Tuesday, Jun. 6, 2023

Aside from the inverted skyline, the only giveaway that something is off in one of the most striking images of "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" is the ponytail that's sticking straight up in the air.

Gwen Stacy (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld) and Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) have just...

Thursday, Jun. 1, 2023

Let's get this upfront: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" was the best comic-book film of the last decade.

With an animation blizzard blown straight in from the pages of comics, "Into the Spider-Verse" took a supercollider to all the conventions of the superhero movie. Solemnity was out...

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023

On Dec. 22, 1985, The Associated Press reported the following from Blue Ridge, Georgia:

"Investigators searching for cocaine dropped by an airborne smuggler have found a ripped-up shipment of the sweet-smelling powder and the remains of a bear that apparently died of a multimillion-dollar...

Monday, Jan. 28, 2019

"The LEGO Movie" is a hard act to follow. Its world was so fresh and vibrant and unexpected, it's no wonder that it spawned a number of spinoffs of varying quality. But the big test was always going to be the sequel and whether or not it could recreate the magic of the first. And I'm pleased to...

Tuesday, Jul. 7, 2015

Laugh it up, Fuzzballs: Han Solo is getting his own movie, and it's going to be helmed by "Lego Movie" directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord.

The "Star Wars" spinoff will be released on Memorial Day weekend in 2018, Disney announced Tuesday. It will...

Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014

Toy movies occupy a spot on the respectability meter somewhere between talking dog films and "Showgirls."

Even in a business not always known for the most honorable of ambitions, films based on toy lines smack of a crass grab at cross-merchandizing...

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