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Oh, America. Keep your little girls away from *Ramona and Beezus.* For your little girls might get ideas into their heads. You know, dangerous ideas about using their imaginations. And about not giving in to bullies or the pressure to be predictable and conventional. And about the value and fun of being their own funky, original selves.
Funny and smart and poignant and real and universal. It’s one of the best movies about family I’ve ever seen…
It seemed like a good thing not to get one’s hopes up too much, because how long can Pixar’s streak of genius and spirit and wonder last? But this is a finale that brings the overarching story to its satisfying conclusion.
Made of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode.
Hilarious and witty portrait of a functional dysfunctional New York City family…
Assumes that the viewer is a complete and utter fucking moron…
Desperate for more curling? You could check out the world’s most famous movie about curling. True, you’ve probably never heard of Men with Brooms, but that tells you something about how many movies about curling there actually are.
I think Conan Doyle might well love what Guy Ritchie has done with the world’s first consulting detective…
The best ever love letter/horror story about the seductions and anxieties of life in the theater is the Canadian television show *Slings & Arrows.* This enchantingly bittersweet little film might be the second best.
Writer-director Kirk Jones has pulled off a little miracle with this lovely, lovely movie: He’s telling us a story both universal enough in its reach to speak to anyone who’s ever been part of a family, and specific enough in its particulars to keep it grounded in the fantasy of fiction.
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