Animation… Movie #46 2023: Elemental (2023) 19 Jul 202317 Jul 2023 Pixar have long been the royal standard when it comes to profound, visually magnificent animated movies. To be fair, when the little 'Pixar' desk lamp appears at the start of…
adventure… Movie #39 2023: Shrek 2 (2004) 14 Jun 20236 Jun 2023 I've made it abundantly clear that Disney and Pixar are the cream of the crop when it comes to animation. In fact, I'd put Cartoon Saloon, Studio Ghibli (and, more…
Animation… Movie #38 2023: The Little Mermaid (2023) 12 Jun 20236 Jun 2023 Don't shoot me: I've never seen the original The Little Mermaid from 1989. Yes, I know it's one of the more universally loved Disney princess films, but I come from…
Animation… Movie #28 2023: DC League of Super-Pets (2022) 29 Apr 202326 Apr 2023 Surprise! Bet you didn't think you'd hear from me again so soon. Of course, with my long, boring spiel in my last post about how I never get to watch…
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...…
adventure… Movie #20 2023: The Sea Beast (2022) 14 Mar 20238 Mar 2023 Okay, I'll let (all two of) you into a little secret: I'm writing this a few days before the Oscars ceremony. So I have no idea who got the nod…
Comedy… Movie #96 2022: Disenchanted (2022) 13 Dec 202212 Dec 2022 Is this the second review in a row that deals with a sequel? Indeed it is. However, unlike Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, it's sad for me to report that this…
Animation… Movie #87 2022: Wendell & Wild (2022) 5 Nov 20222 Nov 2022 If you've read any of my past reviews regarding animated films, you'll know that I'm all for originality. Disney and Pixar still hold the title of Top Dogs when it…
Animation… Movie #75 2022: Ponyo (2008) 15 Sep 202213 Sep 2022 In 2008, Disney Pixar released WALL-E. That's right, when Studio Ghibli were releasing this cute little 2-D hand drawn movie, the biggest animated movie studio in the world were putting…
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…
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