The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

Super Crispy Entertainment etc.

January 25, 2017

Dramedy?
DVD
C-

Unfocused but not terrible.  Shawn Christensen directed and co-wrote.

Reservation Road

Reservation Road

Focus Features

October 19, 2007

Drama

DVD
D

Laughably heavy-handed.  John Burnham Schwartz helped adapt his own novel, while Terry George directed, three years after Hotel Rwanda.

My Neighbor Totoro AKA Tonari no Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro AKA Tonari no Totoro

Toho

16 April 1988

Children's, Anime, Fantasy, Dramedy

DVD
B-

I'm not a big Studio Ghibli fan but even I could see some of the charm of this movie, in its story and the scenery.  I'm just not crazy about the look of the humans.  Hayao Miyazaki wrote and directed.

Leap! AKA Ballerina

Leap! AKA Ballerina

Entertainment One and Gaumont

19 October 2016

Children's, Historical Drama?
DVD
C-

Not terribly original but innocuous enough I guess.  The directors are Mimi Maynard, Eric Summer, Paulette Victor-Lifton, and Éric Warin