Vivo

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of movies

{4.5/5} “I mean, I still think you really should be quarantined for ten days. But you did save us from an apex predator, so I’m going to let this one slide.” Vivo, released in 2021 Vivo is a kinkajou who fell off the back of a truck and was rescued by Andrés. The two of […]

Tangled

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{4.5/5} “‘How did you find me?’ ‘Oh, it was easy, really, I just listened to the sound of complete and utter betrayal and followed that.’” Tangled, released in 2010 When Rapunzel’s mother reveals that she can never leave the tower, Rapunzel resolves to do just that. Flynn Rider, fleeing from justice, comes across her tower […]

Disenchanted

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{3.5/5} “I love festivals, we have them all the time where I come from. They were usually interrupted by evil forces of some kind, but when they weren’t they really brought people together.” Disenchanted, released in 2022 Giselle and Robert decide to move to Monroeville, but teenaged Morgan isn’t happy about it. Morgan doesn’t have […]

Encanto

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{5/5} “Maybe your gift is being in denial.” Encanto, released in 2021 Everyone in Mirabel’s family has a magic gift, except for her. Fifty years ago a candle produced a miracle — a town for refugees to live in. And the Madrigal family has been helping the town with their miracles ever since. Now it’s […]

Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas

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{5/5} “‘I heard this one woman singing ‘Umbrella’ cause she thought it might rain outside, so you know what I did?’ ‘Gave her an umbrella.’” Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas, released in 2021 Zoey is facing her first Christmas without her dad. Her family has decided to split up and go their own way, and she told […]

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (season 2)

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{5/5} “I feel like you know everything about me, Zoey. And there’s a piece of you that I can’t know. Or that you won’t let me know.” Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist season 2, aired in 2021 Zoey has been mostly keeping to her room for weeks since her father died. On her first day back to […]

Enchanted

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{5/5} “‘You need me to call somebody for you?’ ‘Well, I don’t think they’d hear you from here.’” Enchanted, released in 2007 The Queen doesn’t want her stepson Edward to get married because then that princess will usurp her. When Edward meets Giselle he immediately wants to marry her, but the Queen sends her somewhere […]

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (season 1)

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{5/5} “I don’t think we’re really joie de vivre people.” Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist season 1, aired in 2020 When Zoey is having an MRI while listening to music during an earthquake she gains a special power — she hears and sees people singing songs about their feelings. She tries to user her power to help […]

Frozen II

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{4/5} “Come on, it’ll be fun. Assuming we don’t get stuck here, and no one ever finds us, and you starve and I give up.” Frozen II, released in 2019 Elsa, Queen of Arendelle, hears a voice that no one else can hear. It seems to be coming from the Enchanted Forest, which is covered […]

Mary Poppins Returns

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{4.5/5} “We’re on the brink of an adventure, children. Don’t spoil it with too many questions.” Mary Poppins Returns, released in 2018 Michael Banks is behind on his loan payments since his wife died, and the bank is going to foreclose if he doesn’t come up with entire loan amount. He and his sister Jane […]