Laini Taylor romantic fantasy of a lost magical city and a librarian obsessed with its rediscovery. This creative celebration of imagination and conflicted relationships was entertaining while a bit uneven in its compelling versus repetitive elements.
Entertaining comedy partnership of Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling bringing new, and politically correct, blood to an aging talk-show-host’s writers team.
An adult science fiction movie that delivers the best alien arrival story since Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I just re-watched this amazing film and it was better yet on a second viewing. I’ve upped my rating
Melissa Albert’s YA horror fantasy is a moody and inventive dark tale of a hidden magical story world a little too connected to reality. Echoes of Labryinth.
Smart science fiction comedy that entertained while delivering much the same fare as prior MIBs. Tessa Thompson was great as the first (Woman in Black). Family fun.
Fine Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland collaboration. Start by positing a scientific basis for witchcraft and time travel and go from there.
Wonderful adult comedy with Theron and Seth Rogen as unlikely romantic leads. Both fish-out-of-water make the movie work on many levels. And the theme of the need for integrity in all things political couldn’t be more timely or germane for the audience.
Fun but predictable live-action remake. Will Smith gets all the kudos while the musical numbers, other than his, are flat. Will’s genie was worth the ticket price.
