Movies bringing animated fun, French comedy, and documentaries from all over
Doxa: The Gig is Up, and The Rumba Kings: 3½ + 4 Willy’s Wonderland: 1½ THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES: Netflix has got a terrific surprise with this animated feature. It’s not at all bland, but delightfully goofy. No wonder: the producers, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, gave us The Lego Movie, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, and others. The director/co-writer duo, Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe, matched the zany fun of those movies, mixed in their childhood love of Saturday morning cartoons, and created this gem. It’s crammed with snappy jokes that’ll speak to the older kids in y...