Strange Planet
SimilarA Returner's Magic Should Be Special, American Dad!, Chicken Nugget, Family Guy, Flower Boy Next Door, Futurama, Go Back Couple, Invincible, The Boondocks, The Bride of Habaek, The Simpsons, The Sound of Your Heart, The Venture Bros., Wedding Impossible,
StudioApple Studios,
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Joy Ride
SimilarLittle Miss Sunshine (2006), The Holiday (2006),
StudioLionsgate, Point Grey Pictures,
Joy Ride is a film filled with rude and crude jokes throughout and often fairly ramshackle in its construction. Those with more delicate constitutions may be chagrined to discover it tends to reduce its few Caucasian characters of note to little more than punchlines. It also contains—let me consult the next page of my notes—more big laughs than any other film I’ve seen so far this year. Plus, carefully layered among its more outrageous elements, you’ll find a surprising amount of heart. The result is both a genuine delight and a wonderful alternative to the soul-deadening blockbusters that have glutted multiplexes this summer. Continue Reading →
Turning Red
SimilarAs It Is in Heaven (2004),
Bend It Like Beckham (2002) Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006), My Own Private Idaho (1991), Stranger Than Paradise (1984),
Watch afterDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), Morbius (2022), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), The Batman (2022),
StudioWalt Disney Pictures,
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