Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon is a Brilliant Sci-Fi Silent Comedy

Since the days of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, silent comedy is rarely seen these days. It flourished for a time in animation, serving as the template to some of the best cartoons like Tom & Jerry and The Pink Panther. In recent years, Britain has mastered the genre not once but twice with Mr. Bean and Shaun the Sheep. With six seasons and a feature film, Shaun is Aardman's most successful franchise next to Wallace & Gromit, and the first Aardman sequel.

Triple Review Vol. 2

The ninth movie from Quentin Tarantino, James Bobin's second try on bringing a television icon to the big-screen and a personal story from Lulu Wang. Worth the watch or skippable flicks?

Detective Pikachu Catches the Spark but Needs More Charge

I was about six years old when I joined the Pokemon phenomenon. I begged my parents to take me to Pokemon: The First Movie (I decision I now regret) and frequently watched the anime up until the Hoenn League in Season Eight: Advanced Battle. I occasionally came back to the show: a few episodes of the Sinnoh Region with Diamond & Pearl, watched the entire Unova series with Black & White, and the first half of the Kalos adventure in X&Y where I stopped watching the anime again (Sorry Sun & Moon fans).

Bumblebee Is Remarkably Robust

There is no doubt that Transfomers is successful as a toyline. The cartoon adaptations have been both a hit (Transformers:Prime) and miss (Beast Machines). The movies, to put it delicately, have been severely underwhelming and gotten worse with each new entry. After helming every live-action iteration of the robots in disguise, Micheal Bay steps down as director and hand's the reigns to Travis Knight, fresh from his success of the stop-motion action fantasy Kubo and the Two-Strings.

Christopher Robin is Little on Brains but Big in Heart.

"Pooh, promise you won't forget about me, ever. Not even when I'm a hundred."
Pooh thought for a little. "How old shall I be then?"
"Ninety-nine."
"Pooh nodded. "I promise," he said.

-The House at Pooh Corner

by A.A. Milne 

The Teen Titans Go to the Movies and Do What They Do Best

Robin (Scott Menville), Cyborg (Khary Payton), Beast Boy (Greg Cipes),
Starfire (Hynden Welch), Raven (Tara Strong) at the movies. 

The original Teen Titans cartoon was met with critical praise. It ran on Cartoon Network for five seasons including a made-for-television movie. Unfortunately, the series got canceled before getting a proper resolution. When news came that the show would return, fans were overjoyed until they saw the new designs and it would be a comedy re-titled Teen Titans Go! Reactions immediately turned sour. Despite the enormous backlash, the series remained popular with a fan-base and is the first Cartoon Network program to nab a movie deal since The Powerpuff Girls back in 2002. Will Teen Titans Go to the Movies fare better on the big screen or receive the same disdain as the show?

The Mane Six Travel to the Big Screen in My Little Pony the Movie (Special Guest Jordan Wright of Crit Hit)

7 years ago, Hasbro relaunched the “My Little Pony” franchise with a redesign of their toyline to be carried by the launch of 2010’s “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic,” the subject of which “My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)” is the direct focus of.

Double Feature: Baywatch & Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Memorial Day weekend brought us two​ movies that took place off dry land. Neither delivered a spectacular splash though I would say one swam better than the other. 

Power Rangers’ Attempt of A Serious Tone Is Noble But Feeble

(Originally Published on March 28, 2017)

Like any kid, I grew up watching one or two episodes of Power Rangers before my parents banned me from seeing anymore, of course that didn’t stop me. While not a die-hard fan, I’ve seen enough episodes from various if-not-all incarnations of the Power Rangers to be familiar with the set-up from Mighty Morphin, Lightspeed Rescue, S.P.D. and Dino Thunder (the series I was most familiar with).