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…
Animation… Movie #69 2021: The Croods: A New Age (2020) 17 Mar 202126 Feb 2021 Seeing as there were some extremely brilliant animated films last year, I was surprised to see that the sequel to The Croods had been nominated at the Golden Globes. After…
Animation… Movie #63 2021: The Croods (2013) 11 Mar 202123 Feb 2021 Let’s be real here: I only put myself through this in order to see The Croods 2: A New Age before the Golden Globes... and my God, it’s never taken…
Animation… Movie #36 2021: Castle in the Sky (1986) 11 Feb 20211 Feb 2021 Yeah, I watched two animated films in a row. And what? To be fair to my choices, this could not be more different to Balto, so pipe down. Castle in…
Animation… Movie #35 2021: Balto (1995) 10 Feb 20211 Feb 2021 Did you know that Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment once had an animated branch known as ‘Amblimation’? Me neither, until now. See, Amblimation only survived three feature films and two animated…
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 #24 2021: The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) 30 Jan 202122 Jan 2021 Two Studio Ghibli movies in one month? What a treat! Perhaps slightly less lauded than Princess Mononoke is The Secret World of Arrietty, which is also known as simply Arrietty…
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,…
christmas… Movie #355 2020: Gremlins (1984) 20 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 Gremlins is a Christmas film. Sorry, that's just facts. Gizmo himself is a Christmas present from Billy's father, so put that in your pipe and smoke it. We are immersed…
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…