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The Queen's Corgi (2019)
NOT What We Need Right Now
I had to stop this DVD as soon as there was a realistic portrayal of the 45th elected...with his wife no less. I cannot allow my children to see images of people that have hurt them and this country. They have caused great suffering for the past three years. Seeing these political images in an animated film is like putting up a picture of demons during Sunday dinner.
The Wolverine (2013)
James Logan, PI
It's like The Wolverine signed a contract with a network station for a prime time spin off, and then we got a preview of the first two episodes of James Logan, PI going around town solving mysteries. The first is called "Wolverine and the Case of the Dead Bear," followed by "Wolverine and the Case of the Silver Samurai." Spoiler alert: he solves them both. And finally we can go home.
Sitting through the movie, my unstimulated mind couldn't help but wander to another analogy. Think of this installment as a movement in a concerto, where the tempo is andante, moving so much more slowly than the rest of the pieces. As part of the X-franchise as a whole, it needed more action, less bland dialog, and honestly, just the thrill that we expected of watching a mass of superheroes and supervillains go at it with their superpowers.
I get the attempt in a trend of making superheroes more grounded, but The Dark Night this film is not. Perhaps the only salvation is the bonus scene after the movie.
Turbo (2013)
Tito, not Turbo, is probably the better champion in the film
In the traditional plot device for the kiddos, this is about the little snail that could. You don't get too many surprises.
The treat though is the clever parallel between the two sets of brothers. Tito, not Turbo, is probably the better champion of the film because his character has no superpowers. Rather, it's his naïve yet genuine idealism that's the driving engine behind the movie. In fact, the human characters capture my sympathies more than the quirky mollusks.
The film should be noted for its effort to present multiculturalism, especially with shout outs about the scene in Southern California.