The Cinematic Review-verse

‘Zootopia 2’ poster. Courtesy of William Beavers. It took 9 years and change, but Hopps and Wilde came back to the case in ' Zootopia 2 .' With good returning of the clashing chemistry between Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman's Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde along with great scoring by Michael Giacchino , great new additional cast members such as Ke Huy Quan , Andy Samberg , and Patrick Warburton , and great vibrant animation, it was a fun zoo out there thanks to Disney. Taking place a week after the original film, Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde, voiced by Goodwin and Bateman, have to help a pit viper named Gary De'Snake , voiced by Quan, uncover a conspiracy involving the weather walls separating the different towns in Zootopia. Not only that, they must also contend with their compatibility as coworkers in law enforcement. Nick Wilde, voiced by Jason Bateman, and Judy Hopps, voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin, in a therapy session in 'Zootopia 2.' Courtesy of Disney and mo...

Walt Disney Animation Studios made another excellent combination of fantasy. action, and fun with ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’. I thought the titular dragon was voiced by Fran Drescher and the music was by Hans Zimmer or someone else, but nevertheless, I liked the voice casting, story, humor, and music.  Set during ancient times, the land of Kumandra is divided when Sisu, the last of siblings of dragons, voiced by Awkwafina, puts her magic into a gem and uses it to banish the Druun, evil spirits that turns people to stone, and the people fight to gain its power. When the struggle ends up turning her father, Chief Benja of the Heart Tribe, voiced by Daniel Dae Kim, to stone, the gem’s guardian, Raya, voiced by Kelly Marie Tran, seeks to revive him with the help of Sisu and a small army of survivors who lost their families to the Druun, but first they need to find the missing pieces of Sisu’s gem.    The plot seems similar to other Disney works, specifically the power struggl...

“Ralph Breaks the Internet” movie poster. Photo courtesy of movies.disney.com I was filled with laughter and admiration when I saw “Ralph Breaks the Internet”. The film was abundant in laughter, great reprisals from the original film mixed with new ones, and a vivacious score by Henry Jackman. While the main character may have broken the Internet, he has built up my enthusiasm. Throughout the film, I really appreciated the chemistry between John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman’s characters of Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope von Schweetz, respectively. To me, their friendship challenges make them stronger than any fancy Internet excitement viewers can find. Following their victory against the Cy-Bug invasion, Ralph (voiced by Reilly) and Vanellope (voiced by Silverman) are troubled with how to live in and out of the game world, their days becoming plain and less exciting. That all changes when Mr. Litwak (voiced by Ed O’Neill) plugs in a Wi-Fi router at their arc...