Sunday, July 31, 2022

Movie Thoughts: 127 Hours (2010)

  • Released: 4 September 2010
  • Directed by: Danny Boyle
  • Running time: 1 h 34 min
  • Rating 4/5

Synopsis

Based on true events. A man gets his arm stuck below a large boulder while traversing a canyon and now must find a way to free himself.

Saturday, July 30, 2022

Movie Thoughts: Never Cry Wolf (1983)

  • Released: 1 September 1983
  • Directed by: Carroll Ballard
  • Running time: 1 h 45 min
  • Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

In the time where wolves were still widely demonized and feared by many, a lone researcher is dropped off in the northern Canadian wilderness to study a pack of Arctic wolves for months.

Friday, July 29, 2022

Movie Thoughts: The Princess and the Frog (2009)

  • Released: 11 December 2009
  • Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
  • Running time: 1 h 37 min
  • Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

A woman who wants to open her own restaurant finds herself accidentally turned into a frog. Joined by an arrogant human prince who happens to be in the same predicament, they must learn to work together in order to turn human again.

Thursday, July 28, 2022

Movie Thoughts: White Fang (1991)

  • Released: 1991
  • Directed by: N/A
  • Running time: 50 min
  • Rating 1.5/5

Synopsis

A wolf-dog hybrid is raised by various owners and learns what it means to be loved by a master.

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Movie Thoughts: Bolt (2008)

  • Released: 21 November 2008
  • Directed by: Byron Howard, Chris Williams
  • Running time: 1 h 36 min
  • Rating 4/5

Synopsis

A dog who believes he has superpowers is separated from his person and now has to travel back to her with the aid of a sarcastic cat and a hyper hamster.

Saturday, July 23, 2022

Movie Thoughts: Extinct (2021)

  • Released: 21 November 2021
  • Directed by: David Silverman, Raymond S. Persi
  • Running time: 1 h 24 min
  • Rating 3/5

Synopsis

Two donut-shaped mammals accidentally travel to the future and find out that their species is extinct there. They end up meddling with time in order to try and save their species. 

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Series Thoughts: Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (Season 1)

  • Released: July 14, 2022
  • Total amount of seasons: 1
  • Seasons watched: 1
  • Rating: 3/5

Synopsis

After being stripped of his Dragon Master title because Po accidentally let two villains get away, he now teams up with a no-nonsense English knight called Wandering Blade in order to capture said evil-doers and restore his title.

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Movie Thoughts: Meet the Robinsons (2007)

  • Released: 30 March 2007
  • Directed by: Stephen J. Anderson
  • Running time: 1 h 35 min
  • Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A boy meets another boy from the future and they embark on a quest to stop an evil man with a cybernetic bowler hat.

Monday, July 18, 2022

Series Thoughts: Stranger Things (Season 4)

  • Released: July 15, 2016
  • Creator: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer
  • Total amount of seasons:4
  • Seasons watched: 4
  • Rating: 3.5/5

Synopsis

The mysterious happenings in Hawkings continue after the murder of several teenagers. Our main cast once more has to rise up and face a new yet old threat from the Upside-down known as Vecna.

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Movie Thoughts: Against the Wild: The Journey Home (2021)

  • Released: 23 March 2021
  • Directed by: Richard Boddington
  • Running time: 1 h 30 min
  • Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A blind man gets stranded in nature and now must find his way back to civilization. His only company: an Alaskan malamute.

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Series Thoughts: Mia and Me (Season 1)

  • Released: 6 August 2012
  • Creator: Gerhard Hahn
  • Amount of seasons: 3
  • Seasons watched: 1
  • Rating: 3.5/5

Synopsis

A girl who just lost her parents attends a boarding school in Italy and, with the help of a magical book, ends up in the fantastical realm of Centopia, where elves and unicorns reign supreme. Here, she and her friends Yuko, Mo, and the winged unicorn Onchao must stop the evil Panthea's plans.

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Movie Thoughts: The Sea Beast (2022)

  • Released: June 8, 2022
  • Directed by: Chris Williams
  • Running time: 1 h 55 min
  • Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

In a world where pirate-like hunters are dedicated to exterminating all sea monsters, an orphan and a legendary hunter end up accidentally befriending one of the sea creatures. They now must prove to the world that co-existing with these beasts in peace is possible, in order to save their new aquatic friend, the Red Bluster.

Monday, July 11, 2022

Movie Thoughts: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)

  • Released: 10 December 2010
  • Directed by: Micheal Apted
  • Running time: 1 h 53 min
  • Rating 3/5

Synopsis

Lucy and Edmund, alongside their discontent cousin Eustace, are swept away to Narnia once more as they go on a seafaring adventure and must solve a mystery involving magical dark mists and missing lords.

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Movie Thoughts: Marmaduke (2022)

  • Released: May 6, 2022
  • Directed by: Mark A.Z. Dippé, Youngki Lee, Phil Nibbelink
  • Running time: 1 h 28 min
  • Rating 0.5/5

Synopsis

A professional dog trainer takes on the task of training the world's most un-trainable dog in hopes of winning the prize at the World Dog Show.

Saturday, July 9, 2022

Series Thoughts: Dead End: Paranormal Park (Season 1)

  • Released: June 16, 2022
  • Creator: Hamish Steele
  • Total amount of seasons: 1
  • Seasons watched: 1
  • Rating: 3.5/5

Synopsis

A boy named Barney, his friend Norma and his talking pug (who happens to be possessed by a demon king) work at an amusement park filled to the brim with mysteries and paranormal happenings. They are determined to get to the bottom of all of it.

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Movie Thoughts: The Revenant (2015)

  • Released: 16 December 2015
  • Directed by: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
  • Running time: 2 h 36 min
  • Rating 4/5

Synopsis

A hunter is left for dead after a grizzly attack, and now must make his way back to his people for safety and revenge.

Monday, July 4, 2022

Movie Thoughts: Into the Wild (2007)

  • Released: 19 October 2007
  • Directed by: Sean Penn
  • Running time: 2 h 28 min
  • Rating 5/5

Synopsis

Based on true events, this is the story of Christopher McCandless, a young man who turns his back on society in order to travel around North America by himself with nothing but his backpack and a few supplies.

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Movie Thoughts: My Best Friend Anne Frank (2021)

  • Released: 9 September 2021
  • Directed by: Ben Sombogaart
  • Running time: 1 h 43 min
  • Rating 4/5

Synopsis

Based on true events, this film tells the story of Anne Frank's best friend, Hanneli "Hannah" Goslar, in the events of her life leading up to the end of the war. 

Friday, July 1, 2022

Movie Thoughts: Back to the Outback (2021)

  • Released: 10 December 2021
  • Directed by: Harry Cripps, Clare Knight 
  • Running time: 1 h 35 min
  • Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A bunch of Australian animals deemed scary (accompanied by a koala) escape from their zoo and try to make their way to their families in the outback.