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 #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…
Action… Movie #235 2020: Labyrinth (1986) 16 Jul 202015 Jul 2020 Before we get on with Labyrinth, a.k.a. 'David Bowie's Crotch: The Movie', here's how it's gonna work round here from now on. With lockdown restrictions being gradually relaxed in the…
Action… Movie #214 2020: Artemis Fowl (2020) 16 Jun 202015 Jun 2020 Oh boy. Where to start with this one? Artemis Fowl is the long awaited Disney feature length movie, directed by Kenneth Branagh. Based on the series of fantasy novels of…
Action… Movie #207 2020: The Lego Batman Movie (2017) 12 Jun 202010 Jun 2020 You know what? I had high expectations for this movie. People tend to talk about it so fondly that I didn't understand how they could possibly love an animated Lego…
Animation… Movie #178 2020: Megamind (2010) 29 May 202026 May 2020 You may notice the light-heartedness and fun movies that are currently dominating The Quayside Review. Well, we are getting to the pointy end of lockdown now in the UK, and…
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