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Channel 4 has developed a tradition of adapting popular children’s books into animated specials for Christmas. 2023 sees the second book in Judith Kerr’s Mog series getting this treatment. Mog is a dim and forgetful cat that the Thomas family owns. Her peaceful life gets disturbed by a strange tradition the humans celebrate. This includes putting […]
The penultimate Rick and Morty’s seventh season sees the titular pair going on an adventure into the afterlife. Rick discovers that the afterlife does exist after murdering Jerry seven times. The afterlife can be a source of infinite energy. To harvest this energy Rick concocts an overly complex scheme involving getting himself murdered by Bigfoot and […]
The Nativity Story is one of the most famous ever told and the bedrock for Christmas. It gets a musical retelling with Journey to Bethlehem. Mary (Fiona Palomo) is a teenage girl who is betrothed to Joseph (Milo Manheim), a man she has never met. She had even more pressure thrust upon her when the archangel […]
The Hunger Games concludes with the second part of Mockingjay and shows the final clash between The Capitol and the Rebels. Peeta has been rescued from The Capitol, but he has been brainwashed, leading to him harbouring a bloodlust against Katniss. The war has swung in the Rebels’ favour and the Capitol is about to […]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay saw a big change in story, setting, and aesthetic as it turned the series from a Young Adult Dystopia to a war story. Katniss has been extracted from the Third Quarter Quill and taken to the secretive District 13. Peeta has been taken captive by The Capitol and District 12 has been […]
“Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie” attempts an extraordinary experiment by being a Rick and Morty episode without Rick. Water-T has returned from exile to his home planet just as it gets attacked by the Numbericons. The only hope for The Alphbetrians is a pendant called the ‘I of Harmony.’ To open it, Water-T must see his […]
Willy Wonka is probably Roald Dahl’s most recognisable character, appearing in two novels, two adaptations of Charlie of the Chocolate Factory, and the Gene Wilder version being lovingly parodied in numerous American shows. The team behind the Paddington Movies aims to make a prequel about Willy Wonka and how he became the famous chocolatier. Willy Wonka (Timothée Chalamet) arrives in […]
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was the second film in the original Hunger Games series. It is seen as the best film but does it live up to that reputation? Despite winning the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta are facing scrutiny from President Snow. Violence and disorder are spreading across Panem and Snow threatens to kill Katniss’ family […]
Sometimes Summer is involved in Rick and Morty’s adventures and with “Wet Kuat Amortican Summer” she has her first episode named after her. As a reward for completing her chores for Rick, Summer gets an attribute slider. When Morty finds out he becomes jealous, which starts a chain of events that includes Summer and Morty […]
The previous episode of Rick and Morty, “Unmortricken” was a surprisingly serious and important episode. The follow-up episode “Rickfending Your Mort” aimed to lighten things after something so heavy. Rick has become depressed and dejected. To get him out of his funk, Morty attempts to cash in a load of his Adventure Cards. Rick questions this […]