The premise of Turning Red — thirteen-year-old Mei Lee transforming into a red panda whenever she gets agitated — is very clearly metaphoric.
Series: 2022: Year in Film
Gathering all of my reviews of 2022 movies.
Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)
On a superficial level, Cha Cha Real Smooth is extremely similar to Shithouse, Cooper Raiff’s debut from 2020.
The Bad Guys (2022)
Over the past ten years, major American animation studios (mostly excluding Walt Disney Animation Studios) have finally realized that the path forward to improving their visual language was not enhancing the photorealism of their animation.
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
The title of “Where the Crawdads Sing” suggests that the central concept of the story is its setting.
Scream (2022)
The 2022 film Scream — aka Scream 5, or 5cream, or Five Cream — is probably the most coherent of the Scream sequels.
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 (2022)
Thus ends the strangest trilogy in Disney Channel Original Movie history.
Lightyear (2022)
While watching Lightyear, I couldn’t shake the sensation that I was watching the second movie in a series and had accidentally skipped the first.
The Batman (2022)
I kept waiting, for three hours, for The Batman to really sock me in the jaw.
Not Okay (2022)
Satire is hard.
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Maverick is unquestionably the best case scenario for a 36-years-later sequel to a loopy, delightful blockbuster that simply did not need one.