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Pixar’s magic touch has never been more magical. “Finding Dory,” the “Finding Nemo” sequel, is on pace to set the opening weekend box office record for animated films. $134 million, per Deadline.com. The most beloved Pixar (Disney Pixar) title to … Continue reading →

    Pervy, titillating and deeply disturbing, the one word you’d never use to describe the documentary “Tickled” is funny. An expose of the Internet phenomenon of “Competitive Endurance Tickling,” it’s one of those “sports” you hear DJs talk about … Continue reading →

OK, so now they’re three weeks into “Top Gear: TNG.” How’s it doing? “Still gaining acceptance?” Don’t know about that. Wouldn’t be prudent to make a judgment. Yet. Maybe everybody made up their minds about post-May/Hammond/Clarkson TG with the premiere … Continue reading →

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin “Little Man” Hart team up for “Central Intelligence.” That’s all the info we need to know exactly how this action comedy is going down. Lots of Big Man/Little Fella sight gags, confident muscle man, … Continue reading →

There are enough laughs in “Finding Dory” to justify Disney wanting a sequel to “Finding Nemo,” one of the most successful animated films of all time. And there’s enough heart and smarts to warrant Pixar making it. A message-heavy action … Continue reading →

The characters are ’80s “types” — the Madonna-wannabe, the would-be B-Boys, the punk rock punk, the martial arts geek, etc. The soundtrack is a John Hughes comedy cliche — a little “Pretty in Pink,” a lot of “Breakfast Club,” with … Continue reading →

“The Conjuring 2” had a good Saturday to go with its great Thursday night and Friday, enough so that the ever-inching-up estimates for the film’s opening weekend now stands at about $42 million. Good reviews may have helped. They certainly didn’t … Continue reading →

On paper, it looks like one of the worst weekends for movies of the summer. But darned if a horror sequel, a failed video game adaptation and a Jesse Eisenberg magic caper dramedy (sequel) didn’t push to the top of … Continue reading →

Horror director James Wan’s latest trick is to morph his “The Conjuring” franchise into a supernatural love story. Both as a director and as a producer, Wan is mining the rich “true story” vein provided by Lorraine and Ed Warren, … Continue reading →

Another video game makes a branded transition to the big screen, and Hollywood blows it, yet again. That’s “Warcraft.” And seeing as how this tripe just wasted two hours and three minutes of my life, with the threat of sequels … Continue reading →