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Cars 2 (2011)

There’s one thing I unabashedly enjoy about Pixar’s worst film to date: The almost pornographic way it raises uncomfortable questions about the cosmology of the Cars world.

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Luca (2021)

I am smitten with Luca even though it’s a bit rough around the edges and takes some time to get going.

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Birth of the Solar System (2017)

They used to occasionally show us these kinds of documentaries in high school and college classes (probably when the teacher had a hangover).

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The Terminator (1984)

The massive popularity of its warmer sequel and the meme-ification of some of its most famous lines had me ill-prepared for just how much of a techno-nightmare this film is.

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The Hating Game (2021)

The Hating Game works when it’s just Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell verbally sparring with each other.

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Lamp Life (2020)

The best thing you can say about Lamp Life is that it has some of the world-class photorealism CGI deployed in Toy Story 4.

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Toy Story of Terror! (2013)

If you were to ask me what the ideal format for a post-Toy Story 3 short would look like, it would come pretty close to Toy Story of Terror!

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Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)

The big weakness of Toy Story That Time Forgot is also the thing that makes me resent it less than some other Toy Story shorts: It centers around a Toy Story character for whom I have no strong affection, Trixie voiced by Kristen Schaal.

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It’s Potty Time (1992)

Bobby is turning four years old. It’s his birthday, and he’s having a party. A clown is coming. It’s 1992.

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Thank You for Smoking (2005)

Thank You For Smoking is a clever movie, which is not automatically the same as a good movie.