The saga is slightly too convoluted with some world-building short-changed, but it twists and turns to a place of genuine emotion and a rousing call to take down the ghouls of the real world rather than the demons of the underworld. It's brimming with eerie imagery, silly gags, and gross-out moments where bugs erupt from orifices. Wendell & Wild, which will be released this October via Netflix, is Selick's first feature film in 13 years, and there's a sense he wanted to pack as much as possible into the 105 minutes he had. Selick, along with co-writer and producer Jordan Peele, sends her on a spooky, zany, socially relevant adventure that might be overstuffed but is a treat nonetheless. Kat is a 13-year-old Black girl with trauma in her past, green hair, and a pair of kick-ass combat boots.

With a new circle of friends-fellow injured athletes, others with just time to kill-Mickey finds peaceful acceptance, and people with whom words come easily, even if it is just the pills loosening her tongue.īut as the pressure to be Mickey Catalan heightens, her need increases, and it becomes less about pain and more about want, something that could send her spiraling out of control.Stop-motion animator Henry Selick has offered up a new goth heroine for three successive generations now: Gen X had Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas, millennials got the titular Coraline of Coraline, and now Gen Z has Kat from Wendell & Wild, his latest film which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend. The pills do more than take away pain they make her feel good. Behind the plate is the only place she’s ever felt comfortable, and the painkillers she’s been prescribed can help her get there. When a car crash sidelines Mickey just before softball season, she has to find a way to hold on to her spot as the catcher for a team expected to make a historic tournament run. Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a visceral and necessary novel about addiction, family, friendship, and hope. An Amazon Best Book of the Month! A captivating and powerful exploration of the opioid crisis-the deadliest drug epidemic in American history-through the eyes of a college-bound softball star.

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