Animation… Movie #4 2021: Brave (2012) 10 Jan 20215 Jan 2021 Onto the second animated 'first watch' of 2021. It feels as though there's no better time to start catching up on animated films I may have missed along the way,…
Animation… Movie #1 2021: Princess Mononoke (1997) 7 Jan 20214 Jan 2021 We're back to square one! The first movie of 2021; the first movie in a batch of first watches for me in a new year. To say I'm excited about…
Animation… Movie #365 2020: Soul (2020) 30 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 Huzzah! This is officially the 365th 'First Watch' of the year. That means I've watched one movie that I've never seen before for each day in 2020. How did I…
Animation… Movie #351 2020: The Grinch (2018) 16 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 Remakes. Who needs 'em? Actually, some are warranted, aren't they? Specifically, I'm thinking of Ocean's Eleven. But did we need another Grinch? The Grinch is a well-known and pretty iconic…
Animation… Movie #299 2020: Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) 10 Nov 202011 Nov 2020 You know when a movie just takes you completely by surprise? I recorded Kubo and the Two Strings on a whim because I saw it was on Film4. What I…
Animation… Movie #288 2020: Abominable (2019) 2 Nov 202027 Oct 2020 Last year, I watched the poorly received Smallfoot; an animated funfest about a human meeting a yeti. Though many saw it as flawed, my girlfriend and I absolutely loved it...…
Action… Movie #269 2020: The Incredibles (2004) 6 Oct 20202 Oct 2020 Oh, shut up. If you'd been paying attention, it would come as no surprise to you that I'd never seen this before. Honestly, it's becoming more and more apparent that…
Animation… Movie #253 2020: The Prince of Egypt (1998) 4 Sep 202029 Aug 2020 1998. That sweet spot when big names realised there was actually some merit to lending their voices to animated movies. Sure, there were a few others before then (of course…
Animation… Movie #242 2020: Frozen II (2019) 6 Aug 202030 Jul 2020 Onto a sequel that people (many of them small people) actually wanted now... Frozen II is pretty self explanatory to be honest. I mean, at this point, who hasn't seen…
Animation… Movie #237 2020: Despicable Me (2010) 22 Jul 202015 Jul 2020 Surprise! I'd never seen this one before either. Look, I'm an adult. And as a kid, my VHS choices were pretty much limited to Snow White and the Seven Dwarves…
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