The Willoughbys tries to straddle the line between being playfully grim and downright bizarre but, instead, alternates from being one or the other. Based on Lois Lowry’s children’s book and evoking memories of stranger family fare like James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Willoughbys is a unique endeavour that will make you laugh as much as it will straight-up weird you out.
By: Trevor Chartrand The beloved and monstrous Addams Family returns to cinemas this Halloween; animated for the first time ever on the big screen, and directed by the duo who brought adults Sausage Party. This new film focuses on a real estate mogul trying to drive monsters out of town (à la Shrek), Pugsley Addams’ bar mitzvah, Wednesday Addams’ teenage rebellion, Lurch endlessly playing pop songs on a piano, and a never-ending slurry of other superfluous subplots…
By: Addison Wylie Making a movie about Dorothy Gale’s next adventure after her legendary fantasy in Oz is a tall order. There may have been movies made about life after Oz, but that doesn’t nullify the large ratio of error for future works. It’s to no surprise that the paltry produced Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return doesn’t come through. The bar is set at an impossible height it cannot reach with its ordinary animation and unrefined…