Movie Thoughts: H is for Hawk (2025)

• Released: August 29th, 2025
• Directed by: Philippa Lowthorpe
• Running time: 1h 59min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

After her father passes away, a woman named Helen impulsively buys a hawk which she wants to partake in falconry with. But the bird, Mabel, isn't an easy one to bond with or train.

Movie Thoughts: Pil's Adventures (2021)

• Released: August 11th, 2021
• Directed by: Julien Fournet
• Running time: 1h 29min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A street orphan named Pil pretends to be a princess in order to gain allies in a quest to save the city's prince.

Movie Thoughts: Forgotten Island (2026)

• Released: June 24th, 2026
• Directed by: Joel Crawford, Januel P. Mercado
• Running time: 1h 49min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

Two young women find themselves stranded on a mysterious island with no memories of the night before. