THE BAD GUYS 2 – Review by Valerie Kalfrin

This sequel to 2022’s The Bad Guys, the DreamWorks Animation Studios hit about a crackerjack team of criminal animals who opt to change their ways, is a breezy mix of kooky characters and madcap action. While it doesn’t have the thematic depth of other DreamWorks animated films such as this year’s Dog Man and 2022’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, it’s an Ocean’s 11-style caper with fur, fins, and scales that left the youngsters at my screening laughing.

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HIS THREE DAUGHTERS – Review by April Neale

Awaiting death is like a wedding in that family members, even estranged ones, are forced to come together to be present for the event. That is if the dying person is lucky enough to have a family to assemble. Enter Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, and Carrie Coon, the titular His Three Daughters, in a poignantly wry drama from Azazel Jacobs where these three sister are together again as they await their father Vince’s transition to the great beyond.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: 2020 Gracies for Williams, Nash, Watts and more – Brandy McDonnell reports

Winners of the the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation’s 45th annual Gracie Awards includes such esteemed honorees as Michelle Williams, Niecy Nash, Amy Poehler, Natasha Lyonne, Tamron Hall, Naomi Watts, Angela Yee, Norah O’Donnell, Stephanie Beatriz, and Soledad O’Brien, along with more than 100 of the most talented women in television, radio and digital media.

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