After an extremely lucrative and universally acclaimed 15-year run that fittingly ended the franchise in 2010 with “Toy Story 3,” Pixar and Disney decided to resurrect the gang of toys once more nine...
"If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?"
That's the simple question that spurred Steven Spielberg's “Disclosure Day” into existence....
Is there anything more quintessentially representative of the 1980s than “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe?" The hand-drawn animated show came during a resurgence of sci-fi and fantasy storytelling,...
Students from all the high schools in Woodbury, as well as those who live in Woodbury but are enrolled in public schools outside the city’s boundaries, will participate in the Hennepin Arts Showcase...
Is it possible for a movie to suffer from too much creativity? That sounds like a silly question, like asking if a field can suffer from having too many flowers, or if a painting can have too many colors....
It’s an age-old adage that you should always be careful what you wish for, because you never know exactly what you’re going to get. It’s something Minnesotans have to deal with every year with the...
It might just be his lengthy tenure on “Parks and Recreation” that’s skewing my perception, but I’ve forgotten just how good Adam Scott is at playing jerks. Then again, outside of television, his...
In director David Fincher's flashy 1930s-set Hollywood period drama “Mank,” famed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio founder and boss Louis B. Mayer proudly declares that, despite all of its stars in its lineup,...
To make a movie about Michael Jackson is to make a movie about the second coming of Jesus Christ. Not since the son of God has a man been so beloved throughout the world, his fans endlessly devoted and...
April showers bring May flowers. But what April also brings is the annual Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF, pronounced “EM-spiff”), which is celebrating its 45th year of showcasing...
In “Normal,” Bob Odenkirk plays a normal man with the normal name of Ulysses Richardson.
He has a normal American job as a police sheriff. His newest posting is in the normal state of Minnesota,...
As much as I surprisingly enjoyed 2023’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” there was a feeling that it was the most corporatized version of itself. That’s not much of a surprise, as the corporate...
