Movie Thoughts: Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

• Released: 26 November 2014
• Directed by: Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith
• Running time: 1 h 32 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

The Penguins from the Madagascar movies face their biggest mission yet as they have to face a deranged octopus out for revenge on all of penguin-kind. 

Movie Thoughts: Wish Dragon (2021)

• Released: 11 June 2021
• Directed by: Chris Appelhans
• Running time: 1 h 38 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A boy tries desperately to re-connect with his childhood friend, who is now living the rich life, while also having a magical genie-like Wish Dragon that wants to get into heaven following him around.

Series Thoughts: Kulipari: Dream Walker (Full series)

• Released: 20 November 2018
• Creator: Trevor Pryce
• Total amount of seasons: 1
• Seasons watched: 1
• Rating: 3.5/5

Synopsis

Darel and the younger generation must stand up to dark forces once more as a certain "Dream Walker" gets kidnapped and held against his will by the evil Darkan.

Movie Thoughts: Flight of the White Wolf (1990)

• Released: 28 April 1990
• Directed by: Yosei Maeda
• Running time: 1 hr 3 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A boy named Russ takes his semi-tame pet wolf on a journey to a preserve where it can live out the rest of its life in the wild. 

Movie Thoughts: Boonie Bears: Blast into the Past (2019)

• Released: 5 February
• Directed by: Leon Ding
  
• Running time: 1 h 30 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A trio consisting of a tourist guide and two anthropomorphic bears accidentally gets trapped in the prehistoric age and has to find a way to get back to the future.

Series Thoughts: Kulipari: An Army of Frogs (Full series)

• Released: 2 September 2016
• Creator: Trevor Pryce
• Total amount of seasons: 1
• Seasons watched: 1
• Rating: 3/5

Synopsis

A simple small-town frog named Darel must gather the mythical army of Kulipari frogs to fight the forces of darkness.

Movie Thoughts: Mr. Peabody and Sherman (2014)

• Released: 7 March 2014
• Directed by: Rob Minkoff
  
• Running time: 1 h 32 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

The time-traveling story of Sherman, a boy who just so happens to have been adopted by the smartest dog in the world. The duo has to restore balance to the world after their time-traveling antics have ripped a hole in the space-time continuum. 

Movie Thoughts: The Sword in the Stone (1963)

• Released: 21 June 1963
• Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, David Hand
• Running time: 1 h 19 min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

A boy is being tutored by the wizard Merlin and becomes king of England.

Movie Thoughts: The Jungle Book (1967)

• Released: 18 October 1967
• Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman
• Running time: 1 h 18 min
• Rating 1.5/5

Synopsis

A boy raised in the Indian jungle must make his way to the human village before a mean tiger hunts him down.

Movie Thoughts: The Prince of Egypt (1998)

• Released: 18 December 1998
• Directed by: Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells
• Running time: 1 h 39 min
• Rating 5/5

Synopsis

A young prince of Egypt finds out about his heritage and is given a message by the God of his people to deliver the Hebrews from their lives as slaves under the rule of Pharao.

Movie Thoughts: Stormy Night (2005)

• Released: 18 September 2012
• Directed by: Gisaburô Sugii
• Running time: 1 h 50 min
• Rating 4.5/5

Synopsis

A friendly goat and a cowardly wolf end up accidentally becoming friends, much to the dismay of their respective clans. 

Movie Thoughts: Kavik the Wolf Dog (1980)

• Released: 20 January 1980
• Directed by: Peter Carter
• Running time: 1 h 40 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A boy takes in a traumatized wolfdog that survived a plane crash, only for the dog to be taken away by a rich man. Now, the wolfdog Kavik must face his fears and travel 2000 miles back to his beloved true owner Andy.

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

• Released: 7 August 2020
• Creator: Guillermo el Toro
• Total amount of seasons: 1
• Seasons watched: 1
• Rating: 4/5

Synopsis

Douxie and the Trollhunters crew travels back in time and have to find a way to restore the present.

Movie Thoughts: Vivo (2021)

• Released: 6 August 2021
• Directed by: Kirk DeMicco, Brandon Jeffords
  
• Running time: 1 h 35 min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

A musical kinkajou and a kid travel across the Americas in order to deliver an old man's love song to a famous singer. 

Movie Thoughts: The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)

• Released: 27 September 1985
• Directed by: Jeremy Kagan
• Running time: 1 h 41 min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

After her father finds a job in Washington and leaves her behind, a girl named Natty runs away and decides to travel all the way from Seattle to him. On her journey, she's accompanied by another runaway named Harry and a wolf. 

Movie Thoughts: Playmobil: The Movie (2019)

• Released: 6 December 2019
• Directed by: Lino DiSalvo
• Running time: 1 h 39 min
• Rating 1.5/5

Synopsis

Two siblings get transported to the world of living Playmobil toys and must defeat a villain.

Movie Thoughts: Call of the Wild (2009)

• Released: 12 June 2009
• Directed by: Richard Gabai
• Running time: 1 h 28 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A girl stays at her grandfather's place and befriends a feral wolfdog named Buck.

Movie Thoughts: Life of Pi (2012)

• Released: 21 November 2012
• Directed by: Ang Lee
• Running time: 2 h 7 min
• Rating 4.5/5

Synopsis

A young man and a Bengal tiger are left out on sea on a tiny lifeboat after a shipwreck and have to figure out a way to survive together.

Movie Thoughts: Pom Poko (1994)

• Released: 25 December 1994
• Directed by: Isao Takahata 
• Running time: 1 h 59 min
• Rating 1.5/5

Synopsis

A clan of tanukis tries to function in a modern society occupied nearly everywhere by humans.

Movie Thoughts: Call of the Wild (1935)

• Released: 9 August 1935
• Directed by: William A. Wellman
• Running time: 1 h 35 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A prospector bonds with a dog he buys during the Klondike Gold Rush, and ends up falling for a married woman along the way.