Believing he's committed murder, an unscrupulous adventurer, Lucio Márquez, flees town and takes refuge on a ranch managed by his brother Fausto. Fausto is an honorable man and is about to become engaged to the daughter of the owner of the property under whom he works. He warmly welcomes the errant man and lends his support. Until, disloyally and out of self-interest, his friend steals his fiancée. After struggling between her sincere love for one and her passion for the other, she ends up making a bad choice that could cost her her life.
Everyone needs a BFF and a "wing person" like Yumi (Chloris Li). Li brings the "straight person" persona, literally and figuratively balancing James Aaron Oh's perfectly timed comedic delivery as the unlucky-in-love.
An animated short film that never gets old, especially with iconic characters from the Disney series.
I write for a diversity-focused film review blog, so I’ll be honest: I really wanted to like Pretty Lethal. Starring Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow, Avantika, and Millicent Simmonds, Amazon Prime’s new thriller seemed like it would be a girl power movie about dancers with a horror action twist. Sort of a Suspiria for teens. But with shallow and unlikeable characters, a confusing plot, an overreliance on violence, and cringey dialogue, any fun the movie started out with was quickly lost. What was left was a faint echo of greater horror movies about dancers made before.
The classic ghosts-in-revenge story expanded into an extensive dig into the historical social system while being funny and horny.
This theatrical sequel based on the PAW Patrol series features voice actors of color in this action-packed adventure.
Hope has great characters, inventive ideas, an incredible imagination, a palpable intensity, and numerous other aspects that make it one of the best of the year.
