Review: Kung Fu Panda 3, 2016, dir. Jennifer Yuh Nelson & Alessandro Carloni

Confession: I cried at the end of Kung Fu Panda 3. Do not take my response to the film’s emotional payload as a strict endorsement of the whole package; as third entries in movie franchises go, Kung Fu Panda 3 is a good bit of fun that falls victim to diminishing returns and an unpolished script. How many times must Po, … Continue reading →

Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, 2016, dir. Burr Steers

“Your enjoyment of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies will hinge on whether you find the joke it and the novel from which Burr Steers adapted it funny. If yes, this movie is your jam. If no, it is your neurotoxin. Some movies are critic-proof for sheer incomprehensibility.” (Via Paste Magazine.)