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30 years ago this week, The Lion King hit theaters. It's the fifth film in the 10 year Disney Renaissance period, and for my money, the best one (it might even be my favorite Disney movie, period, but don't quote me on that!). The Lion King has all the hallmarks of a great Disney Renaissance movie: a banging score (Hans Zimmer did not come to...
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Okay, hear me out: yes, Trolls Band Together is technically a kids movie, but as an adult, I had so much fun watching it — and I've never even seen another Trolls movie. Band Together is the third Trolls movie to star Anna Kendrick as the voice of Queen Poppy and Justin Timberlake as Branch; in the movie, Branch and Poppy are officially a...
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Blue Eye Samurai was a buzzy release when it premiered last November on Netflix, but if you have yet to stream the memorable anime series there’s still time. Mr. & Mrs. Smith star Maya Erskine plays Mizu, a mixed-race swordmaster who disguises herself as a man as she seeks revenge against the men who made her an outcast. The series’...
The new Prime Video animated comedy The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy is bound to fill the gapping hole left by the twice-cancellation of Tuca & Bertie. The candy-colored series follows two alien surgeons, Dr. Sleech and Dr. Klak, working in deep-space health care. The two are best friends, as well as coworkers, and balance each other's...
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Meet The Robinsons is not only one of my favorite Disney animated movies, but also one of the most underrated in my opinion. Viewers first meet Lewis, a 12-year-old inventor growing up in an orphanage. After his Memory Scanner is taken by the Bowler Hat Guy and his hat/sidekick Doris, Lewis meets a boy named Wilbur Robinson. The two travel to the...
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The Prime Video animated musical comedy Hazbin Hotel follows the Princess of Hell as she opens a rehabilitation center for sinners in the aftermath of Heaven’s annual purge, which sees angels descending into Hell to kill demons. What's the goal? For sinners to prove themselves worthy of redemption so that they can be welcomed into Heaven rather...
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Netflix's Carol and the End of the World is an adult animated comedy that follows an awkward woman during an apocalyptic event. While the people around her make decisions in the heat of the moment and decide to live out their best lives before the expected end of the civilization, Carol longs for normality. The titular character continues to go...
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