SHADY MOVIE THROWBACKS: Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Just a brief warning: this is gonna be a long one.

SHADY MOVIE LISTS: 2018's sequels

In 2015, I declared that year the "year of reboots." Well, this year is the year of sequels. (As has been every year since, like, 1950. If we're being honest.)

With that being said, I'm gonna estimate the box office gross and critical reception for this year's upcoming slew of follow-ups. With no further ado, let us jump into the fray. (By the way, I've also included prequels, rare beasts though they may be. Not spinoffs, though. Spinoffs can choke.)

SHADY MOVIE REACTIONS: Incredibles 2 trailer

So I've decided to add a new category to my already-impressive litany of categories: Shady Movie Reactions. If you didn't already guess, within this category, I'm gonna react to stuff. Although frankly I don't know if this label is ever going to get used again. Because this is a very special and unique time in my life. This is Incredibles 2 time.

SHADY MOVIE LISTS: Most violent animated villain deaths

I started writing this list after watching A Bug's Life. That is all you need to know.

Actually, you might need to know a little more. Most animated villains either get ambiguously captured/arrested, or they fall to their deaths. And how apropos, indeed. With a harmless fall into the mist, a villain can be disposed of with pure justice and yet with child-appropriate innocence: we know he met a violent end, but we didn't actually have to see the bloody finale.

Another added benefit - with the ambiguity a falling death provides, a sequel can easily be set up. Hey, guess what, Gaston actually landed on a giant trampoline, let's gear up for Beauty and the Beast 2: Revenge of a Frenchman! (Only a matter of time before they pull that dirty trick for real.)

But in some movies - those rare, beautiful standouts - we witness a greater end. We witness something truly terrible, which befits our terrible villain. We witness an end which makes it very clear that this villain ain't coming back. We see a violent end - and hot damn, do we. Sometimes, animation studios like to push the envelope.

So without any more blathering, let's get into the list! Videos will be included for your benefit.

(Oh, and I think I need to specify. Movies made for kids. None of that animated Batman crap.)