Movie Thoughts: Moana 2 (2024)

• Released: November 21, 2024
• Directed by: David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller
• Running time: 1 h 40 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

Moana sets out with a crew to find other people across the ocean.

Movie Thoughts: Spellbound (2024)

 

• Released: November 11, 2024
  
• Directed by: Vicky Jenson
• Running time: 1 h 49 min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

A princess sets out on a quest to transform her parents back from monsters into people.

Movie Thoughts: 10 Lives (2024)

• Released: January 20, 2024
  
• Directed by: Christopher Jenkins
• Running time: 1 h 28 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A cat named Beckett dies and reincarnates into various animals in order to help his owner and stop an evil professor.

Movie Thoughts: The Wild Robot (2024)

• Released: September 8, 2024
  
• Directed by: Chris Sanders
  
• Running time: 1h 42min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

A robot named Roz gets stranded on an island which is abandoned by humans but thriving with animal life. She befriends a fox named Fink and adopts a gosling, whom she names Brightbill. But when Brightbill grows up, he starts to wonder where he truly belongs.

Movie Thoughts: 200% Wolf (2024)

• Released: July 4, 2024
  
• Directed by: Alexs Stadermann
• Running time: 1h 38min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

Freddy Lupin makes a wish to become a true werewolf. This wish comes true, but as a result one of the Moon Spirits, Moopoo, is stuck on earth and slowly fading out. Freddy and his friends will now have to find a way to bring Moopoo back home before it's too late.

Movie Thought: Woodwalkers (2024)

 

• Released: October 12, 2024
  
• Directed by: Damian John Harper
• Running time: 1h 43min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A boy named Carag goes to a school for Woodwalkers, human-animal shapeshifters. He ends up joining a gang of rogue Woodwalkers who want to disable a mining company from destroying the nature reserve. But when human lives start to be at stake, Carag will have to make a difficult decision.

Movie Thoughts: Bambi (2024)

• Released: October 16, 2024
  
• Directed by: Michel Fessler
• Running time: 1h 25min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A red deer named Bambi grows up and matures into a prince of the woods.

Movie Thoughts: Transformers One (2024)

• Released: August 30, 2024
  
• Directed by: Josh Cooley
• Running time: 1h 44min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

Four miner bots travel to the surface of their planet in hopes of saving their world. Here, they discover a terrible secret about their leader, Sentinel.

Movie Thoughts: Calamity (2020)

• Released: June 28, 2020
• Directed by: Rémi Chayé
• Running time: 1h 25min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A pioneer girl named Martha Jane dresses up as a boy and goes on a journey to find some goods that were stolen from her caravan.

Movie Thoughts: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

 

• Released: November 7, 2008
  
• Directed by: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
• Running time: 1 h 29 min
• Rating: 3.5/5

Synopsis

Now stranded on the African Savannah, Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria are each facing their own troubles. Things only escalate when the local water supply dries up.

Movie Thoughts: Lassie Come Home (2020)

• Released: February 20th, 2020
  
• Directed by: Hanno Olderdissen
• Running time: 1 h 36 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A boy named Flo deeply loves his dog Lassie. But when the duo have to separate for a while, Lassie goes missing an island in the north of Germany. Flo decides to look for his dog, while Lassie is busy making her way back home to her owner.

Movie Thoughts: Ooops! Noah is Gone... (2015)

• Released: February 26, 2015
  
• Directed by: Toby Genkel, Seán McCormack
• Running time: 1h 27min
• Rating 2/5

Synopsis

Finny and his father Dave, both being creatures known as Nestrians, sneak aboard Noah's Arc just when it's leaving. But then Finny, together with Leah, a Grymp, accidentally goes overboard and together are stuck trying to survive the flood by themselves, while predators are hunting them.

Movie Thoughts: Cool Kids Don't Cry (2012)

• Released: February 15, 2012
  
• Directed by: Dennis Bots
  
• Running time: 1h 36min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

A girl named Akkie loves soccer and is always at odds with her rival, a boy from her class named Joep. But when Akkie falls ill with leukemia, her world turns upside down.

