In "The Little Mermaid," Halle Bailey swims to superstardom while the rest of the cast treads water in a slight improvement over other Disney remakes.

While not ascending to the heights of Pixar’s greatest triumphs, the studios latest endeavor, the coming-of-age fish-out-of-water tale, Luca, is a solid, entertaining, and often rewarding family film.

The oft used saying “Boys will be boys” couldn’t be more true than it is in the raunchy, new tween comedy Good Boys. Since National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978) and Porky’s (1981) the hard-R comedy has been a...