Spider-Man Brand New Day 3D Movie Review

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Spider-Man Brand New Day 3D Movie Review

Written By: Jake Jarvis

3D

Spider-Man: Brand New Day delivers some of the most exciting and consistently impressive 3D action the MCU has offered in years.

The 3D in the many fight scenes—especially the Easter egg-packed montage—is spectacular. Not only is there excellent depth, but the imaginative camera angles make the action leap off the screen. While some quieter scenes don’t make much use of the format, Spider-Man: Brand New Day has so much action that there’s always another showcase sequence just around the corner.

The camerawork during the battles really makes the 3D shine. The depth feels especially impressive during the larger action scenes, creating a sense of scale that’s both immersive and exciting. The fight between Spider-Man and the ninjas (The Hand) alone is worth the price of a 3D ticket, and it’s only one of several incredible action sequences.

If you’re planning to see Spider-Man: Brand New Day, this is absolutely a film to experience in 3D.

Final 3D Score: 9/10 And Editors Choice

Movie

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is exactly the kind of sequel Spider-Man needed—fresh, surprising, and packed with payoff without losing what made the previous films work.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a new beginning for Spider-Man, but it isn’t a reboot. The film assumes you’re familiar with the Jon Watts Spider-Man “home” trilogy and the Avengers films. This is still the 38th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so newcomers may find themselves a little lost. Fortunately, most audiences have probably seen enough Marvel content to jump right in.

The story picks up four years after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, with Peter Parker still dealing with the fallout of Doctor Strange’s memory spell. The public may have forgotten Peter Parker, but they certainly haven’t forgotten Spider-Man. He’s become a trusted hero, even earning the respect of law enforcement and other government agencies.

One of the film’s biggest strengths is how well Brand New Day protects its surprises. The trailers reveal very little of the actual story, leaving plenty of unexpected twists, cameos, and exciting moments to discover in the theater. Better yet, those cameos and supporting appearances all serve the story instead of existing solely as fan service.

The film packs enough story for several movies but never feels rushed. Every major storyline receives satisfying attention, and the plot moves confidently from one moment to the next. The characters make intelligent decisions, the twists feel earned rather than predictable, and the action scenes are choreographed incredibly well.

Beyond the story, Spider-Man: Brand New Day is simply an exciting movie to watch. The cinematography keeps every action sequence dynamic, using creative camera placement and movement to make each battle feel fresh and easy to follow. The action isn’t just spectacle for spectacle’s sake—it pushes the story forward and raises the stakes with every encounter. By the time the credits roll, all of the character moments, surprises, and thrilling set pieces come together to deliver a truly rewarding experience that reminds you why Spider-Man remains one of Marvel’s greatest heroes. Director Destin Daniel Cretton brings the same energy he displayed in Shang-Chi while giving Spider-Man a fresh identity that still feels true to what came before. Spider-Man: Brand New Day succeeds because it tells a compelling story that justifies its place in Spider-Man’s ongoing journey.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day feels like a truly meaningful next chapter rather than simply another cash grab sequel, making it one of the strongest Spider-Man films.

Final Movie Score: 10/10


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Moana 2026 3D Movie Review

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Moana (2026)

3D Movie Review

Written By:Adolph Vega

3D

I watched Moana (2026) in RealD 3D on a laser projector, and visually it’s a beautiful presentation. The bright tropical environments absolutely thrive in 3D, creating a vibrant image that feels rich and inviting from beginning to end.

There are plenty of fun moments where objects fly off the screen. Spears, oars, flames, splashing water, and other effects constantly reach into the audience, giving the presentation an energetic feel. The underwater sequences are especially gorgeous, often looking like animated screen savers filled with colorful sea life.

The environments benefit the most from the extra dimension. Jungles, tree limbs, and villages all gain convincing layers that make you feel like you’re standing inside the world rather than simply watching it. Even the end credits feature some surprisingly attractive 3D imagery.

Ironically, my biggest disappointment was the ocean itself. I expected the endless open water to deliver incredible depth, but many of those sweeping shots felt surprisingly flat. A handful of darker scenes also reduce the overall impact, although the 3D remains solid even during those moments.

My favorite 3D sequence is “You’re Welcome,” which makes excellent use of layered imagery and depth throughout the musical number.

While I wish the characters themselves had been given more dimensionality (more on that later), Moana (2026) is still an attractive and consistently enjoyable 3D presentation.

Final 3D Score: 8/10

Movie

Disney’s live-action Moana follows the exact same story audiences fell in love with nearly ten years ago—to a fault.

As her island begins to struggle, Moana sets out to find a solution, eventually teaming up with the demigod Maui on a magical journey to restore balance to the world.

