CHICAGO - Animated movies exist both to comfort us and challenge us — sometimes at the same time. Despite the hurdles of the pandemic, 2021 delivered a great slate of animated features aimed at ...

MEET THE MADRIGALS – Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Encanto” introduces the Madrigals, a compelling and complicated extended family who live in a wondrous and charmed place in the mountains of ...

CHICAGO - As just about any parent will tell you, family entertainment was a sanity-saver in 2021. So it’s a good thing there was so much of it! The Mouse House was a major contender this year, as ...

If you’re looking to take the kids to a movie this weekend, Disney’s latest animated film Encanto might just be a perfect choice. But if you’d rather stay inside and stream it, then you’ll have to ...

It's that nightly question, the one that has you texting your kids, your siblings, your best friend in the know: What should I watch? As 2021 winds down and omicron takes over the news cycle, many of ...

Following “In the Heights,” which he wrote and appeared in, and the animated “Vivo,” in which he starred, “Encanto” (for which he wrote the music) is a buoyant fairy tale set in Colombia. Its main ...

In the picture’s most touching moments, the film showcases the truly original character of Mirabel (voiced by Stephanie Beatriz), a teenage Colombian girl without a “gift” in a family full of gifted ...

CHICAGO - Animated movies exist both to comfort us and challenge us — sometimes at the same time. Despite the hurdles of the pandemic, 2021 delivered a great slate of animated features aimed at ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda concludes his domination of 2021 movie musicals with the droll, vibrant "Encanto." Following "In the Heights," which he wrote and appeared in, and the animated "Vivo," in which he ...

CHICAGO - As just about any parent will tell you, family entertainment was a sanity-saver in 2021. So it’s a good thing there was so much of it! The Mouse House was a major contender this year, as ...