“Smallfoot” delivers a bright, positive message about curiosity and asking questions for younger audiences, a soundtrack full of catchy tunes, and lots of fall-down-go-boom style humor.
“The Little Stranger” features a thoughtful script, intense performances and beautiful set design. Yet it falls short of being a compelling film overall.
“The Death of Superman” lives up to its source material as well as any straight-to-video animated title from DC Original Animated Movies series has to date.
“Papillon,” from director Michael Noer and starring Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek, is a meticulous and heartfelt ode to the remarkable true life of its title character. It’s also been done before, and doesn’t quite measure up to the previous effort.
“BlacKkKlansman,” Spike Lee’s latest joint, is certainly not subtle about making its point. What it is, though, is compelling, as both a period film and a scathing indictment of extremism in modern America’s discussion of race.
