Movie Thoughts: Lady and the Tramp (2019)

• Released: November 12, 2019
  
• Directed by: Charlie Bean
  
• Running time: 1 h 51 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A posh spaniel feels like she's being replaced by her owner's baby, runs away, and falls in love with a stray known as the Tramp. He teaches her about life on the street, and Lady will have to make a choice about where she belongs.

Movie Thoughts: A Wolf's Journey (2019)

 

• Released: March 9, 2019
  
• Directed by: Vincent Steiger
• Running time: 1 h 30 min
• Rating: 3.5/5

Synopsis

A documentary following Slava, a young wolf banished from his birth pack who travels thousands of kilometers east along the Mediterranean shoreline to find a new territory to form his own pack in.    

Series Thoughts: Island of the Sea Wolves (Full Series)

 

• Released: October 11, 2022
  
• Amount of seasons: 1
• Seasons watched: 1
• Rating: 3.5/5

Synopsis

A look into the wildlife of Canada's Vancouver Island throughout the seasons.

Movie Thoughts: School of Magical Animals 2 (2022)

 

• Released: September 29, 2022
  
• Directed by: Sven Unterwaldt Jr.
• Running time: 1 h 43 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

The school is holding a big play to celebrate its anniversary, and two new children are chosen to have another magical animals: this time around it's Jo, who gets a hip penguin, and Anna-Lena, who gets a supportive chameleon. Throughout the year, mysterious holes keep appearing at the school grounds, and there may be more to this mystery than meets the eye.

Movie Thoughts: The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)

 

• Released: June 7, 2019
  
• Directed by: Chris Renaud, Jonathan del Val
• Running time: 1 h 26 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

Max must learn to face his fears as the group of pets unites in order to help an abused white tiger escape the circus.

Movie Thoughts: The Hidden Trail: Tracking Canada's Coastal Wolves (2007)

 

• Released: June 29, 2007
  
• Directed by: Richard Matthews
• Running time: 43 min
• Rating: 4/5

Synopsis

Young biologist Gudrun Pflüger travels to Canada's British Columbia to study the local wildlife, including its unique coastal "sea wolf" population.

Movie Thoughts: Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)

 

• Released: April 28, 2023
  
• Directed by: David Lowery
• Running time: 1 h 46 min
• Rating: 3/5

Synopsis

A girl named Wendy and her two brothers travel to Neverland with the boy Peter Pan, where they hope to never have to grow up. But a villainous pirate named Hook is looking to get his revenge on Peter.

Movie Thoughts: Watership Down (1978)

• Released: October 14,1978
• Directed by: Martin Rosen, John Hubley
• Running time: 1 h 31 min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

A group of rabbits tries to establish their own warren, something which proves more difficult than they could've thought as they end up at war with another group called Efrafa.

Movie Thoughts: Space Dogs (2019)

• Released: August 9, 2019
  
• Directed by: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
• Running time: 1 h 31 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A documentary split into two sections: one part about the use of Soviet dogs like Laika during the Space Race, and one section about the harsh lives of modern-day strays in Moscow.

Movie Thoughts: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

 

• Released: March 10, 2023
  
• Directed by: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
• Running time: 2 h 14 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A band of misfits comes together and goes on a quest put a stop to the evil plans of a lord and his witch ally.

Movie Thoughts: RRR (2022)

 

• Released: March 25, 2022
• Directed by: S.S. Rajamouli
• Running time: 3 h 7 min
• Rating 5/5

Synopsis

During colonial times in India, two men of opposing factions end up forming a close friendship. Now they have to figure out their differences while also sticking to their goals: fighting the British colonizers.

Movie Thoughts: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)

• Released: February 3, 1993
  
• Directed by: Duwayne Dunham
• Running time: 1 h 24 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

After three pets are temporarily left behind by their owners on a ranch, the trio escapes in search of their beloved people. However, the journey is long and perilous.

