Walt Disney, part XVI: Who cares for you? You're nothing but a pack of cards

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Initially wearisome, but ultimately a fair bit of fun, Alice In Wonderland is still minor Walt Disney—as the man himself agreed.

1951

Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske

Spoiler alert: wake up, Alice

Frady cat

THE PARALLAX VIEW

The only conspiracy thriller so opaque you need to invent a conspiracy theory just to explain it to yourself.

1974

Directed by Alan J. Pakula

Written by David Giler, Lorenzo Semple Jr., and (allegedly) Robert Towne (based on the novel by Loren Singer)

Spoiler alert: high

Elementary, my dear Pikachu

DETECTIVE PIKACHU

A decent-enough frivolity to waste 104 minutes with, and apparently I had more fun with it than I thought.

2019
Directed by Rob Letterman

Written by holy cow, that's a lot of people to write a Pokémon movie

Spoiler alert: Slightly higher than moderate

You know I can't let you leave without tapping that ass one more time

DEATH PROOF

The car chase movie to beat them all, and that's only the beginning of its appeal.

2007

Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino

Spoiler alert: since there's no use talking about it without talking about it, high

Walt Disney, part XV: I said, "if"

CINDERELLA

Disney, already clawing its way out of its early grave, came roaring back to life in one of their two closest bids at "masterpiece" in a whole half-century's worth of trying.

1950

Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, and Wilfred Jackson

Spoiler alert: she still has the other shoe

Neighbors

ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD

I never thought I'd be checking my watch during a Tarantino film, but here we are.

2019

Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino

Spoiler alert: high

Walt Disney, part XIV: You can't reason with a headless man

THE ADVENTURES OF ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD

Half a masterpiece is still something to celebrate, and Disney closed the 1940s out stronger than it had been in years.

1949

Directed by Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, and James Algar

Spoiler alert: moderate