The Best PG-13 Movies to Watch With Your Kid
My oldest son and I have a tradition every Sunday afternoon: we watch a movie that his younger brother isn’t old enough to see yet. We started with the Toho…
The 40 Best ’80s Movies You Can Stream Right Now
Imagine, if you will, a time of wild economic inequality, global conflict, and Donald Trump every time you turn on your TV. But all of that in neon, and with…
15 Times Oscar-Winners Slummed It in Popcorn Movies
A series about street racing that turned into a series of heist movies before eventually shooting a car into space hardly seems like the playground of serious actors. And yet…
12 White Elephant Gifts That Are Just Barely Appropriate
The true gift of White Elephant is the element of surprise. It’s the promise of possibility, the anticipation of your gift recipient’s shock and awe upon opening your carefully curated…
10 More ’80s Masterpieces That Deserve Sequels
Everyone has their own favorite John Hughes movie (well, everyone old enough to know who John Hughes is), but Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is mine. Like a lot of people,…
35 Movies Everyone Will See This Year
Richard Linklater returns to the rotoscope-style animation that he employed for Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly. Set during the 1969 moon landing, the movie explores children’s fantasies about the…
10 of the Best Movies We Discovered for the First Time in 2021
Amid my desperate search for emotionally unchallenging films to watch during the pandemic, I spent a good chunk of this year drilling down on comedies from the ‘80s, the decade…
What’s New on Disney+ in January 2022
When Disney acquired 20th Century Fox in 2019, it also acquired that once-venerable studio’s slate of animated films in development, which included two comic book-based properties I was very excited…
38 Franchise TV Shows, Films, and Sequels Coming in 2022, Because We Keep Watching Them
Remember that thing you like? From before? Well, it’s back. Huzzah? Franchise filmmaking is something to bemoan, if you are a snooty critic, or to celebrate, if you are a…
What’s Coming on Disney+ Day on Nov. 12
Screenshot: Ross Johnson Disney+ is having a party, y’all, celebrating two years of owning the streaming world, along with pretty much everything else. While you’ll be able to enjoy most…