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Review: Kung Fu Panda 4 Loses a Few Familiar Animals, But Finds Laughs and Action in Po’s Latest Adventure

While my memory tells me that I moderately enjoyed the previous three installments of the Kung Fu Panda franchise, I couldn’t tell you a blessed thing about their plots. I […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 8, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Super Mario Bros. Movie Features All the Characters, Set Pieces of the Storied Game, Just None of the Actual Story

    And I thought I was a little bit lost during the recent Dungeons & Dragons movie. I don’t live under a rock, so I know a little something about the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 5, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Parody Songs and Plenty of Heart, Laughs (and Cameos) in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

    It should come as a surprise to no one that when approaching his own biopic, song-parody performer “Weird” Al Yankovic would be mostly incapable of telling his story seriously. In […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 4, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Nostalgia, Ambition and Outer Space Loom Large in Richard Linklater’s Endearing Apollo 10½

    Using the same animation style (and lead animator Tommy Pallotta) he used in Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly, writer/director Richard Linklater brings us the more personal tale of his […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 1, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Familiar Cast—And a Few New Faces—Play the Same Game in Jumanji: The Next Level

    Jumanji The Next Level

    I went into the last Jumanji film, Welcome to the Jungle, with such neutral expectations that I was pleasantly surprised to discover a funny, energetic adventure comedy featuring an array […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 12, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Goosebumps 2 Is About as Good as Year-Old Halloween Candy

    Goosebumps 2

    For the second time in recent weeks, Jack Black is trying on a kids-sized horror movie, and both times, he’s had mixed results. The House with the Clock in the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 12, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Few Scares, a Few Fart Jokes Make for an Uneven House With a Clock in Its Walls

    house with a clock

    The House With a Clock in Its Walls is a very bad title for a movie. The unfortunate tagline—”This house knows what makes you tick.”—is even worse. Fortunately, the film to […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • September 21, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Joaquin Phoenix Carries a Moving, if Stilted, Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot

    Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot

    When Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot, the latest from Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, To Die For, Milk) defies expectations, it’s a glorious thing. But when […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 20, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Jumanji: Welcome To the Jungle Coasts on Youthful Spirit and Humor

    It’s been more than 20 years since a group of kids unleashed the characters and creatures from an adventure board game called Jumanji onto an unsuspecting world. With this loosely […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 20, 2017
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