Movie Thoughts: Wolf Town (2011)

• Released: 28 Februari 2011
• Directed by: Roel Reiné
• Running time: 1 h 30 min
• Rating 2/5

Synopsis

Four teenagers go to explore an abandoned mining town. Well, abandoned, safe for a pack of man-eating wolves.

Movie Thoughts: One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)

• Released: 25 January 1961
• Directed by: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luke, Wolfgang Reitherman
• Running time: 1 h 19 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

When their puppies get kidnapped in order to be turned into fur coats, Pongo and Perdy set out to rescue them, alongside eighty-four other pups.

Movie Thoughts: Cruella (2021)

• Released: 28 May 2021
• Directed by: Craig Gillespie
• Running time: 2 h 14 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A young woman named Estella tries to upstage the fashion icon known as the Baroness after the death of her mother.

Series Thoughts: Tales of Arcadia: 3Below (Full series)

• Released: 21 December 2018
• Creator: Guillermo el Toro
• Total amount of seasons: 2
• Seasons watched: 2
• Rating: 4/5

Synopsis

Two alien royals, their protector and their dog travel to Earth to flee from a coup on their home planet by a general called Morando.

Movie Thoughts: Call of the Wild (1976)

• Released: 22 May 1976
• Directed by: Jerry Jameson
• Running time: 1 h 39 min
• Rating: 2/5

Synopsis

A dog befriends a prospector in the cold north he's taken to for dogsledding purposes.

Movie Thoughts: The Willoughbys (2020)

• Released: 22 April 2020
• Directed by: Kris Pearn, Cory Evans, Rob Lodermeier
• Running time: 1 h 30 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

Four siblings decide to orphan themselves by getting rid of their neglectful parents, only for them to wind up learning lessons about what true family is like.

Movie Thoughts: Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)

• Released: 21 July 2021
• Directed by: Johane Matte, Francisco Ruiz-Velasco, Andrew L. Schmidt
• Running time: 1 h 44 min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

The casts from Trollhunters, 3Below and Wizards unite to face their biggest threat yet: the Arcane Order, which plans on starting Earth anew and wiping out all of humanity.

Movie Thoughts: Born of Hope (2009)

• Released: 1 December 2009
• Directed by: Kate Madison
• Running time: 1 h 11 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

The tragic love story of the parents of Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings trilogy, told from the perspective of his father Arathorn.

Movie Thoughts: The Hunt for Gollum (2009)

• Released: 3 May 2009
• Directed by: Chris Bouchard
• Running time: 38 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

Before the events of The Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf sends Aragorn on a quest to track down Gollum.

Movie Thoughts: The Fellowship of the Ring (1991)

• Released: April 13 1991
• Directed by: Natalya Serebryakova
• Running time: 1 h 5 min
• Rating 1/5

Synopsis

A Hobbit named Frodo must travel to the other end of Middle Earth to destroy a ring of dark power.

Movie Thoughts: Call of the Wild (1993)

• Released: 25 April 1993
• Directed by: Michael Toshiyuki Uno
• Running time: 1 h 37 min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

A dog named Buck is taken north to become a sled dog during the Yukon Gold Rush, where he meets a friendly gold seeker named John Thornton. 

Movie Thoughts: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

• Released: 17 December 2003
• Directed by: Peter Jackson
• Running time: 4 h 11 min
• Rating 5/5

Synopsis

After the defeat of Saruman's armies, Sauron's forces are gathering to attack Minas Tirith, all the while Frodo, Sam and Gollum are climbing the final stretches to Mount Doom in order to destroy the Ring.

Movie Thoughts: The Boss Baby (2017)

• Released: 31 March 2017
• Directed by: Tom McGrath
• Running time: 1 h 37 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

After a baby takes over his and his parents' life, a boy named Tim and said Boss Baby must work together in order to return things to the way they were. 

Series Thoughts: Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters (Full series)

• Released: 23 December 2016
• Creator: Guillermo el Toro
• Total amount of seasons: 3
• Seasons watched: 3
• Rating: 5/5

Synopsis

A boy named Jim is chosen to be the protector of both humankind and trollkind and must stand against powerful foes.

