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 #11 2023: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) 24 Feb 202323 Feb 2023 You may have noticed I've been waxing lyrical about the high quality of the Best Animated Film nominations at this year's Oscars. Well, in an unlikely twist of 'WTF', that's…
adventure… Movie #91 2022: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) 22 Nov 202221 Nov 2022 Okay, so I suppose this movie isn't technically a Christmas film. I mean, there's a lot of snowy scenery and whimsical, fantasy feel going on, but it's not exactly a…
Family… Movie #89 2022: Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge (2001) 9 Nov 20222 Nov 2022 Yes, yes. I know. I promise this is my last Halloween/spooky season-themed movie... for a while, at least. But why not end on something sweet and nostalgic like this? I…
Comedy… Movie #83 2022: Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021) 26 Oct 202220 Oct 2022 "It's time to play the music! It's time to light the lights!" Yeah, yeah, I know this isn't The Muppet Show. But every time I watch anything Muppets related, I…
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 #70 2022: Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) 4 Sep 202230 Aug 2022 It will come as no surprise that I went to see Minions: The Rise of Gru after watching the first Minions movie the other day. I mean, why else would…
Animation… Movie #69 2022: Minions (2015) 30 Aug 202225 Aug 2022 Once again I am watching a movie purely because I'm going to see its sequel later on. I am not sorry, deal with it. In brief, Minions shares with us…
Animation… Movie #59 2022: Lightyear (2022) 8 Jul 202230 Jun 2022 Once again, I feel like I'm missing something. Although the current audience score on Rotten Tomatoes sits at 85%, it feels as though every review I see for Lightyear is…
Animation… Movie #45 2022: Monsters University (2013) 29 Apr 202229 Apr 2022 Yesterday, it dawned on me that I still haven't seen all of the Pixar movies. All of the movies I've watched over the past two years and somehow I still…
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