Your top-shelf guide to shake up family film night.
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Ghost Cat Anzu (2024) – Review
Ghost Cat Anzu. Weird name, right? Yet, it doesn’t begin to touch on the weirdness that follows on screen. Let’s start with the title character. He’s a ghost cat schlep who is sort of a local celebrity. Think of him as Totoro from My Neighbor Totoro, except played by Cliff Clavin and drawn to look…
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Dog Man (2025) – Review
Dog Man is silly, absurd, wacky, and may have you wiping away a tear at the end. At first, the antics are anything goes. The jokes come at you rapid fire. Blink, and you’ll miss a funny text. Talk, and you’ll miss two funny comments. You won’t be laughing out loud too often. Instead, you’ll…
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Robot Dreams (2023) – Review
Robot Dreams is a wordless movie based on a wordless book. You know that show or movie you saw on Adult Swim late at night while “substanced” back in the 2000s that you loved but can’t quite remember or find again? Robot Dreams feels like one of those long-lost gems.
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Flow (2024) – Review
There are no words for Flow. Literally no words. The movie conveys its meanings through emotive animals and shifting environments — not dialogue. If you let yourself go with the flow, you’ll be swept away on an exciting, surprising journey that explores the importance of friendships when experiencing and recovering from trauma. Don’t worry; you…
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That Christmas (2024) – Review
There’s a quick gag in That Christmas that dramatically shifts the tone and style for about one second. As your kids try to process what they just saw, you’ll recognize the one-second clip from your ex’s favorite Christmas movie and be compelled to Google “Who wrote That Christmas?” I won’t spoil the surprise…
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Moana 2 (2024) – Review
Moana 2 is a sequel. Not just because there’s a “2” after “Moana.” It’s a sequel because it feels like a sequel. Similar to The Secret Life of Pets, Home Alone, and Smurfs sequels, the songs, jokes, and references are all lifted from the first Moana film — which is a Disney classic. Moana 2…
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Hitpig! (2024) – Review
In Hitpig!, every character is the comedy relief. Every joke is a swing for the fences. Some movies make that work. Hitpig! does not. The quips, pratfalls, bits, and gags are not funny. It’s like the studio decided not to rewrite or punch up the script…at all. Or worse, they did.
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Family Pack (2024) – Review
There aren’t many werewolf-friendly movies for families even though body changes are common in family films. They’re about transformation and regret. Family Pack is based on the tabletop game Werewolves of Millers Hollow. A family finds a medieval version of the game and are transported back in time…
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The Wild Robot (2025) – Review
Kindness is a survival skill. We see this. We hear this. We feel this throughout The Wild Robot. The children’s book adaptation is about an AI service bot who crash-lands onto an island teeming with wildlife. With the animals’ guidance, the robot transforms from ROZZUM unit 7134 to a mother, Raz. She, in turn, transforms…
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