Hotel Transylvania
{4/5} “He’s not talking to you. First you tell us humans are bad, now they’re good, what else? Up is down, cold is hot, gremlins don’t smell.” Hotel Transylvania, released in 2012 Dracula runs a hotel for monsters, a place where they can be safe from bloodthirsty humans. Dracula wants to keep his daughter Mavis […]
Despicable Me
{5/5} “When we got adopted by a bald guy, I thought this would be more like Annie.” Despicable Me, released in 2010 Gru is a supervillain whose nemesis Vector has stolen the Great Pyramid — so he decides to steal the Moon. Gru adopts three little girls so they can get inside Vector’s compound by […]
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
{4.5/5} “My dream was to help my hometown, a small island hidden under the A in Atlantic, called Swallow Falls. We were one of the leading exporters of sardines, until the day Baby Brent Sardine cannery closed when everyone realized that sardines… are super gross.” Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, released in 2009 Flint […]
Bolt
{4.5/5} “‘Stay back! If I stare at the lock really hard, it’ll burst into flames and melt.’ ‘Now I’m concerned on a number of levels.’” Bolt, released in 2008 Bolt is a dog who thinks he has super powers but he’s really on a TV show and his powers are all faked by the production […]
Dragons: Defenders of Berk (season 2)
{4/5} Dragons: Defenders of Berk season 2, aired in 2013-14 Hiccup and his friends defend Berk against Alvin the Treacherous, Dagur the Deranged, and Whispering Death dragons. There’s a bit more of an ongoing story this season. The TV show isn’t quite as good as the movies, but it’s enjoyable. A third season is forthcoming […]
How To Train Your Dragon 2
{4.5/5} “You have the heart of a chief and the soul of a dragon.” Hiccup and Toothless explore new lands while his friends engage in dragon racing. Hiccup comes across dragon trappers who reveal that someone named Drago Bludvist has a dragon army. Meanwhile Stoick has decided to retire and make Hiccup chief of the […]
How To Train Your Dragon
{5/5} “My name’s Hiccup. Great name, I know. But, it’s not the worst. Parents believe a hideous name will frighten off gnomes and trolls. Like our charming Viking demeanor wouldn’t do that.” Hiccup is a Viking. He lives in Berk, a small hillside village whose people fish and herd sheep. But occasionally fierce dragons come […]
The Princess and the Frog
{4/5} “You sure this is the right blind voodoo lady who lives in the boat in the tree in the bayou?” Tiana works two jobs as a waitress to save up money to open her own restaurant. Finally, she’s able to afford a building — of course, it’s a bit of a fixer-upper. When Prince […]
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
{4.5/5} “Pirate of the Year is just… commercialized nonsense. Real pirating isn’t about trophies. It’s about fighting up staircases backwards. It’s about sliding down sails with a knife in your teeth. Beard glossiness!” The Pirate Captain would like to win Pirate of the Year but the other pirate captains have once again managed to plunder […]
Chicken Run
{5/5} “‘Think, everyone, think. What haven’t we tried yet?’ ‘We haven’t tried not trying to escape.’ ‘Hmm. That might work.’” The chickens on Tweedy’s farm are forced to lay eggs every day and if they don’t they get their heads chopped off. They keep trying to escape, but the Tweedys and their dogs catch them […]