All posts by Tyrone Barnes

5.8

Review: Spies in Disguise

by Tyrone Barnes on January 12, 2020

I should be kind since this is the first outing for these directors, but there’s little excuse for the horrible waste of talent here.

9.2

For those of us who’ve been wondering since the turn of the millennium exactly how the traditional form of feature film animation could possibly reclaim a place of unironic consideration in the mainstream consciousness, this is one of the best answers we [...]

7.6

Review: Frozen II

by Tyrone Barnes on December 1, 2019

Structurally, it works. Aesthetically, it dazzles. Narratively and musically, it’s seen better days.

7.4

Review: The Addams Family (2019)

by Tyrone Barnes on October 21, 2019

It is how they contrast with real good, not how they match up with real evil (which they don’t), that makes the Addams so lovable.

9.1

Review: Joker

by Tyrone Barnes on October 14, 2019

I honestly do not think that a film like "Joker" could have come at a better time...

7.7

Review: Abominable

by Tyrone Barnes on October 1, 2019

Just because the meal is familiar in its ingredients and arrangement, doesn’t mean it isn’t appreciable in its delivery.

6.5

Review: The Angry Birds Movie 2

by Tyrone Barnes on August 24, 2019

Okay, so why does this movie exist?

8.0

Review: Spider-Man: Far From Home

by Tyrone Barnes on July 13, 2019

Please don’t tell me that of all the things that Mr. Stark left behind, the one thing that will get the lion’s share of attention is his bloated sense of self-importance.

8.1

Review: Toy Story 4

by Tyrone Barnes on June 29, 2019

Yes, it was good to open up the toy box one more time. Yes, it was good to know that the toys still work after all these years. Yes, it’s great that we got to see them cut loose and that it’s largely just as fun as we remember. With all that said, it’s [...]

9.0

Review: Shadow

by Tyrone Barnes on June 26, 2019

As the Chinese-born author and social critic Os Guinness once stated, “Differences make a difference. Contrast is the mother of clarity.”

6.3

Review: The Secret Life of Pets 2

by Tyrone Barnes on June 15, 2019

Seriously, what WAS that? If your plot is too thin, do you take several equally thin plots and fold them over each other hoping to have something that justifies a feature length production? Okay, in concept that’s not the worst idea.

8.4

Review: Godzilla: King of the Monsters

by Tyrone Barnes on June 10, 2019

Horror stories about the ocean are something of a cultural universal in actuality. Every civilization throughout history has tales of terrifying monstrosities lurking in the great unknown of the earth’s seas, and such dread spawned from its being such a [...]

9.6

Retro Review: Alien (1979)

by Tyrone Barnes on June 1, 2019

Alien works ultimately because it can’t help but call out to that hope even in the pitch black of space and in the horrific face of death. It is that hope that wins out, because Alien not only calls, but screams for it.

7.0

Review: UglyDolls

by Tyrone Barnes on May 21, 2019

UglyDolls isn't a bad movie...just not a very good one.

8.2

Review: Missing Link

by Tyrone Barnes on April 30, 2019

Distributor: United Artists Releasing Director: Chris Butler Writer: Chris Butler Starring: Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, David Walliams, Timothy Olyphant, Matt Lucas, Amrita Acharia, Zach Galifianakis Genre: Adventure Rating: PG [...]