Comedy… Movie #21 2023: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (2022) 20 Mar 202320 Mar 2023 There truly has been a lot of musical-to-film adapting in recent times, hasn't there? In the last few years alone we've had The Prom, Everyone's Talking About Jamie, Tick, Tick...…
Animation… Movie #71 2022: Sing 2 (2021) 6 Sep 20225 Sep 2022 Sing is one of those movies that I never expected to enjoy. When it was released in 2016, it wasn't even on my radar when it came to future cinema…
Animation… Movie #63 2022: The Addams Family 2 (2021) 27 Jul 202222 Jul 2022 Man, I really wanted this to be better just to spite the haters. Though I am probably one of the world's biggest fans of The Addams Family (1991) and Addams…
adventure… Movie #7 2022: Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022) 21 Jan 202219 Jan 2022 Listen, sometimes I really do try to give other animation studios a chance. Disney and Pixar are the giants, with Studio Ghibli (and arguably now Cartoon Saloon) rounding up the…
Animation… Movie #2 2022: Ron’s Gone Wrong (2021) 6 Jan 20226 Jan 2022 What's that? I've inadvertently made my first two films of the year both Olivia Colman movies? Whoops. I promise I will watch movies from outside of Colman's filmography at some…
Animation… Movie #233 2021: Ratatouille (2007) 25 Dec 202124 Dec 2021 Happy holidays, folks! Thought I'd mark the occasion with... a movie that isn't about Christmas in the slightest. Maybe I'll watch one or two more festive-based movies before the year…
adventure… Movie #226 2021: A Boy Called Christmas (2021) 11 Dec 20219 Dec 2021 Do you get the same sinking feeling that I do when you hear the words "Sky" and "Original"? Those two words honestly feel like the kiss of death to me.…
Action… Movie #222 2021: Jungle Cruise (2021) 27 Nov 202125 Nov 2021 When Jungle Cruise was released back in the summer of this year, I'll admit that it looked fun. I like Dwayne Johnson. I really like Emily Blunt. The trailers looked…
Animation… Movie #163 2021: Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) 19 Jun 202115 Jun 2021 The past year has forced many studios to adapt how they bring their films to you, there's no disputing that. Disney did something pretty unique in that the majority of…
Animation… Movie #80 2021: Meet the Robinsons (2007) 28 Mar 20215 Mar 2021 Meet the Robinsons is a rarity for Disney. Not only is it a standalone movie with no sequels to its name, but the majority of producers, writers and the director…
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