I’m happy John Lasseter is leaving Disney
I’ve always had very conflicting feelings about Disney’s former Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter. This was even before the frequent sexual harassment claims, which led ...
Tag: Childrens Movies
A movie based on unboxing videos is clearly the death knoll of the universe
I kind of got unboxing videos back in the day. Honestly, I did. Back in the early days of YouTube and the Internet, ...
Paddington 3 in the works and you all better go see it
At Flixist we don’t cover kids movies with that much regularity. With that in mind, you’re probably wondering why I’ve chosen to publish ...
Warner Bros. keeps candy train rolling with Willy Wonka prequel
I hated musicals as a kid, so the beginning of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory bored me to tears, but it was still ...
Reviews
Review: The Grinch
Believe it or not, prior to my screening I wasn’t paying that much attention to Illumination’s The Grinch, but from what I did see ...
Kurt Russell is the sexiest damn Santa Clause ever in first trailer for The Christmas Chronicles
I’m not sure who walked into the casting room for The Christmas Chronicles and suggested that Kurt Russell play the jolly gift-giver, but that ...
Reviews
Review: Smallfoot
The fact that’s there’s a Tod Browning’s Freaks reference in Smallfoot doesn’t really say all that much about the movie. It’s not actually crammed full of clever ...
Reviews
Review: The House with the Clock in Its Walls
You know what a lot of kids movies lack these days (I ask while waving my cane in the air at a cloud)? ...
Trailers
Wonder Park trailer is clearly hiding a dark secret
We got the first trailer for Paramount’s Wonder Park today and normally I’d let it slide right by but the teaser trailer is so devoid ...
Trailers
Second trailer for The House With the Clock in its Walls conjures up magic
I never read The House with the Clock in its Walls when I was kid, but I vividly remember its cover for some reason. It ...
Robert Zemeckis is going to direct a remake to The Witches
Warner Bros. and Robert Zemeckis are in final negotiations for him to direct a remake of Roald Dhal’s The Witches. This is meant ...
Ralph Breaks the Internet trailer repairs expectations
It’s not even been three months since Ready Player One whelmed at the boxed office and already someone has come along and shown how that ...