Classics… Movie #27 2021: A Little Princess (1995) 2 Feb 202126 Jan 2021 Okay, okay. I’m cheating a little bit with this one. This entire blog is supposed to be filled with reviews of films I’ve never seen before... I’ve actually seen A…
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...…
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…
Animation… Movie #211 2020: The Emperor’s New Groove (2000) 14 Jun 202012 Jun 2020 Is a movie from the year 2000 considered a 'classic' nowadays? I mean, it's 20 years old at this point, so I'd say so. The Emperor's New Groove is one…
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 #199 2020: The Addams Family (2019) 8 Jun 20206 Jun 2020 Did we need an animated version of The Addams Family? No. Will anything ever top the perfection that is Addams Family Values? Also no. But people led me to believe…
Animation… Movie #167 2020: Scoob! (2020) 23 May 202020 May 2020 Who doesn't love Scooby Doo? I won't lie, I even loved the two live action movies from the early-2000s due to my affinity to Sarah Michelle Gellar, even though they…
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