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In 2022, Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures released Turning Red (2022), an American animated fantasy comedy film. Set in 2002 Toronto, it follows 13-year-old Mei Lee and her family. Mei helps out at their ancestral temple and strives to make her mother proud, while keeping her own interests, like being a fan of the boy band 4*Town with her friends Miriam, Priya, and Abby, a secret from her strict and overprotective mother. One night, Ming discovers Mei’s crush on Devon and unintentionally embarrasses her in public. This triggers a nightmare for Mei involving red pandas. The next morning, she wakes up as a large red panda and learns ...

The upcoming film Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022) is an American animated adventure comedy, produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation and released through Amazon Studios. As the hotel celebrates its 125th anniversary, Mavis overhears Dracula’s retirement plans, prompting her to share them with Johnny. Excitedly, Johnny reveals his own plans to renovate the hotel. However, Dracula worries about the potential damage Johnny could cause and falsely claims that only monsters can own the hotel due to a “monster real-estate law”. This leaves Johnny disappointed. With the help of Van Helsing’s transforming ray, he attempts to ...

Nona (2021), an American computer-animated short film written and directed by Louis Gonzales and produced by Pixar Animation Studios, distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. She is engrossed in her favorite show, E.W.W. Smashdown Wrestling, a beloved pastime she shared with her late husband. Suddenly, there’s a knock at the door and Nona discovers her granddaughter Renee has been dropped off by her son. Despite trying to continue watching, Renee becomes an obstacle. Nona attempts to distract her with crayons, Legos, and her dog but Renee persists in interrupting Nona’s viewing. Eventually, Renee ...

Twenty Something (2021), an animated short film, written and directed by Aphton Corbin, the film was produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. In the story, Gia’s older sister Nicole takes her to an adult club for the first time after she turns 21. Feeling overwhelmed by her newfound adulthood, Gia imagines herself as three children stacked on top of each other, hiding under a large coat. Despite their efforts to take charge of the situation, all three versions of Gia struggle to feel comfortable in their surroundings. However, they eventually decide to make the ...

Based on the real-life of Dwayne Johnson, also known as ‘The Rock’, Young Rock (2021–2023) is an American sitcom that debuted on NBC on February 16, 2021. The show, created by Johnson alongside Jeff Chiang and Nahnatchka Khan, has garnered positive reviews from critics. It was later confirmed for a second season in April 2021 and treated fans to a holiday special episode on December 15th before the season two premiere on March 15, 2022. In May 2022, it was ...

An American adult animated comedy television special, South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid (2021), written and directed by Trey Parker, follows Stan Marsh as he remembers the beginning of the pandemic. He and his classmates were sent home before they could blackmail a fellow student for VIP access to a Denver Nuggets game. This led to a series of events that resulted in Stan accidentally burning down Tegridy Farms and causing his sister’s death, which ultimately led to their mother’s suicide. Presently, South Park is still under quarantine due to the new COVID-19 variant. While on the run and ...

Written and directed by Trey Parker, South Park: Post Covid (2021) is an adult animated comedy TV special episode. Premiering on November 25, it is the first of a series of specials for the streaming service Paramount+. Taking place in the future where the COVID-19 pandemic is dwindling, Stan Marsh has left his hometown of South Park, Colorado. He now works as an online whiskey consultant and cohabitates with an opinionated Amazon Alexa. One day, Kyle Broflovski, who is now the guidance counselor at South Park Elementary, calls Stan to inform him of Kenny McCormick’s passing. As a scientist researching the origins ...

An American film Don’t Look Up (2021), written and directed by Adam McKay in collaboration with David Sirota, follows the story of Kate Dibiasky. Dibiasky, a doctoral candidate at Michigan State University, makes a shocking discovery about an unknown comet. Her mentor Doctor Randall Mindy confirms this discovery: the comet will collide with Earth in six months, causing a global extinction event. NASA verifies the findings and invites Dibiasky, Mindy, and Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe (head of the Planetary Defense Coordination Office) to present their research to the White ...

Sing 2 (2021), an American animated jukebox musical comedy film from Illumination and Universal Pictures, sees Buster Moon thriving in his new theater, a month after the events of the first film. However, despite his efforts to impress talent scout Suki, she believes he won’t succeed in Redshore City. Encouraged by Nana Noodleman, Buster brings together the singers from the previous competition and heads to the city for an audition with entertainment mogul Jimmy Crystal. While Crystal initially shows no interest in Buster’s original show pitch, Gunter introduces a unique space-themed concept featuring Clay Calloway, a rock star who hasn’t been seen ...

