Katherine Pushkar

If Pee-wee's Big Holiday is never really hilarious, neither is it ever dull. It floats along, offering goofy gags and relentlessly silly jokes that will have you LOLing — sometimes in spite of yourself.

Zootopia is so well done I forgot it was animated.

Once upon a time, Black's charisma might have been enough to carry the movie.

Let's just get it out of the way right now: Reader, I liked it.

It looks shiny enough to keep the kids engaged, but not so new and improved that it'll alienate nostalgic parents. The movie strikes that balance, adding a bell here, a whistle there.