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Boy, I am really behind with these write-ups. Let's add a couple now.

Early Man is pretty cute, if definitely lesser Aardman. I can definitely understand why the central premise of the prehistoric origins of soccer, excuse me, football was left out of the American ad campaign. It's both too British to get Americans to buy tickets and also the least interesting part of the film. The story pretty much runs out of surprises once it fully commits to being an underdog sports film, but I'd say it's still worth a watch just for Aardman's signature charm, gags and great stop-motion animation.

As even (or especially) the people who hated Vivo said, the first ten minutes are superb. Great music and singing via Lin-Manuel, vibrant animation with occasional switches to 2D, and tragic story of the old musician who died before he could be reunited with his long-lost love. Unfortunately, Vivo just settles for being a mediocre adventure story after that. I didn't hate Gabi, but her introduction did coincide with the film's drop in quality, so go figure. All said, it's still a decent watch, it still has its moments afterward and I did really want to see Vivo deliver that song just to bring closure to that first ten minutes. Michael Rooker also has a fun bit as an evil snake with a gigachad jawbone that almost devours the annoying girl scouts, so there's that.

More to come soon.