Movie Thoughts: Toy Story (1995)

• Released: November 19, 1995
  
• Directed by: John Lasseter
  
• Running time: 1 h 21 min
• Rating: 3.5/5

Synopsis

A boy's favorite toy cowboy feels replaced by the new spaceman toy in the room. The two end up separated from their kid and now have to sort out their differences to find a way to get back home.

Movie Thoughts: Woozle and Pip in the Search for the Scallywagger (2016)

 

• Released: January 20, 2016
  
• Directed by: Patrick Raats
• Running time: 1h 10min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

Woozle and Pip are tasked with hiding Wise Fern's birthday present. But when it gets stolen, the duo and their friends set up a plan to capture the presumed culprit: a sly creature known as the Scallywagger.

Movie Thoughts: Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001)

• Released: October 2, 2001
  
• Directed by: Owen Hurley
  
• Running time: 1 h 16 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A brave young woman named Clara ends up in a fantastical realm, where she and her friend the Nutcracker will have to stand against the evil Mouse King in order to restore the Nutcracker (who is actually a cursed prince) to the throne.

Movie Thoughts: Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus (2005)

• Released: September 7, 2005
  
• Directed by: Greg Richardson
• Running time: 1 h 23 min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

After her kingdom is cursed by an evil wizard, Wenlock, a princess named Annika and her sister (who happens to be cursed into being a pegasus) Brietta set out on a quest to form a Wand of Light, the only weapon that can stop Wenlock.

Movie Thoughts: Fire of Love (2022)

 

• Released: January 20, 2022
  
• Directed by: Sara Dosa
  
• Running time: 1 h 38 min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

A documentary about Maurice and Katia Krafft, an avid volcanologist couple who would eventually perish in their quest to document the many eruptions they witnessed.

Movie Thoughts: Fata Morgana: Making of: The Forbidden City (2021)

 

• Released: October 3, 2021
  
• Directed by: Sander Roeling, Marwin van de Hoeve
• Running time: 1 h 52 min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

A documentary dedicated to the making of the Fata Morgana darkride at the theme park the Efteling in the Netherlands.

Movie Thoughts: Dromen met Open Ogen (1992)

• Released: June 17, 1992
  
• Directed by: Nathalie Toisuta
• Running time: 26 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A documentary dedicated to the making of the Droomvlucht darkride at the theme park the Efteling in the Netherlands.

Movie Thoughts: Wild Boar: The Comeback (2022)

 

• Released: December 11, 2022
  
• Directed by: Astrid Miller
  
• Running time: 51 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A documentary about wild boars.

Movie Thoughts: Godzilla Minus One (2023)

• Released: November 1, 2023
  
• Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki
• Running time: 2h 4min
• Rating 5/5

Synopsis

An ex-kamikaze pilot must face his trauma to stand against the monstrosity known as Godzilla.

Movie Thoughts: Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022)

• Released: October 7, 2022
  
• Directed by: Josh Gordon, Will Speck
• Running time: 1h 46min
• Rating: 2/5

Synopsis

A family befriends a singing crocodile and must protect him against the people who are after him.

Movie Thoughts: Frozen 2 (2019)

 

• Released: November 7, 2019
• Directed by: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
• Running time: 1 h 43 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

Elsa, Anna and the gang go to look for the four spirits in the Enchanted Forest in order to answer questions from the past.

Movie Thoughts: The Secret Life of Pets (2016)

• Released: June 16, 2016
  
• Directed by: Chris Renaud
• Running time: 1 h 27 min
• Rating 2/5

Synopsis

Jack Russell Max lives with his loving owner in New York, where she is his entire world. Things change, however, when his person brings in a new dog called Duke for him to share the household with. The two instantly dislike one another, and try to get rid of each other. This ends up getting them both lost in the city, and in the end they’ll have to work together in order to get back home and escape the dogcatchers, a clowder of rogue cats and a band of abandoned pets.

