The uninitiated will struggle with the narrative and flashbacks. Yet the spectacular animation, breathtaking battle sequences, and rich character development will set the hearts of fans ablaze.

Like its title character, Elio is sweet, engaging…and in search of an identity.

With colorful visuals and rapid-fire comedy, this is a doggone good time!

Believe the hype. The Wild Robot is a beautiful tearjerker with absolutely gorgeous animation.

Don’t sit out on Transformers One, a spectacular, action-packed origin story which packs a surprising emotional punch. Transform and roll out to the theater ASAP!

With barely any story to speak of, the only reason to see Despicable Me 4 is if you enjoyed the previous films. But for everyone else, it’s criminal how little there is here to recommend.

While it still has a few too many contrivances, overall Inside Out 2 is a joy, deeper and more emotionally satisfying than the first, with some memorable performances.

The Garfield Movie takes everything you know and love about the fat cat and tosses it all out like last week’s lasagna in favor of making an action movie instead.

Cowabunga! Mutant Mayhem should please newcomers and longtime fans alike with its endearing characters and brilliant animation.

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is a beautiful looking film, featuring a predictable plot, some irritating characters, and a too-easily-wrapped-up ending. But none of that drags it down too much for kids.

Elemental continues Pixar’s recent trend of middling movies that, with the addition of a few important missing elements, could have been great.

Alright, let’s do this one more time. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse looks great and its actors are outstanding. But we’ll have to do this one more time again before we know where it’s going.

Honor Among Thieves doesn’t just succeed in being an excellent adaption of Dungeons & Dragons. It rolls a critical success on being downright fun!

Lightyear may not be the most buzz-worthy film in the Pixar vault. But even with the high expectations that come with being part of the Toy Story franchise, it holds its own as a solid enough outing.

After years of being bad, can DreamWorks… I mean can The Bad Guys leave their dark days behind them and start being good?

Onward is classic Pixar — great storytelling combined with charismatic leads in a unique world wrapped up in beautiful animation. Definitely take the initiative to see this one because it is a campaign worth playing.

While a few details may ruffle your feathers, Spies in Disguise checks the necessary boxes to be an enjoyable enough film.

Even with an interesting animation style, Finding Santa doesn’t quite earn itself a place on top of Santa’s nice list.

Playmobil: The Movie is not The Lego Movie. Fortunately, the filmmakers know this too and give viewers something different to play with.

While actually topping a film like Frozen would be as impossible as finding two identical snowflakes, Frozen II is no more than a lukewarm attempt.

The narrative is very basic, almost to the point of being detrimental. Nevertheless, Abominable is a charming enough film with simple, yet beautiful animation, likable characters, and nice music.

Game over, hopefully.

Funny, suspenseful, and profoundly heartfelt, Toy Story 4 is the best Pixar movie in years.

The newest Godzilla film delivers some satisfying monster mayhem, but it’s too bad the human drama is pretty silly this time around.

The game is finally over, but was the wait worth it? Yes and no. Our review is mostly spoiler-free (even though you’ve all probably seen this movie by now!).

The Lego Movie 2 is very different in many ways to the original, but it has all the heart and emotional punch. Just goes to prove that like there’s no one right way to play with Legos, there’s more than one way to build an awesome Lego movie.

The story may not be as strong previous Dragons, yet Hidden World offers a compelling narrative, beautiful animation, great cast, and delightful score for a heart-warming conclusion.

If you have a family tradition of going to the movies at Christmastime, you have several good options available. But if you’re looking for something that perhaps means a little bit more, your best bet might be Illumination’s The Grinch.

With an excellent diverse cast of characters, outstanding visual design and animation, and an emotionally wonderful narrative, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse just might be a game-changer in animation.

tl;dr Not as good as the original. Very funny. Weird ending. Worth seeing.