Movie Thoughts: Dog Gone (2023)

• Released: January 13th, 2023
  
• Directed by: Stephen Herek
• Running time: 1h 35min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A young man named Fielding adopts a dog named Gonker and they become inseparable. But then Gonker vanishes into the wild one day, and Fielding and his father set out on a quest to find the dog before time runs out, as Gonker needs a specific medication to survive.

Movie Thoughts: Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

• Released: April 16th, 1988
• Directed by: Isao Takahata
• Running time: 1 h 28 min
• Rating: 4/5

Synopsis

A boy named Seita and his little sister Setsuko try to survive alone in World War II era Japan.

Movie Thoughts: Oink (2022)

• Released: February 10, 2022
  
• Directed by: Mascha Halberstad
• Running time: 1h 12min
• Rating 2/5

Synopsis

A girl named Babs adopts a piglet, whom she names Oink. But her family threatens to get rid of the pig if he cannot behave. Worse yet, her grandfather turns out to be a butcher who wants to fatten the pig and then turn him into sausages. Babs and her brother Tijn will have to work together to save the piglet.

Movie Thoughts: Cats (2018)

 

• Released: April 5th, 2018
  
• Directed by: Gary Wang
  
• Running time: 1h 27min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A cat named Blanket and his son Cape are two inside cats who live in an apartment in the city. Blanket detests the outside and thinks its dangerous, but Cape has a lust for adventure and exploring. In particular, he wants to find the realm known as Peachtopia, where he believes his long lost mother might live. After Cape escapes the apartment and goes to look for Peachtopia, Blanket and his new friend, a parrot, go to look for him.

Movie Thoughts: Operation Arctic (2014)

 

• Released: October 17, 2014
  
• Directed by: Grethe Bøe-Waal
• Running time: 1h 27min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

Three siblings, Ida, Julia and Sindre, end up stranded alone in Svalbard. They have to find a way to make contact with the outside world before they die of starvation, exposure or an aggressive polar bear killing them.

Movie Thoughts: White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)

• Released: April 15, 1994
  
• Directed by: Ken Olin
• Running time: 1h 46min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

White Fang and his owner Henry Casey help a Native American tribe to survive as colonizers are trying to take their land and food.

Movie Thoughts: Painkillers (2014)

• Released: September 20, 2014
  
• Directed by: Tessa Schram
• Running time: 1h 38min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A teenager named Casper's life is uprooted when his mother gets diagnosed with cancer.

Series Thoughts: The Animals of Farthing Wood (Full Series)

• Released: January 1993
  
• Total amount of seasons:3
• Seasons watched:3
• Rating: 3/5

Synopsis

After their old home is destroyed, a group of animals travels to the hopefully safe White Deer Park for sanctuary. Here, they encounter new troubles.

Movie Thoughts: Titina (2022)

• Released: October 21st, 2022
  
• Directed by: Kajsa Næss
• Running time: 1h 31min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

The story of the travels of the Norge airship told through the point of view of the pilot's dog.

Movie Thoughts: Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)

• Released: November 10, 2021
  
• Directed by: Walt Becker
• Running time: 1h 36min
• Rating 2/5

Synopsis

A girl adopts a puppy who grows to a giant size, and she now has to find a way to keep him safe.

Movie Thoughts: Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004)

• Released: August 3, 2004
  
• Directed by: Donovan Cook
• Running time: 1h 7min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

Mickey, Donald and Goofy are appointed musketeers and must protect princess Minnie against the evil leader of the musketeers, Pete, who wants to become king.

Movie Thoughts: War of the Planet of the Apes (2017)

• Released: June 7th, 2017
  
• Directed by: Matt Reeves
  
• Running time: 2h 20min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

Ceasar and his tribe get kidnapped by a group of vengeful humans, and a war between the apes and people breaks out. Will Caesar and his tribe survive?

Movie Thoughts: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

• Released: June 16, 2014
  
• Directed by: Matt Reeves
  
• Running time: 2h 10min
• Rating 4.5/5

Synopsis

Peace between the apes and humans is in peril when one of Caesar's subordinates, a bonobo named Koba, rebels and intends to kill all humans.

Movie Thoughts: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

• Released: July 28, 2011
  
• Directed by: Rupert Wyatt
• Running time: 1h 45min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

A hyperintelligent chimpanzee named Caesar manages to unite all apekind in a revolution against man.

Movie Thoughts: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)

 

• Released: December 10, 2024
• Directed by: Jeff Fowler
• Running time: 1h 50min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

Sonic, Tails and Knuckles have to face off against Dr. Robotnik, Dr. Robotnik's grandfather and a newcomer named Shadow, as the evildoers want to destroy the world.

Movie Thoughts: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)

• Released: March 27, 2022
  
• Directed by: Jeff Fowler
• Running time: 2h 2min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

Sonic returns in this new adventure as he has to put a stop to Dr. Robotnik once again.

Movie Thoughts: The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)

• Released: December 4th, 2024
• Directed by: Kenji Kamiyama
• Running time: 2 h 14 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

When war breaks out in Rohan, a warrior princess named Héra will have to rise up and protect her kingdom from the evil Wulf and his armies.

Movie Thoughts: The Northman (2022)

• Released: April 1, 2022
  
• Directed by: Robert Eggers
• Running time: 2h 17min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A Viking travels to Iceland as a slave in order to get revenge on his uncle for killing his father.