Lola is hitch-hiking on a highway rest area when she meets Karim. He agrees to drive her all the way to Paris. Lola wants to become a film actress. Karim wants to change the course of History. The revolution will happen with or without them.
When you don’t factor in the plethora of inferior sequels that have been produced, Luca is one of Pixar’s simplest and most unassuming films in years — and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. The film thrives on being a visual feast with a warm message for all ages, so much so that its unoriginal storyline doesn’t feel that big of a problem.
Despite the film’s efforts to reframe its heroine with modern complexity, a certain emotional distance lingers.
Ben Affleck leads The Way Back, a seemingly cathartic film for him after the actor’s recent bouts with alcoholism and rehab. He plays Jack, a man fighting his own battles who happens upon coaching a boys’ basketball team, the same team he once played for back in high school.
That gut-wrenching feeling you have while watching it is okay but needed, and you, the viewer, will be okay.
A trouble-making teenager spends the summer working at a Southern California beach learning about responsibility.
I hadn’t heard of it either until recently—and yet, it’s one of the highest grossing movies of all time.