Movie Thoughts: Jungle Cat (1960)

• Released: April 1, 2022
• Directed by: James Algar
• Running time: 1h 9min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A documentary about jaguars and the other animals of the Amazon.

Movie Thoughts: Thelma the Unicorn (2024)

• Released: May 17, 2024
  
• Directed by: Jared Hess, Lynn Wang
• Running time: 1h 33min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

An ordinary pony gets her chance at stardom when she disguises herself as a unicorn. But soon she realizes her celebrity status comes at a cost: the relationship with her friends. Will she choose stardom or friendship?

Movie Thoughts: Cats in the Museum (2023)

 

• Released: March 23, 2023
  
• Directed by: Vasiliy Rovenskiy
• Running time: 1h 23min
• Rating 1.5/5

Synopsis

A young cat named Vinsent ends up at a museum and befriends the local cats there. He, alongside these other cats, is charged with protecting the paintings of the museum. But that's not exactly an easy thing to do when Vinsent is trying to balance his work with his friendship with a painting-eating mouse, as well as his connection to his potential girlfriend. Especially when a ghost starts to haunt the museum.

Movie Thoughts: Mavka: The Forest Song (2023)

• Released: March 2, 2023
  
• Directed by: Oleh Malamuzh, Oleksandra Ruban, Yevheniy Yermak
• Running time: 1h 39min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

Mavka, a girl who happens to be the Soul of the Enchanted Forest, falls in love with a human, something that's strictly forbidden. Especially so when she is chosen as the Forest's next Guardian, she finds herself torn between her duties and her heart. But then greedy humans start to uproot the forest. Mavka will have to defeat this new threat as Guardian.

Movie Thoughts: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

• Released: May 31, 2023
  
• Directed by: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
• Running time: 2h 20min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

Miles meets up with Spider-people from across the various universes and must put a stop to a new villain named Spot. But Miles soon realizes that this may include a sacrifice he's not willing to make.

Movie Thoughts: Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)

• Released: June 13, 2022
  
• Directed by: Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan del Val
• Running time: 1h 27min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A young Gru does whatever he can to become the best villain he can be.

Movie Thoughts: Inside Out 2 (2024)

• Released: June 12, 2024
• Directed by: Kelsey Mann
• Running time: 1h 36min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

Riley enters puberty while at hockey camp, leading to new emotions who come into conflict with her old emotions.

Movie Thoughts: Benji the Hunted (1987)

 

• Released: June 4, 1987
  
• Directed by: Joe Camp
  
• Running time: 1 h 28 min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

Benji winds up lost and alone in the wilderness. Now having to survive on his own, he becomes the guardian of four orphaned catamount cubs. Taking his new role as their protector seriously, he does whatever he can to keep them safe and get them to a different mountain lion parent who can take them in.

Movie Thoughts: A Reindeer's Journey (2018)

 

• Released: December 21, 2018
  
• Directed by: Guillaume Maidatchevsky
• Running time: 1 h 26 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A reindeer named Aïlo is born in Lapland and has to learn to survive in this harsh wilderness.

Movie Thoughts: Despicable Me 4 (2024)

• Released: June 15, 2024
  
• Directed by: Chris Renaud, Patrick Delage
• Running time: 1h 35min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

After a villain swears revenge, Gru and his family must go into hiding to protect themselves. Meanwhile, the AVL is assembling a super force of Minions to protect the world.

Movie Thoughts: IF (2024)

• Released: May 7, 2024
  
• Directed by: John Krasinski
• Running time: 1h 44min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A girl named Bea is struggling with herself as her father falls ill. She ends up teaming up with a man named Cal to find homes for several IFs, imaginary friends, who have lost their people.

Movie Thoughts: The Tibetan Dog (2011)

• Released: June 6, 2011
  
• Directed by: Masayuki Kojima
• Running time: 1h 35min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

A boy named Tenzin moves to Tibet to live with his father after his mother's passing. Here, he learns about the local culture and befriends a wild Tibetan mastiff named Duoji. But when local bandits start believing that the dog is a monster and is killing people, Tenzin will have to find a way to keep his pet safe.

