Donna Murphy

[7] Insurrection is a safe, unremarkable entry in the Next Generation film series that doesn’t aspire to anything greater than what the TV show accomplished week after week. The storyline, featuring a planet of eternal youth and a conspiracy to relocate its inhabitants, may not have feature film scope and scale, but Insurrection still succeeds in letting us spend some time with the beloved characters …

[8] Disney’s 50th feature-length animated movie is their best in many years. Tangled recaptures the charm, humor, and spirit of the studio’s second renaissance, the late 80s/early 90s period that saw such hits as The Little Mermaid and Aladdin. Quite simply, I laughed and I cried, thoroughly engaged with the characters and the storytelling. And when I thought I had Tangled figured out, it gave …