WolfWalkers. The Film Of The Year for 2020.

Sometimes a viewer can come across a film that hits their joy receptors perfectly regardless of other factors. WolfWalkers from Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon is that film for 2020 in this reviews eyes. Cartoon Saloon has been on the fringes of breaking through into the mainstream animated sphere since they first appeared in 2009.Continue reading “WolfWalkers. The Film Of The Year for 2020.”

Archive. The SpongeBob Movie. Sponge Out of Water . (2015.)

As I will be covering the newest SpongeBob film in a separate review I thought it would be worthwhile posting my thoughts on the previous film from 2015. Originally written for the films theatrical release. The Sponge On The Run review is in draft and will be up within a few days. There was aContinue reading “Archive. The SpongeBob Movie. Sponge Out of Water . (2015.)”

The Trial Of The Chicago Seven. Review.

This reviewer has always considered Aaron Sorkin’s style an incredibly acquired taste. It has an audience but his incredibly fast-talking thorny and yet incredibly quippy writing style a bit of an indulgence. That is very much true with his second featurette as director. This courtroom drama focusing on the case of seven people tried forContinue reading “The Trial Of The Chicago Seven. Review.”

100% Wolf .Review

Here is another release that has benefited from the opportunistic UK distributors taking the chance in putting out smaller films in cinemas desperate for any new content. A mid-budget Australian animation focusing on the central boy in a pack of werewolves who after a series of events gets transformed into a poodle. Featuring a seriesContinue reading “100% Wolf .Review”

Once Upon a Snowman .The Importance of Media Packaging in the Age of Streaming/Social Media

The majority of adult streaming movie watchers (especially comedy fans) were watching the Borat sequel this weekend. Meanwhile, another much smaller scale project from a franchise inescapable to a percentage of grown-up audiences with children debuted on Disney +. This was the latest addition to the Frozen franchise with the new short Once Upon aContinue reading “Once Upon a Snowman .The Importance of Media Packaging in the Age of Streaming/Social Media”

On The Rocks. Review.

As someone who is always willing to give every new streaming service a chance (even covering Quibi on this very site when it launched) the roll out of Apple TV + has been a total disaster. Lack of content ,not available on the majority of devices that aren’t directly Apple related  (always been a keenContinue reading “On The Rocks. Review.”

Scoob. Movie Review

The initial theatrical trailers for the latest attempt to bring Scooby-Doo back to the big screen looked rather promising. Then the pandemic hit, and the film was one of the first shuffled off the theatrical schedule and released as a premium VOD rental. This was irritating for viewers like this writer who was keen toContinue reading “Scoob. Movie Review”

Cats and Dogs 3. Paws Unite. Movie Review

Hey folks, do you know Warner Brothers thought it was a good idea to make another Cats and Dogs sequel and release it direct to video nine years after the last theatrical entry. Better yet this film is now in the majority of UK multiplex’s that have remained open thanks to Warner Brothers UK complyingContinue reading “Cats and Dogs 3. Paws Unite. Movie Review”

Secret Society of Second Born Royals (Disney +.) Review.

it is time to take out some more Disney straight to streaming trash. This time we have a Disney Channel production that was shifted onto +. This is not an outright mark against it. The Disney Channel has produced some pop culture phenomenon’s in its time even if most of them come with a layerContinue reading “Secret Society of Second Born Royals (Disney +.) Review.”

Back to the Cinema. #6 Schemers.

The pandemic has resulted in several smaller UK distributors seizing their opportunity to get their films out to a wider audience by complying with the UK theatrical window and putting then in as many cinemas as well have them while they are desperate for new content. Case in point, this low budget Dundee set vanityContinue reading “Back to the Cinema. #6 Schemers.”