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Review: Cosmicrew: Ice Planet is an ideal plane movie

It is a truth universally acknowledged that, when I take a flight that has seatback screens and a swathe of entertainment options available to watch, there will be at least one (1) animated movie available to watch that I've never heard of. It's usually Chinese. On my early morning flight to Chicago today, this maxim once again proved true, though there were three (3) movies that fit the bill. My plan to immediately go to sleep was replaced by a need to watch at least one of them, a colorful action-adventure called Cosmicrew: Ice Planet . It is very hard to find stills from this movie online… (Side bar: I wish there were a way to subscribe to airlines' movie collections as a streaming service. It's honestly incredible how good the selection always is: a great mix of all-time classics, a ton of new releases, a smattering of interesting-looking international fare that is otherwise unavailable to watch anywhere. A guy can dream.) I'm typing this review on my phone with...

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