Remake? Try Cinematic Déjà Vu

The best way to enjoy the new How to Train Your Dragon is to be totally unfamiliar with the original animated movie from 2010. The live-action version is so close to the Dragon cartoon it recalls a kid-friendly version of Gus Van Sant’s Psycho. If you don’t know the first HTTYD, that won’t matter; the new film features the same clever story, […]

A Brutally Honest Kid’s Review of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’

When I was a kid, I loved going to the movies. As a dad, going to kids movies is way less fun than coming home from kids movies. Oh sure, I enjoy taking my two daughters to the theater. As you might imagine, they are genetically predisposed to enjoy the experience. But the real highlight for […]