Friends: The Reunion (2021) is the highly anticipated 2021 special of the beloved American sitcom. Hosted by James Corden, it was created by Marta Kauffman and David Crane, along with executive producers Kevin S. Bright and Ben Winston. Originally announced in November 2019, Warner Bros. Television was in the process of developing the special for their new streaming service, HBO Max. The special would bring back the entire cast ...

The French Dispatch (2021) is an American comedy drama film. Written, directed, and produced by Wes Anderson from a story he co-created with Roman Coppola, Hugo Guinness, and Jason Schwartzman, it boasts a sprawling cast and tells three unique tales set within the fictional French foreign bureau of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun newspaper’s concluding edition. In the fictional French town of Ennui-sur-Blasé (translated as “boredom on jaded”), Arthur ...

Cruella (2021) is an American crime comedy-drama film from Walt Disney Pictures, Marc Platt Productions, and Gunn Films. The film follows the story of Estella Miller, a creative child with a knack for fashion but also a cruel side, earning her the nickname “Cruella” from her mother Catherine. Growing up ostracized due to her unique appearance and bold attitude, Estella’s rebellious behavior nearly gets her expelled from school. To avoid any tarnished reputation, Catherine withdraws Estella and plans to relocate them both to London. Along their journey, they stop at a lavish party where Estella sneaks in with her dog Buddy and discovers the world of ...

Staged (2020–2023) is a British television comedy series that was filmed and set during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. Using video-conferencing technology, the show features actors Michael Sheen and David Tennant as fictionalized versions of themselves, along with Simon Evans, Georgia Tennant, Anna Lundberg, and Lucy Eaton. The first series aired on BBC One on 10 June 2020, ...

Burrow (2020) is an American 2D animated short film written and directed by Madeline Sharafian, produced by Michael Capbarat at Pixar Animation Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. A little brown rabbit is making a burrow in the English countryside. She has sketched out her dream home on a piece of paper. As she starts digging, her new neighbors, a mole and a field mouse, eagerly offer their assistance, showcasing their own elaborate blueprints and floor plans for their families’ burrows. Feeling self-conscious about her simple drawing, ...

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) is a satirical comedy directed by Jason Woliner. It follows the story of Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev, who is released from a gulag after being imprisoned for fourteen years due to his previous trip to the United States. His country’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, tasks him with delivering Minister of Culture Johnny the Monkey to President Donald Trump in an attempt to restore Kazakhstan’s honor. However, Borat’s plan goes awry when he is unable to get close to Trump and instead decides to give the monkey to Vice President Mike Pence. While attempting this, ...

In 2020, Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms wrote and directed the American black comedy action film, Fatman (2020). The story revolves around Chris Cringle and his wife Ruth, who run a Christmas present workshop on an isolated farm near North Peak, Alaska. However, their business has been facing financial struggles as children have become more aggressive over the years. To make matters worse, the US Government, which has a stake in Chris’s business due to the economic impact of Christmas, is cutting back on their support. In an attempt to alleviate Chris’s income ...

Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) is a comedic science fiction film directed by Dean Parisot and written by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon. Serving as the third installment in the Bill & Ted film series, it follows the events of its predecessor, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991). Almost three decades after their last adventure, Bill and Ted have not fulfilled their destiny of creating a song that will bring unity to the world. As a result, their marriages are faltering and their careers are dwindling while the fabric of time and space begins to crumble. To save reality from collapsing, Kelly – daughter of ...

Close Enough (2020–2022) is an American adult animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel. Initially planned to debut on TBS in 2017, the project faced multiple setbacks before finally airing on HBO Max on July 9, 2020. Critics have praised the series, drawing comparisons to Quintel’s previous work, Regular Show, which ran from 2010-2017 on Cartoon Network. However, after three seasons, HBO Max announced the show’s cancellation in July 2022 and it was subsequently removed from the service a month later. For international audiences, Close Enough was available on Netflix until May 2023 when it ...

I Am Not Okay with This (2020) is a darkly comedic American series, streaming on Netflix. The show is based on Charles Forsman’s graphic novel of the same name and stars Sophia Lillis, Wyatt Oleff, Sofia Bryant, and Kathleen Rose Perkins. It premiered on February 26, 2020 and was met with positive reviews, especially for the standout performances of Lillis and

Uncle Frank (2020), an American comedy-drama film, is a creation of writer and director Alan Ball and co-producer Paul Bettany. The story follows the journey of 18-year-old Beth Bledsoe, who leaves her home in Creekville, South Carolina to pursue her studies in New York City. Beth’s closest relative is her uncle Frank Bledsoe, a refined and thoughtful college professor. While attending a party at Frank’s apartment with her boyfriend Bruce, Beth uncovers his secret: he has been living with his partner Walid (‘Wally’) for over ten years. After ...