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Review: Arco paints a colorful vision of a hopeful future It rarely rains in LA, but we're in the midst of a very rainy weekend, which made it the perfect day to venture out to the movies to catch A...

Arco is a Ghibli-esque bit of solar-punk sweetness, painting a colorful vision of a hopeful future. My review of Neon's awards hopeful:

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Review: In Your Dreams is anything but a snooze-fest When you're a kid, you have so little control over your life. The world is so big, so unknown and unknowable, and you're just being ferried ...

In Your Dreams, hitting Netflix tomorrow, is a lively, emotional adventure that really gets what it's like to be a kid (and a sibling). It made me laugh a lot, and cry almost as much. My review:

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Review: Chicken Litte: ReHatched! gives new, zany life to a Disney not-so-classic A sort of sub-genre of animated films I haven't had the chance to cover here is the community-made remake. There are a decent number of thes...

More than 500 animators came together to breathe new life into Disney's not-so-classic Chicken Little. The results are wild, silly, and pretty fun. My review of Chicken Little: Rehatched!

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Review: Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl's incredible world will leave you wanting more When I wrote about Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl in my November Animation Preview , I noted that I wasn't exactly sure what I was going to be ...

Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl is packed with blood, boobs, and BOOMS. If it ends here, so be it, but I certainly hope we get to spend more time in this world in the future. My review:

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just started having recency bias and i love it. easily the best bias

Review: The Sneetches delivers a good message (and great songs) into a fun little package Sometimes, you gotta sneak away from your racist family so you can have dinner with your friend's equally racist family. So it goes in The S...

The Sneetches, Netflix's new Seuss adaptation, is a delightful little movie, with a great message of kindness and a soundtrack full of bops. I loved it! My review:

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Review: Grand Prix of Europe is a car crash you'll be desperate to look away from I'm trying to remember the last time I disliked a movie's protagonist as much as I dislike Edda, the gender-bending mouse at the heart of Gr...

Grand Prix of Europe is a wreck. And not the kind you can't look away from. You will very much want to look away from this limp mess. My review:

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Leeds Review: Mary Anning carefully unearths a budding paleontologist My introduction to English paleontologist Mary Anning was Francis Lee's aching lesbian romance, Ammonite , which came out in 2020 to a somew...

Mary Anning takes a look at its subject childhood years, and gives her curiosity and spirit all the energy and passion they deserve. A winner which just had its UK bow at LIFF. My review:

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Leeds Review: The Girl Who Stole Time is a love letter to cinema (and a cinematic letter to love) To be in love is to never have enough time. That's the core message I took away from The Girl Who Stole Time , the dazzling fantasy adventur...

The Girl Who Stole Time filled me with joy and then made me absolutely sob. What starts as an energetic adventure cracks open to reveal one of the year's most swoon-worthy romances. My review following the film's UK premiere at LIFF:

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November Animation Preview: Time-traveling rainbows, virgin punks, and a long-awaited return to Zootopia After a few packed months of animation releases, November slows down a (little) bit. But there are some definite heavy-hitters in play, incl...

Take a look at the animated movies coming in November. Arco! Zootopia 2! In Your Dreams! I'm excited.

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Review: An old Hungarian play becomes a fresh fairy tale remix in The Quest I love when I get to watch an animated movie from a country that doesn't necessarily produce a lot of animation (or, at least, where their a...

The Quest adapts an old Hungarian play into a fresh and funny fairy tale remix. I don't know if this will ever make it to the US, but I hope it does! My review:

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Review: Lesbian Space Princess is as delightful as its title They say that opposites attract, and Saira, the eponymous Lesbian Space Princess from the delightful new Australian animation, certainly hop...

Lesbian Space Princess is a sweet, raunchy, and very queer animated adventure that's one of the year's funniest movies. It hits theaters in the US this week! See it! My review:

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AFI FEST Review: SpongeBob and Patrick (and the Ninja Turtles) make a fun return to the big screen Capping off my second straight weekend of animation screenings at festivals (Animation is Film last weekend, AFI FEST this weekend), today's...

The Search for Squarepants might be the best SpongeBob movie since the original. Hones in on what makes the show tick, with relentless silliness and a lot of heart. My review from AFI FEST (with a side of TMNT, too):

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AFI FEST Review: A Magnificent Life is a limp biopic with nothing to say After a decade and a half away from animation, Sylvain Chomet returns to the medium with A Magnificent Life, a biopic about the playwright/f...

A Magnificent Life is one of my biggest disappointments of the year, a limp biopic that doesn't have anything to say about its subject. At least it looks pretty.

My review from AFI FEST:

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Review: Chainsaw Man slashes his way to the big screen with lots of blood (and heart) I spent the past couple weeks catching up on Chainsaw Man , the popular anime series that debuted a few years ago. I knew the movie was comi...

Chainsaw Man -- The Movie: Reze Arc is one of my favorites of the year. Does more of what makes the show great, while also making room for it to do something different. A lot of blood. A lot of heart. My review:

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Review: Little Amélie captures the simplicity and complexity of childhood Amélie is what you might call a late bloomer. Shortly after she's born, the doctor deems her a vegetable, and she spends her first couple ye...

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain captures the simplicity and complexity of childhood via some of the year's most jaw-droppingly beautiful animation. It starts its theatrical roll-out next week, and is a must-see. My review:

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Review: My Grandfather is a Nihonjin is a gentle story about learning to understand each other I'm a sucker for a movie about members of a family (usually from different generations) moving toward a better understanding of each other, ...

Now playing in Brazilian theaters, My Grandfather is a Nihonjin is a gentle, lovely story of moving toward understanding, and becoming a better person for it. Tackles its weighty themes with an empathetic touch. My review:

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AFI FEST Review: Endless Cookie is an invitation to a weird, warm family hang A lot of families, mine included, have a person who's known as the great storyteller. In my family, it was my Aunt Cynthia. She was the funn...

Eleven years in the making, Endless Cookie is a wild delight, a family hangout documentary that goes to all sorts of unexpected places. It plays at AFI FEST this weekend, and is worth your time. My review:

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Letterboxd diary milestones so far this year

Review: Stitch Head is an instant spooky season classic We're in the thick of spooky season which, for many people, means it's a time to watch a lot of horror movies. I'm one of those people. Whil...

The adorable, warm-hearted Stitch Head hits theaters on Friday, and is a perfect addition to your spooky season watchlist. My review:

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Review: Nobody is a goofy, warm, and beautiful journey to the west I don't if other people who review movies feel the same way, but I almost feel like it's harder to write about a movie I really love than on...

Nobody is one of my favorites of 2025, a hilarious spin on Journey to the West that is full of warmth and wisdom. I count myself lucky to have been at the US premiere to welcome these knuckleheads to our shores. My review from Animation is Film:

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I'm still basking in the warm glow of Nobody. A truly special movie.