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'Pokémon Detective Pikachu' — Go!

Fueled by Ryan Reynold's clever, wisecracking voicework, the film feels fresh and invigorating, and not simply the dutiful extension of a familiar brand it so easily could have been.
Tim (Justice Smith), a talking Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds), and a hard-nosed intern journalist (Kathryn Newton) team up to find Tim's missing father in <em>Pokémon Detective Pikachu. </em>

Have you ever questioned the moral fabric of the Pokémon universe?

Sure you have. For starters: In what kind of world would "Pokémon battles" — in which two humans force two excessively cute creatures to a fight until one of the beasts faints — constitute an acceptable social convention? And isn't the whole Trainer/Pokémon relationship more than a little ... problematic? Who decided that wild Pokémon, who demonstrate a level of intelligence several degrees above that of other animals, should live out their lives under the constant fear of capture and

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