Playing with toys in the third dimension!

Emmet and Wyldstyle are back in a vibrant, likable sequel that's just a little too ambitious for its own good.

2014’s The LEGO Movie was my favorite film of that year, and so the sequel, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part had an incredibly high bar to clear. Unfortunately, The Second Part has a bit of sequelitis as well as some haphazard storytelling that makes it pale in comparison to the first movie. And yet I can’t deny that I was laughing my head off through the first act and I appreciate the themes the film is going for with regards to issues of toxic masculinity. Although it doesn’t hit as hard as the upending of …

We're a little under a year out from The LEGO Movie Sequel's release, but what do we know about the film? Read on to find out what we know, what we think we know, and what's left to discuss.

Emmet and Wyldstyle are back in a vibrant, likable sequel that's just a little too ambitious for its own good.

I’m so excited for The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part. I adore the first movie (it was my favorite film of 2014), and it looks like Phil Lord & Christopher Miller did a lot of work on the script so their influence will definitely be felt in the sequel, which sees Bricksburg reduced to an apocalyptic wasteland but Emmet (Chris Pratt) still his cheerful self until his friends are kidnapped by invaders from the Systar system. I have very high hopes for this film, but I’m confident that the filmmakers will be able to deliver on another …