There is a lightness and levity to Pixar’s latest animated spectacle Elio that kept me smiling for every moment of its interstellar comedic adventure.

Call it “How to Train Your Dragon (Dean’s Version)”; you wouldn’t be too far off the mark if you did.

The best thing about the latest installment in the MCU Thunderbolts* is how unconcerned it is about being a story about comic book superheroes

Captain America: Brave New World is a toothless attempt at topicality.

The Paddington movies are a cathartic jolt of kindness that the world could use more of right now.

I walked away from The Count of Monte Cristo invigorated. Its intensity, its majesty, its larger-than-life virtuosity, all of that and more filled my heart with glee.

Mufasa: The Lion King has enough going for it that it stands on its own with pride.

This return to the realm of Rohan won me over. These riders still know how to awaken primal forces lurking within my soul, and I cheer every impossible charge against the forces of evil they make. Forth Eorlingas!

“Don’t let the confines of life and society keep you from being who you are meant to be. Don’t give up. Go for it.”
– Hualālai Chung