Magic, romance, and happy memories make Bell Book and Candle a timeless cinematic wonder

The magic spell Wish casts is minimal at best, and it only lasts about as long as it takes for the end credits to complete their crawl.

I will give Trolls Band Together this much: it is the first film in the series that did not give me a headache.

While maybe the most inconsequential film Marvel has put out into the world (not including a post-credit teaser that is crowd-pleasingly awesome and a little desperate feeling, both at the same time), The Marvels is also one of the fastest paced and most humorously beguiling.

“I’m not trying to reinvent the wheel. I want people to have a good time.”
– Michael Kennedy

I had no idea what to expect when It’s a Wonderful Knife came my way. I certainly did not envisage it becoming an instant, holiday-themed, comfort-film favorite.

But it is the masterful human saga at The Creator’s center that makes it special, and even if this story isn’t especially innovative, the emotions fueling the action are so intimately satisfying that they lingered with me for hours afterward.

The Flash plays a little better the second time around, but I still found it’s main issues impossible to overlook. It’s a mixed bag, entertaining in spurts, but never consistently.

Haunted Mansion comes so close to being good that it’s honestly infuriating that it comes up short. It’s frankly annoying.