Movie Thoughts: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

• Released: 18 December 2002
• Directed by: Peter Jackson
• Running time: 3 h 43 min
• Rating 5/5

Synopsis

The Fellowship has broken apart. While Sam and Frodo make their way to Mordor; Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas chase the orcs that took Merry and Pippin captive. They finally end up in the kingdom of Rohan, where they must fight against an army of Saruman's Uruk Hai.

Movie Thoughts: Mortal Engines (2018)

• Released: 14 December 2018
• Directed by: Christian Rivers
• Running time: 2 h 8 min
• Rating 4.5/5

Synopsis

In a post-apocalyptic world where cities have become mobile, a young man and woman must find a way to stop a super weapon.

Movie Thoughts: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

• Released: 19 December 2001
• Directed by: Peter Jackson
• Running time: 3 h 48 min
• Rating 5/5

Synopsis

A group of nine sets out on a quest to destroy the One Ring of power, to prevent the Dark Lord Sauron from taking over of Middle Earth. 

Movie Thoughts: The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021)

• Released: 30 April 2021
• Directed by: Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe
• Running time: 1 h 53 min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

A family must learn to connect with one another after they end up being the only free people left during a robot takeover. 

Movie Thoughts: The Call of the Wild (2020)

• Released: 21 February 2020
• Directed by: Chris Sanders
• Running time: 1 h 40 min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

The dog Buck is taken from his comfortable home in California to the Yukon in order to become a sled dog during the Gold Rush.

Movie Thoughts: Stone Fox (1987)

• Released: 30 March 1987
• Directed by: Harvey Hart
• Running time: 1 h 40 min
• Rating 2/5

Synopsis

After his only family member falls ill, twelve-year-old Willy must take care of his grandfather's cattle ranch all by himself. With the ranch almost going out of business, he decides to enter a dog sled race to hopefully acquire the prize money.

Movie Thoughts: Surviving With Wolves (2007)

• Released: 21 November 2007
• Directed by: Véra Belmont
• Running time: 1 h 58 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

After the Gestapo take away her parents, a Jewish girl called Misha travels east across Europe, looking for them. 

Movie Thoughts: Call of the Wild (1996)

• Released: 1 May 1996
• Directed by: Laura Shepherd
• Running time: 45 min
• Rating 1.5/5

Synopsis

A pampered shepherd dog named Buck is taken north to become a sled dog, while a boy named John Thornton comes to Skagway to look for gold to pay off his sister's operation costs.

Movie Thoughts: White Fang and the Gold Diggers (1975)

• Released: 16 August 1975
• Directed by: Alfonso Brescia
• Running time: 1 h 38 min
• Rating 1/5

Synopsis

A man named Sandy and his son Rick come to an town in the north in hopes of finding gold, only to end up with a lot more trouble than they bargained for.

Movie Thoughts: Toby McTeague (1986)

• Released: 1 March 1986
• Directed by: Jean-Claude Lord
• Running time: 1 h 36 min
• Rating 2/5

Synopsis

A teenager named Toby wants to enter in the provincial dog sledding championships in order to preserve his father's sled dog breeding efforts.

Movie Thoughts: White Fang (1973)

• Released: September 1973
• Directed by: Lucio Fulci
• Running time: 1 h 42 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A wolfdog named White Fang befriends and becomes the protector of a select few people in the town of Dawson, where the deceitful and rich Beauty Smith reigns supreme.

Movie Thoughts: Spirit Untamed (2021)

• Released: 4 June 2021
• Directed by: Elaine Bogan, Ennio Torresan
• Running time: 1 h 28 min
• Rating 1.5/5

Synopsis

A girl named Lucky travels to the frontier and discovers a love for horses and adventure by befriending a wild mustang named Spirit. 

Movie Thoughts: Call of the Wild (1972)

• Released: March 17 1972
• Directed by: Ken Annakin
• Running time: 1 h 40 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A German shepherd named Buck is taken from his comfortable home to the north to become a sled dog. Here, his hidden lupine instincts emerge.