlawful interracial love and groundbreaking women at NASA. Women kicked serious butt in 2016 and diversity was at an all time high with films like Southside With You, Miles Ahead, Elle, 20th Century Women and Moonlight. I must be the only critic that didn’t fall head over heels in love with Manchester By The Sea, but loved young Lucas Hodges performance. Not one to hold my tongue, my thoughts about 2016…
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
Being a Buddhist, I love how the Japanese culture of prayer is honored in this piece. It very earnestly demonstrates the results of an honest prayer versus a prayer that is blatantly insincere. It is this lesson that resonates with Kubo the most and will literally bring tears to your eyes.