Movie Thoughts: The Magic of the Leopard (2012)

 

• Released: January 1, 2012
  
• Directed by: Manuela Zips, Werner Zips
  
• Running time: 51 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A documentary about wildlife tourism in Africa.

Movie Thoughts: The Tiger's Nest (2022)

• Released: October 13, 2022
• Directed by: Brando Quilici
• Running time: 1 h 34 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A troubled orphan boy named Balmani runs away from the orphanage to try and find the Tiger's Nest monastery his mother always used to talk about, which is located high in the Himalayas. On his way he rescues a Bengal tiger cub, whom he names Mutki, from poachers. The two journey together from then on, however the lead poacher is out for revenge and wants his tiger back, chasing down both Balmani and Mukti all the way.

Movie Thoughts: Nikki: Wild Dog of the North (1961)

 

• Released: July 12, 1961
  
• Directed by: Jack Couffer, Don Haldane
• Running time: 1 h 14 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A Malamute puppy winds up alone in the wild with nobody but a bear cub to keep him company. As they grow up together, the dog, named Nikki, hears the call of the wild. But when he once again comes into contact with humans, he has to decide where his heart lies: with being a pet or being a wild animal.

Series Thoughts: Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (Season 2)

 

• Released: July 14, 2022
• Total amount of seasons: 2
  
• Seasons watched: 2
  
• Rating: 3/5

Synopsis

Our main crew travels to India and later Central America in order to stop Klaus and Veruca from getting all four legendary Tianshang weapons.

Movie Thoughts: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

• Released :October 15, 2022
  
• Directed by: Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
• Running time: 1 h 57 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A wooden boy grows up in fascist Italy and faces various troubles, while trying to return to his father.

Movie Thoughts: Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia (2022)

• Released: May 26, 2022
  
• Directed by: Adam Gunn
  
• Running time: 1 h 25 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

Mia teams up with Mo, Yuko, Onchao, Phuddle and their new allies Iko and Stormy to try and put a stop to the evil creature Toxor, who has escaped and is threatening to turn all of Centopia into a decaying wasteland.

Movie Thoughts: Misha and the Wolves (2021)

 

• Released: January 31, 2021
• Directed by: Sam Hobkinson
• Running time: 1 h 30 min
• Rating: 4/5

Synopsis

A documentary about Misha Defonseca, a woman who wrote a Holocaust memoir that later turned out to be fabricated.

Movie Thoughts: Chupa (2023)

 

• Released: April 7, 2023
  
• Directed by: Jonás Cuarón
• Running time: 1 h 35 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A boy is sent on a trip to Mexico, where he is staying with is grandfather and cousins. Here, he discovers a mysterious young creature which he has to keep safe and look after, with cryptid hunters being after it.

Movie Thoughts: Sniff the Dog: Catch the Thief (2010)

 

• Released: December 15, 2010
  
• Directed by: Steven de Jong
  
• Running time: 1 h 25 min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

During a boating vacation, Tom and Mirjam are wrongfully blamed for theft and are arrested. They manage to escape, but from here on they're wanted by the cops. Tom, Mirjam and Sniff are determined to prove their innocence by finding the real culprits.

Movie Thoughts: The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

• Released: December 19, 2008
  
• Directed by: Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen
• Running time: 1 h 33 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A brave little mouse has to restore happiness to the kingdom by standing up to an army of rats.

Movie Thoughts: A Dog's Journey (2019)

• Released: May 17th, 2019
  
• Directed by: Gail Mancuso
• Running time: 1 h 49 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A dog re-incarnates several times and does his best to help his former owner's granddaughter, CJ, throughout every life.

Movie Thoughts: Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

• Released: November 21, 2018
  
• Directed by: Phil Johnston, Rich Moore
• Running time: 1 h 52 min
• Rating 2/5

Synopsis

Ralph and Vanellope must save the game of Sugar Rush by gathering enough money on the Internet to buy a new steering wheel. Vanellope starts to wonder where she truly belongs, much to the dismay of Ralph.