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It's summertime, and my Film Critic Shorts are here. They fit, they are on, and I am ready to review four new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, June 13th, 2025. 1) HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Let me be absolutely clear from the start: I love the original How to Train Your Dragon . The 2010 animated film is not just one of the best DreamWorks  has ever produced—it's a modern animated classic. A gorgeous, funny, emotional, and profound tale about unde

Let me just start by saying this—I am not a strong swimmer. At all. In fact, I swim like a rock. So when it comes to movies about being caught underwater, being stranded in the middle of the ocean, or dealing with whatever the hell is lurking below the surface, I get seriously freaked out. There’s something inherently terrifying about being submerged, about the unknown lurking just beneath you, about the idea that no matter how much you fight, the water always wins. That’s wh

Uh oh! Because of Thanksgiving, my Film Critic pants are pretty snug, but I have put them on again for three new film releases and this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, November 29, 2024 1) MOANA 2 Snapped right before the Press Screening of "Moana 2" began. I guess I was passive about the whole thing? Disney 's follow-up to their massive hit from 2016 is a largely disappointing sequel that started out as a Disney+  streaming series and not a feature film, and

A new horror film (and one of the year's best movies) called Heretic  recently opened. It features Hugh Grant  in one of the year's best performances in a role that is a massive departure from the types he is known for playing. He is best known as the romantic lead in proper English films like "Maurice,"   "Remains of the Day,"  and "Sense and Sensibility."  He is also beloved as the charming, stammering British guy with fabulous hair and winking smile in such rom-com dreck a