Dean Fleischer Camp – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

LILO & STITCH – Review by Valerie Kalfrin

May 24, 2025 Valerie Kalfrin Billy Magnussen, Chris Kekaniokalani Bright, Courtney B. Vance, Dean Fleischer Camp, disney, Lilo & Stitch, Maia Kealoha, Mike Van Waes, Sydney Agudong, Tia Carrere, Zach Galifianakis

Lilo & Stitch, the new mostly live-action version of Disney’s 2002 Lilo & Stitch, is … fine. Yet-another mining of the Disney catalogue, it’s an inoffensive adaptation that feels familiar, comfortable, and completely unnecessary. I sound like I’m channeling the titular blue alien before he discovered ohana and people who love him, antennae, six legs and all. It’s just that this new Lilo & Stitch is so much like the original animated Lilo & Stitch, down to recreating whole scenes and dialogue, that I wondered why it existed beyond merchandising possibilities. (There’s enough Capri Sun in here alone to guarantee a tie-in, not to mention new Stitch toys.)

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MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON – Review by Diane Carson

June 28, 2022July 2, 2022 Diane Carson Dean Fleischer Camp, isabella rossellini, Jenny Slate, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Even before Marcel the Shell became a star in his own film, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, he had gained numerous fans with his 2010 YouTube video and popular books. This probably surprised him the most since this hermit shell stands a mere one inch tall and is invariably humble, but sometimes a very unusual idea works surprisingly well.