Films that Avert the Idea Animation’s Only for Kids
I hate the idea that animation’s for kids; just because it’s animated doesn’t mean that it’s some silly cartoon and shouldn’t be taken seriously.

ARTE Concert Festival welcomes the legendary Damon Albarn. He performs his new album live: The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows. Setlist: "The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows", "The Cormorant", "Royal Morning Blue", "Lonely Press Play", "Go Back", "The Tower of Montevideo", "The Poison Tree", "Hong Kong", "Daft Wader", "Out of Time", "El Mañana", "Darkness to Light", "On Melancholy Hill", "Polaris", "Particles", "This Is a Low"
I hate the idea that animation’s for kids; just because it’s animated doesn’t mean that it’s some silly cartoon and shouldn’t be taken seriously.
Ready or Not takes a terrifying situation and has a fun time with horror components. The film melds horror and comedy, creating a cinematic hybrid that flows like running water. Instead of being a film that embraces gut-wrenching sensibilities, it perfectly taps into the energetic nature of hide and seek.
A dog who needs to learn new tricks in this family comedy.
Outer Banks (2020-) knows its audience: young adults in a country that can’t stop romanticizing good ole’ treasure hunts. Add a little of Riverdale’s (2017-) sex appeal, and no one can look away. Forty years after The Goonies (1985) America’s consciousness hasn’t strayed from the same tropes: treasure hunts, a vulnerable white male lead, and the whitewashing of a racially segregated setting.
If a movie about a strange and crazy day is commercially successful, why not recycle it and double the kookiness quotient? That seems to be the logic behind this followup to Freaky Friday.
Do not trust Rotten Tomatoes. That is what I learned after watching Eternals. Critics currently rate it a 48%, but it's an amazing character-focused Marvel movie with positive diverse representation.