The Cinematic Review-verse

' Inside Out 2'. Copyright 2024, Disney/Pixar. Good afternoon, everyone. This morning, I saw Inside Out 2 . From a scene that resembles Pandora from  Avatar  to a good blend of emotion, real-life perspective, and humor, it was a well-executed sequel courtesy of Pixar Animation Studios. After the original Inside Out , Riley Andersen , now voiced by Kensington Tallman, is 13, at hockey camp, and on the cusp of puberty and an identity crisis.  Sadness (voiced by Phyllis Smith), Joy (voiced by Amy Poehler), Disgust (voiced by Liza Lapira), Fear (voiced by Tony Hale), and Anger (voiced by Lewis Black) in Disney/Pixar's Inside Out 2 . Courtesy of Disney. Even though Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust are working well together now, more complex emotions such as Anxiety, voiced by Maya Hawke , have run amok, and they all must find a way to solve Riley's identity crisis together. Embarrassment (voiced by Paul Walter Hauser), Anxiety (voiced by Maya Hawke), Envy (voiced by Ay...

Photo courtesy of MGM. Last night, I saw  Bottoms . There were few enjoyable moments, emphasis on  few , but with all due respect, it just  reminded me of more tired high school drama that I don’t want people to see.  For starters, two high school lesbians, played by Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri, start a fight club just to  hook up with cheerleaders. Havana Rose Liu’s character of Isabel said to Ayo Edebiri’s character of Josie  that she didn’t have to go along with this just to start a relationship with her, and Liu was right. The  whole idea that just because parts of high school don’t think you’re popular and you have to lie and go  to extreme lengths to prove them wrong is not a good message to send to people today.  Mostly because I’m not a fan of hot-tempered vulgar language amongst kids today, fictional or  otherwise, I didn’t find it all very enjoyable. One part I did was when Hazel, played by Ruby Cruz, stuck it  to the m...

The newest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, actually voiced by teenagers this time. Courtesy of collider.com and Paramount Pictures. I was shell-shocked in a great way once I saw “permanent teenager” Seth Rogen’s production of the latest cinematic presentation of the pizza king quartet. From showing the TMNT in a better light in front of humans to their awkward teenage angst to including NWA’s Ice Cube as a Shaft -knockoff, this film was the best I’ve seen of the Turtles. In a New York with animation reminiscent of the comic book style from the Spider-Verse films, four turtle brothers-Leonardo, voiced by Nicolas Cantu, Donatello, voiced by Micah Abbey, Raphael, voiced by Brady Noon, and Michelangelo, voiced by Shamon Brown, Jr.-are on a mission to get humankind to accept them. But add to that a mutant Superfly, voiced by Ice Cube, on a reign of terror and the titular Mutant Mayhem begins. It’s going to take ninjitsu, their adoptive father Splinter, voiced by Jackie Chan, their new human a...