Movie Review
Supergirl (1984)
Before the revisionist history starts, the 1984 Supergirl starring Helen Slater isn't a misunderstood gem; it's a hollow film with no urgency and a lead with no agency.
Movie Review
Before the revisionist history starts, the 1984 Supergirl starring Helen Slater isn't a misunderstood gem; it's a hollow film with no urgency and a lead with no agency.
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Milly Alcock is extraordinary as a jaded Kara, but a grungy monotonous universe and a too-thin villain keep Supergirl from greatness.
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Toy Story 5 has a real idea about tech and childhood, and keeps flinching from it. Jessie's arc saves a film that won't commit.
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Spielberg returns to first contact with a colder eye, and Emily Blunt anchors his best original sci-fi in years. A loose third act barely dents it.
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A decade on, Age of Ultron is the Marvel movie that mistook setup for substance, and the first dry run for the homework problem that broke the Multiverse Saga.
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Toy Story 4 is a pleasant, faintly unnecessary sequel, the moment Pixar learned it could mandate these and have them work. Tony Hale shines.
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John Carney's Power Ballad turns Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas loose on a stolen-song story that nearly earns him his overdue Oscar.
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Mattel's He-Man reboot borrows too heavily from other modern blockbusters and undercuts its own message.
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A decade on, the film that taught Marvel to trust its filmmakers is still the high-water mark of the Infinity Saga.
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Toy Story 2 is Pixar's greatest sequel and one of the finest animated films ever made, rebuilt from scratch against impossible odds.
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The Mandalorian and Grogu is a fun but overlong episode of the Disney+ show dressed up for a theatrical release.
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Pixar's 1995 landmark still holds up. It is visually inventive, emotionally grounded, and funny for all ages in ways few animated films match.