Paddington Bear is one of the most popular bears in children’s fiction, a status propelled by the live-action film series that started in 2014. In deepest, darkest Peru, a British explorer (Tim Downie) meets and befriends two bears, Pastuzo (Michael Gambon) and Aunt Lucy (Imelda Staunton). He teaches them English and the wonders of London. […]
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Lightyear Review
Toy Story was the film that showed Pixar was a studio to be reckoned with. One of the most popular characters was Buzz Lightyear and the Space Ranger which has earned a spin-off film. Buzz Lightyear (Chris Evans) and a crew of space colonisers get stranded on another planet after Buzz accidentally crashed the ship. Buzz tries to […]
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Review
Aardman Animations is a studio that flies the flag for British animation. One of the most famous and popular characters is Shaun the Sheep and the woolly creature gets a second feature film. This time his adventure has an extra-terrestrial twist. There are strange events happening in the small English town of Mossy Bottom. A […]
Dora and the Lost City of Gold Review
Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer is one of the biggest cartoons aimed at pre-school aged children. Her first live-action sees the little girl all grown up for an archaeological adventure. Dora (Isabela Moner) has grown up in the Amazon rainforest with her professor parents (Michael Peña and Eva Longoria). After one adventure too many her parents decide to send Dora […]
The Lion King Review
Disney has continued the mining of their animated classics for box-office gold. 2019 sees the studio going for a triple whammy of cinematic remakes – concluding with a “live-action” remake of The Lion King. In the African Savannah a new crown prince is revealed to the animals. The birth of Simba (JD McCracy/Donald Glover) means the power-hungry Scar […]
Toy Story 4 Review
Toy Story was the film that put Pixar on the map and the subsequent films made the series a perfect trilogy. So it was seemingly bizarre that Pixar would go back to the well for a fourth entry. After the events of Toy Story 3 Andy has given up his toys to a little girl called Bonnie (Madeleine […]
The Secret Life of Pets 2 Review
People love their pets and Illumination Entertainment realise this with The Secret Life of Pets – making $875.5 million from an average animated film. The production company hopes to repeat the same trick with the sequel. Since the events of the first film there have been big changes for Max (Patton Oswalt). There’s a new man and […]
Pokémon Detective Pikachu Review
When it comes to icons of video gaming Pikachu is one of the most famous. He is the mascot of the Pokémon franchise, leading the anime, the games, and now the live-action movie. Tim Goodman (Justice Smith) is a loner who has given up on his dream to be a Pokémon trainer. When he receives a phone call about […]
A Dog’s Journey Review
Bruce Cameron is an author who has made a career writing novels about dogs. Two have been adapted into films and A Dog’s Journey is now the third, a sequel to 2017’s A Dog’s Purpose. Following the events A Dog’s Purpose the spirit of Bailey (Josh Gad) has found his way back to his original […]
Missing Link Review
Laika is one of the biggest animated studios in the world who have made celebrated animated films like Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings. Their latest film, Missing Link is set to join them. Sir Lionel Frost (Hugh Jackman) is an adventurer who seeks to join the exclusive explorers club. When he receives a letter about the legendary Sasquatch […]