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First time seeing this in probably a decade, and the first time for my kid. It still rocks. Funny how blown away I was by the hair when this first came out now it looks like stringy gross nonsense.

Transgressive and should probably lean more into the dark comedy of the characters being horrible instead of the “boys will be boys” vibe but still lots of laughs.

Answers the question, what is life like for an ITYSL character outside of the one sketch they’re in

One of the best ever

Cute movie, my son loved it and it didn’t give him nightmares.

This movie does a lot of stuff and all of it very well. Great cast, music and musicality, a king hell of a big swing with a sequence about halfway through that completely rules.

I’m so envious of people who are really good at drawing. A good reminder to always appreciate the background artists.

Really delightful.

This has one of the wackiest, most out of place scores in movie history. Broderick’s wide cracks and talking to himself were pretty annoying. Just kind of a mess overall.

I liked how the king was mad at the asshole dude for dying after he only punched him once.

Really good. Watched it on a plane as Spielberg, Kubrick, and god intended. It still hit. HJO is incredible in this.

Mad at my son for making me watch this again.

Total delight. W&G never let me down and Feathers McGraw is a worthy adversary.

Honestly didn’t even notice he was a monkey until someone pointed it out to me.

Very cute movie. I loved the mysterious world and the animals hanging out. Always interested in the way animated movies use the "camera" and this one is a standout.

Enjoyed this more than I was expecting. Edward Norton would have played a great Mr. Rogers.

Beautiful animation and a sweet trip down cinema lane.

Holds up very well for good and bad reasons. Great flick.

I’m a sucker for an artistic procedural and an easy cry about emotional walls being broken down and people helping each other so this one definitely worked for me.

Ponyo loves Sosuke. Dan loves both.

That actually was a pretty solid impression of ET screaming

A little less family drama and a little more Looney Toons but still the heart of a Paddington.

So many callbacks to the first but can’t really muster any of the same energy. I was on board for the first half despite some very shoddy cgi, but it just drags ass for a while after that.

Bong Joon-Ho: master of balancing tones
Robert Pattinson: master of playing fucked up weirdos

Pretty good. Sofie Thatcher is excellent and there are a few really fun parts, but not enough meat on the bones. Kind of kept waiting for it to hit another gear but never did. Still enjoyed it overall.

There’s a lot to like on the technical side (costumes, sets, the recreations of the operas, etc) and, in theory, the story of the world’s most jealous composer should make for a fun movie. But something about the tone just didn’t fully work for me and Hulce’s performance as Mozart drove me nuts.

This is the movie made me realize I wouldn't want to be thrown into a deep pit full of poisonous snakes.

what the fuck, Segel? Just pick up your dog’s shit

I still think “it smells like Bigfoot’s dick” is one of the all-time great lines in cinema. 

Apart from the obvious, can’t underscore how amazing the ing cast is- Fred Willard, Kathryn Hahn and Chris Parnell all rule.

This sucks shit

I liked this. It could have been a little bit less explainy, but as long as you let yourself not get hung up on the found footage logic of it all, it’s pretty engrossing. I only found out afterwards that the interstitials are AI-generated and that sucks. Seems like a weird corner to cut.

Good stuff! Surprised how many songs I ed from when I was a kid, and it wasn’t even a movie I watched all that many times back then.

God damn, this was beautiful.

Funny, energetic, great visual style, and lots of heart. One of the better recent kids movies!

First D-box experience for my son since the shaking seats made him barf chocolate milk everywhere during The Bad Guys. Happy to report this one was incident-free.

Tucced By An Angel

Easily a top three entry in the Jaws franchise

Put this on mostly because it eliminated the need to put any thought into what to watch and honestly it hit the spot.

Totally solid legal thriller

If Antonio Banderas can’t do it what chance do the rest of us have

Culkin is really tapped in playing the highs and lows of Benji. Really sharp writing and great ing cast.

Moms have it ruff.

An underrated aspect of this movie is how funny Powers Boothe is by playing every scene completely straight.

a good bit of transgressive fun. Looks fantastic, good score and great lead performances.

Still good

Set reminder to call Nana

Great animation and music, good story. I'm not actually that much of a purist on these things, but definitely go for subtitles over the dub for this one.

Oh jeez

Incredible work

It’s nuts what people used to do to get a raise

I thought it was great. A real throwback production- great sets, costumes, makeup, singing, dancing, emotion and humour. My one complaint is that with all of the effort that went into building these incredible sets, why cake everything in this JJ Abrams’ Star Trek ass phony digital lighting? This could have been an all-timer visually but that photoshop magic hour shit is terrible.

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. MacGruber
3. The Handmaiden
4. Get Out
5. Parasite
6. The Hateful Eight
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel
8. Her
9. Drive
10. Blade Runner 2049

...plus 30 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

*there are a lot of movies I haven’t seen

1. Parasite
2. The Lighthouse
3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
4. The Irishman
5. Uncut Gems
6. Marriage Story
7. Midsommar
8. Knives Out
9. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
10. Hustlers

Movies seen by the Art for Illiterates Film Club, est. 2015

• Crimson Peak
• Creed
• Anomalisa
• Hail, Caesar!
• Chi-Raq
• Midnight Special
• Green Room
• High-Rise
• Tickled
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.