Mr. Peabody & Sherman
{4/5} “Uh, yeah, and don’t even get me started about Oedipus. Let’s just say you do not want to be at his house over the holidays. It’s awkward.” Mr. Peabody & Sherman, released in 2014 Mr. Peabody is a dog who talks, adopts a boy named Sherman, and invents a time machine. Mr. Peabody and […]
Ratatouille
{4.5/5} “Anyone can cook.” Ratatouille, released in 2007 A rat that cooks? It seems like an absurd premise, but the people at Pixar make it work. Remy is different from all the other rats — he wants to eat good food rather than garbage. He makes a deal with a human, Linguini, who’s working in […]
Elf
{4.5/5} “We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup.” Elf, released in 2003 Buddy is shocked to discover that he’s not really an elf — he’s a human. He decides to travel all the way from the North Pole to visit his father, in New […]
Maleficent
{4.5/5} “This curse will last till the end of time! No power on Earth can change it!” Maleficent, released in 2014 This is a retelling of the “Sleeping Beauty” story. Maleficent is a fairy and Stefan is a human — although they come from different worlds, they fall in love. But then Stefan betrays her […]
The Vampire Lestat
{5/5} “Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds — justifications, confirmations, forms of consolation without which they can’t go on. To really ask is to open the […]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season 9)
{4.5/5} Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 9 (5 volumes) by Joss Whedon, Andrew Chambliss & others, published in 2012-14 Spike: A Dark Place by Victor Gischler & Paul Lee, published in 2013 Now that magic is gone from the world vampires are different — they’re mindless feral beasts. Willow goes off to find a scythe, […]
Angel & Faith (season 9)
{4.5/5} Angel & Faith (5 volumes) by Christos Gage, Rebekah Isaacs & others, published in 2012-14 Willow: Wonderland by Jeff Parker, Christos Cage & Brian Ching, published in 2013 Angel and Faith are working through unfinished business that they find in Giles’ notes. Meanwhile, Angel is working on a plan to bring Giles back to […]
Hotel Transylvania
{4/5} “He’s not talking to you. First you tell us humans are bad, now they’re good, what else? Up is down, cold is hot, gremlins don’t smell.” Hotel Transylvania, released in 2012 Dracula runs a hotel for monsters, a place where they can be safe from bloodthirsty humans. Dracula wants to keep his daughter Mavis […]
Despicable Me
{5/5} “When we got adopted by a bald guy, I thought this would be more like Annie.” Despicable Me, released in 2010 Gru is a supervillain whose nemesis Vector has stolen the Great Pyramid — so he decides to steal the Moon. Gru adopts three little girls so they can get inside Vector’s compound by […]
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
{4.5/5} “My dream was to help my hometown, a small island hidden under the A in Atlantic, called Swallow Falls. We were one of the leading exporters of sardines, until the day Baby Brent Sardine cannery closed when everyone realized that sardines… are super gross.” Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, released in 2009 Flint […]