Movie Thoughts: The Garfield Movie (2024)

• Released: May 1, 2024
  
• Directed by: Mark Dindal
• Running time: 1h 41min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

Garfield and Odie, together with Garfield's father Vic, wind up in a situation where they have to steal a huge amount of milk to please a crazy Persian cat threatening them.

Movie Thoughts: Little Mountain Boy (2015)

 

• Released: October 15, 2015
  
• Directed by: Xavier Koller
• Running time: 1h 40min
• Rating: 3/5

Synopsis

A shepherd boy named Ursli very much loves his pet goat. But when his father loses his merchandise to sell in town, poverty strikes his family he has no choice but to part with the goat, all the while the local school bully picks on him constantly. Together with his friend Seraina, Ursli hopes to find a way to get back his pet and get his family out of poverty.

Movie Thoughts: Ao: The Last Hunter (2010)

• Released: April 1, 2010
  
• Directed by: Jacques Malaterre
• Running time: 1h 24min
• Rating 2/5

Synopsis

After his clan is murdered, a lone Neanderthal goes to look for his long lost twin brother. Along the way he is joined by a pregnant Cro-Magnon.

Movie Thoughts: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

• Released: May 8, 2024
  
• Directed by: Wes Ball
• Running time: 1h 25min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

Many generations after Caesar's death, a chimpanzee named Noa is in peril after his clan gets captured by a rival kingdom of apes, which is insistent on accessing a mysterious vault. Noa is joined on his journey by an orangutan named Raka and a human named Mae.

Movie Thoughts: Damsel (2024)

• Released: March 8, 2024
  
• Directed by: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
• Running time: 1 h 50 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A girl is sacrificed to a dragon and must find a way to survive while discovering the lies and deceit that led to her and the dragon's situation.

Movie Thoughts: Tigers on the Rise (2024)

• Released: April 22, 2024
  
• Directed by: Rob Sullivan, Alistair Tones
• Running time: 1h 18min
• Rating 4.5/5

Synopsis

Documentary about tigers in India and the people who are trying to help them thrive.    

Movie Thoughts: Lassie: A New Adventure (2023)

• Released: July 27, 2023
  
• Directed by: Hanno Olderdissen
• Running time: 1h 31min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

Lassie, her owner Flo, and Flo's cousins investigate a series of dognappings from around the neighborhood.

Movie Thoughts: Tiger (2024)

• Released: March 13, 2024
  
• Directed by: Mark Linfield, Vanessa Berlowitz, Rob Sullivan
• Running time: 1h 30min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

Documentary about a mother tigress and her cubs.

Movie Thoughts: Scapegoats (2023)

• Released: November 22, 2023
• Directed by: Rock Grispen
  
• Running time: 1 h 32 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

During the eighteenth century, the south of the Netherlands is haunted by criminal gangs known as the Buckriders. Two men, Paul Penris and Jan Clercx, set out on bringing justice to these Buckriders. But all is not what it seems, and it turns out Clercx might have some personal demons to fight as well.

Movie Thoughts: Cheetah: Fatal Instinct (2013)

• Released: December 11, 2022
• Directed by: Reinhard Radke
  
• Running time: 45 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A documentary about two cheetah mothers, one young and one experienced, trying to keep their cubs alive into adulthood.

Movie Thoughts: Wish (2023)

• Released: November 8, 2023
  
• Directed by: Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn
• Running time: 1h 35min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

A young woman sets out on a quest so rescue a kingdom's wishes from the evil king hoarding them.

Movie Thoughts: Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire (2024)

• Released: March 27, 2024
• Directed by: Adam Wingard
• Running time: 1h 55min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

Kong and Godzilla team up to defeat an evil giant ape intent on taking over the surface world.

Movie Thoughts: Arthur the King (2024)

 

• Released: February 22, 2024
  
• Directed by: Simon Cellan Jones
• Running time: 1h 47min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

An adventure racer befriends a stray dog. Together, with the rest of their team, they want to be the first to make it to the finish line.