The biggest problem with this movie isn’t the story—it’s the performances. Nearly every actor feels restrained, bringing very little personality or energy to their character. “Flat” is the perfect word to describe the acting. These aren’t three-dimensional characters. They aren’t even two-dimensional. Most of them feel one-dimensional, with little personality or meaningful character development.

Heihei, the chicken sidekick, has a larger role here. I understand the character is meant to entertain younger audiences, but I found the added screen time more tedious than funny. Moana’s parents are present throughout the film, yet they leave almost no impression. Even Dwayne Johnson, who brought so much charisma to Maui in the animated version, feels like he’s running on autopilot. For a story filled with larger-than-life personalities, everyone feels oddly muted. I kept wishing the cast would simply be more animated.

One scene before the song “Shiny” especially stood out to me. Maui tells Moana to be “more shiny,” and I couldn’t help but think that’s exactly what this movie needed. It almost felt like a fourth-wall break. Nearly every performance lacks the charisma and emotional weight needed to make these characters pop. Because of that, it’s difficult to become invested in anyone, and the movie ultimately becomes a chore to watch.

The live-action remake is about 95% identical to the animated original, yet somehow it loses much of the heart that made that film so memorable. Despite following the same story beat for beat, this version feels slower, flatter, and emotionally distant.

Before the movie started, there was a commercial for Pepsi’s Starry with the slogan, “It hits different.” Oddly enough, that phrase perfectly describes this movie. It definitely hits different—but not in a good way.

Disney doesn’t do this remake any favors by recreating the original so closely. With both films telling virtually the same story, the inevitable question becomes: why remake it at all? Unlike Will Smith’s Genie in Aladdin, which intentionally offered a fresh interpretation instead of imitating Robin Williams, this film rarely brings anything new to the table. Outside of a handful of mostly forgettable scenes, it never gives audiences a compelling reason to choose it over the animated version.

It’s impossible not to compare this movie to the original because Disney invites that comparison. Even setting nostalgia aside, I still don’t think this version works on its own. The pacing drags, the emotional moments don’t land, and the characters never develop enough depth to make the journey engaging. Viewed on its own merits, Moana (2026) is simply a slow, uninspired film with weak performances that isn’t worth your time.

I’ll give the movie credit where it’s due: the songs are performed well. Catherine Laga’aia certainly has the vocal ability to hit the high notes, but great singing alone isn’t enough to carry the film. Dwayne Johnson and Jemaine Clement reprise their roles, but both performances feel less energetic than before. The new songs are largely forgettable and add very little to the experience. My favorites, “You’re Welcome” and “Shiny,” remain the highlights, but even those somehow feel less impactful this time around. Overall, the soundtrack just doesn’t hit as hard as it should.

Visually, the movie is undeniably gorgeous. The tropical islands, oceans, creatures, and visual effects all look fantastic. Ironically, many of the magical creatures remain fully animated, which raises an interesting question: if so much of the fantasy still relies on animation, what exactly is gained by making the movie live action?

I simply can’t recommend Moana (2026) outside of its enjoyable 3D presentation. The visuals are beautiful, yet everything underneath feels strangely lifeless. Disney has recreated one of its most beloved modern animated films almost scene for scene, but in the process it lost much of the heart and magic that made the original so special.

If you’ve never seen Moana, watch the animated film instead. If you already love the original, this remake offers very little reason to return. For me, Moana (2026) is one of Disney’s weakest live-action remakes and one of the biggest disappointments of 2026.

Final Movie Score: 3/10

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Minions And Monsters 3D Movie Review

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Minions And Monsters

3D Movie Review

Written By: Jacob Scarberry

3D

If you’ve seen an Illumination animated film in 3D before, you’ll know they consistently produce some of the best 3D presentations around, and Minions & Monsters is no exception. It’s filled to the brim with stunning depth, natural dimensionality, and constant pop-outs, all without a single flat scene or noticeable flaw.

Even with all the mayhem and shenanigans the Minions are known for, the presentation never causes headaches or vertigo. The entire film is a showcase for great 3D, but if you’re looking for reference-quality material, I’d recommend the early steam train sequence. It offers an excellent preview of the visual spectacle that’s still to come.

Easily the best 3D presentation of the summer, Minions & Monsters is also one of the year’s best 3D experience’s.

Final 3D Score: 10/10, Editors Choice Award

Movie

For 16 years, I've watched every film in the Despicable Me series along with every film Illumination has done, and I can say that they peaked with the first Despicable Me in terms of film quality almost getting to DreamWorks/Disney levels of quality filmmaking, but very quickly falling victim to the lowest common denominator of Hollywood family films of storytelling and making sure merchandise is front and center everywhere in your life for a few months until the hype dies down and then rinse and repeat. I really figured that the series nadir was with the 2015 spin-off Minions would effectively kill off the Despicable Me films, but over $1 billion later, we have had a further 4 films in the franchise, with the latest being the subject of today, Minions & Monsters.

