In my reviews of Pixar's recent outputs, my consistent criticism is that Pixar seemed to have lost its creative spark and was going through the motions... happy to report that they came back BIG-time with Win or Lose, which I think will unfortunately be overlooked by virtue of being buried in a streaming platform with minimal marketing.

Announced back in 2020, this series had caught my eye solely from its intriguing premise: showing the events leading up to a little…

There is a GREAT movie here aching to get out, and you can see the glimpses of it every time it focuses on the family who bring all the humour, charm, and feels of the movie.

Unfortunately, CODA decides that the main draw is the coming-of-age drama of a "Pick-me-girl" and her future in music, and burgeoning romance with some vanilla kid that becomes steadily more irritating as the movie progresses. That I am still giving this a 7 speaks…

While I normally give reviews with spoilers, I do not have anything particularly "deep" to say about this movie so I will give some spoiler free impressions from an advance screening.

THE PROS: This is definitely one of those movies that lives or dies by the audience you watch it with which brings even more energy to the film. In this case, the audience helped elevate what is a fairly breezy and light blockbuster.

What I found particularly refreshing about…

An overrated movie that I’m overrating myself, The Holdovers is charming comfort food that feels like a warm hug this time of year. You can see the narrative beats coming* a mile away, but that doesn’t stop them from being satisfying and you can’t help but root for the characters. It is more drama than comedy overall, but I was fine with it. Maybe it’s because I saw it with the fam on Christmas Day, but this felt like a…