Netflix’s The Monkey King is an animated coming-of-age film that struggles to find its footing. There are some engaging moments thanks to its interesting premise and colorful animation. But The Monkey ...

Anthony Stacchi’s rollicking CG-animated fantasy inspired by ‘Journey to the West’ features a voice cast that includes Jimmy O. Yang, Bowen Yang, Stephanie Hsu and BD Wong. By David Rooney Chief Film ...

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WHAT IT'S ABOUT "The Monkey King" tells the origin story of a central figure in the 16th century Chinese epic novel "Journey to the West" through the prism of an imaginatively animated family movie ...

The noisiest movie since “Oppenheimer,” the animated Netflix adventure “The Monkey King” is a frantic fable that modifies ancient mythology into something vaguely familiar, creates conflicts you never ...

This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn't exist.It's probably safe to ...

Back in the early ’90s, a New Jersey-based company called GoodTimes Entertainment carved out a place for itself in the home-video space churning out straight-to-video knockoffs of Disney animated ...

Journey to the West is one of the most frequently adapted stories ever written. A new cinematic take on the 16th-century classic has premiered roughly once every nine months over the past decade alone ...

While the overconfident Monkey seems even cockier than usual in this umpteenth pop-culture riff on 'Journey to the West,' it's easy to imagine the streamer's reasonably entertaining reboot spawning ...