Which starts at a film museum where the tour guide (Voiced by Oscar-winner Allison Janney in a glorified cameo) who tells the story of how the Minions' became legendary movie stars while on their search for their new Big Boss. Three Minion outcasts: James, Henry and Ed (all voiced by director Pierre Coffin) become friends along the Minions' quest of servitude when James repeatedly focuses on his artistic side, much to the dismay of Minion leader, Dick (And acts like his name for much of the film). Their antics cause several of their bosses unceremonious ends due to the trio's lack of focus, which ultimately leads them in the Old West.

The Minions happen upon a horse chase between an outlaw and a group of cowboys chasing after the outlaw, having having believe they struck pay dirt, the Minions give chase, much to the dismay of the outlaw. It leads to a train, a plane, and half of Los Angeles destroyed, and a potential waste of film as the outlaw was an actor in a film, and the director, Max (Christolph Waltz) distraught at the ruined shot. Ordered to screen the footage to the studio heads, brothers Frank & Elwood Bright (both voiced by Jeff Bridges), the brothers love the yellow guys and force Max to hunt for them and make them stars of the silent age.

While their films make them become rich and famous, the advent of sound film ruins the minions careers, and most of the minions set off for servitude of a robot, Bort while the main trio set to make their own film, a monster movie, with the help of a spell book summoning Goomi (Trey Parker, yes that Trey Parker) who plans for world dominance in disguise of making a kaiju fight. More mayhem ensues to save the world and their film from destruction.

I was planning on just writing another review like the previous films I've reviewed of the series (Minions: The Rise of Gru and Despicable Me 4 for those keeping count at home) of it being just okay, made mainly for 5 year olds and their families and not meant for a thirtysomething without children, with the 3D being the best thing about the film and that'd be another Minion-based review done and over with until Despicable Me 5: The ConGruing of Villains in 2028 (not a real film... Yet). Color me surprised that this is easily the best Despicable Me film since the first one, and the best in the Minions subseries of films.

The film is a charming love letter to Hollywood, while extremely loose in actual factual events (though the film is set in 1927, you still have women protesting for women's suffrage well after it had been passed into law, sci-fi films being made despite sci-fi not exactly popular in the silent era, etc.) effortlessly throws in silent era nods to the big stars of the time like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton to name a few while also adding some actual nods to the time period (talkies, most editors being women at that time, etc.) that could lead a child's curiosity to learn more about the artistry and the history of the medium.

The film retains the typical Minions physical humor, which the kids of course laughed at and I chuckled quite a bit, but there were adults laughing at other jokes the kids didn't understand, and that surprised me that they actually made adult jokes. Not like double entredres, but actual jokes only adults will understand if they know about classic film or basic American history. The animation is fantastic as usual, with the film oozing with so much fun in each frame, it's amazing that it costs less than half of your typical Pixar/Disney/DreamWorks joint but manages to look as good as those films despite the lowered budget.

Voice acting is well-done by the cast of A-listers, professional voice actors and the director still capably performing as all the walking Twinkies with distinct differences in each character, but the highlight has to go to Trey Parker as Goomi. While distorted by computers, his vocal performance style manages to make it's way through the hi-tech filtering, giving us a fun performance as the main villain of the piece.

The technical aspects are also great, with a fun John Powell soundtrack, the sound being active and busy without being overwhelming, and the cinematography being lovely and colorful throughout, especially amongst the stylized sections focusing on the films being made.

My only real beef with the film is the filler subplot of Bort and his quest for world dominance being affected by a potential relationship with suffragette Debbie. While not useless or outright terrible, it's clearly filler for an already lean story length of 90 minutes and doesn't make much of an impression. There also wasn't much in the way of why Goomi wanted to take over the world, just a rather simple plot that's been told over and over again and I wish the film focused more on the filmmaking aspect more, but other than that, the film is a surprising hoot and a half.

I don't know if the human species really needed more than one Despicable Me film, let alone a massive 7 film franchise that largely allowed itself to be mediocre babysitting films for the younger Gen Z/Alpha kids of the past 15+ years, that's for history to figure out, but I have to give it to this entry in being quality entertainment. It's a breezy 90 minutes with some truly amusing bits and looks spectacular in 3D, and hopefully we get a physical 3D release in the near future as it truly deserves it, and it's great for the entire family and even childless adults who admire the art of filmmaking and film history. Maybe if this film is a hit, we'll finally get the inevitable Minions film set in 1940s Central Europe and then they can include world history events as told by the popular merchandise sold in stores.

Minions & Monsters is proof this franchise can still surprise me. It’s funny, charming, and far more thoughtful about filmmaking than I expected. I didn’t expect one of the year’s best surprises to come from a Minions movie, but I’m glad it did.

Final Movie Score: 8/10

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