Spotlight REVIEW Review: ‘Art of Hoppers’ book tells plenty — in words Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Apr 5, 2026 Apr 5, 2026 0 × Bruce Miller Lee Enterprises Bruce Miller, Lee Enterprises' entertainment reporter, says that "Hoppers" is long on education, but short on entertainment. SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Here’s a shocker: “The Art of Hoppers” has great text.kAm}@C>2==J[ E96 “2CE @7” 3@@<D E9C:G6 @? AC6=:>:?2CJ D<6E496D[ 492C24E6C G2C:2E:@?D 2?5 D:8?D E92E 7=2D9 3J E@@ BF:4<=J H96? E96 7:=> A=2JD]k^AmkAm%9:D @?6[ 9@H6G6C[ =6ED 5:C64E@C s2?:6= r9@?8 E2=< 23@FE E96 G2C:@FD :E6C2E:@?D “w@AA6CD” H6?E E9C@F89 2?5 9@H A6?8F:?D >:89E 92G6 366? E96 3:8 DAC:?8 2?:>2E:@? DE2CD]k^AmkAmw6 25>:ED E96 @C:8:?2= D4C:AE H2D “F?AC@5F4:3=6” 2?5 >:89E 92G6 CF? >@C6 E92? 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Movies in a Minute: "Project Hail Mary" Movies in a Minute: "Hoppers" Movies in a Minute: "The Drama" Movies in a Minute: "Reminders of Him" Movies in a Minute: "Scream 7" Movies in a Minute: "Twinless" Movies in a Minute: "Wuthering Heights" Movies in a Minute: "Dracula" Movies in a Minute: "Send Help" Movies in a Minute: "Is This Thing On?" Movies in a Minute: "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple" Movies in a Minute: "Primate" Movies in a Minute: "Anaconda" Movies in a Minute: "Marty Supreme" Movies in a Minute: "Song sung Blue" Movies in a Minute: "Wake Up Dead Man" Movies in a Minute: "Hamnet" Movies in a Minute: "Rental Family" Movies in a Minute: "Wicked: For Good" Movies in a Minute: "The Running Man" Movies in a Minute: "Nuremberg" Movies in a Minute: "Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues" Movies in a Minute: "Caught Stealing" Movies in a Minute: "The Roses" Movies in a Minute: "Honey Don't" Movies in a Minute: "Nobody 2" Movies in a Minute: "Weapons" Movies in a Minute: "The Naked Gun" Movies in a Minute: "The Fantastic Four: First Steps"" Movies in a Minute: "I Know What You Did Last Summer" Movies in a Minute: "Superman" Movies in a Minute: "Jurassic World Rebirth" Movies in a Minute: "F1" Movies in a Minute: "28 Years Ago" Movies in a Minute: "Materialists" Movies in a Minute: "From the World of John Wick: Ballerina" Movies in a Minute: "Karate Kid: Legends" Movies in a Minute: "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning " Movies in a Minute: "Nonnas" Movies in a Minute: "Fight or Flight" Movies in a Minute: "Thunderbolts*" Movies in a Minute: "The Accountant 2" Movies in a Minute: "Sinners" Movies in a Minute: "Warfare" Review: ‘Hoppers’ Rated: PG for some intense situations.Stars: 2 ½ starsBruce’s Take: Bring back the animals that sing and dance. The dam builders are too work-oriented. 0 Comments Stay up-to-date on what's happening Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Movies in a Minute: "Hoppers" Bruce Miller, Lee Enterprises' entertainment reporter, says that "Hoppers" is long on education, but short on entertainment. Lisa Kudrow returns as the fearless actress in ‘The Comeback’ Lisa Kudrow needed a reason to revisit Valerie Cherish and “The Comeback.” Review: ‘Hoppers’ takes a serious look at the animal world "You get a bit of a science lesson with a political message in 'Hoppers,' an animated film that also has plenty of cute characters." Read Bruc… Going home: ‘Hacks’ bids its 5-year run goodbye Producers say the final season of “Hacks” has a “Wizard of Oz”-like quality. 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Movies in a Minute: "Hoppers" Bruce Miller, Lee Enterprises' entertainment reporter, says that "Hoppers" is long on education, but short on entertainment.
Lisa Kudrow returns as the fearless actress in ‘The Comeback’ Lisa Kudrow needed a reason to revisit Valerie Cherish and “The Comeback.”
Review: ‘Hoppers’ takes a serious look at the animal world "You get a bit of a science lesson with a political message in 'Hoppers,' an animated film that also has plenty of cute characters." Read Bruc…
Going home: ‘Hacks’ bids its 5-year run goodbye Producers say the final season of “Hacks” has a “Wizard of Oz”-like quality.
Newcomers find plenty to embrace in Apple TV's ‘For All Mankind’ A new cast jumps into the fifth season of “For All Mankind” as the “what if” series speeds ahead 10 years.
Review: Zendaya unleashes a game changer in ‘The Drama’ "Too many questions weren’t asked before Emma and Charlie got engaged," Bruce Miller writes in his review of "The Drama," out now in theaters.
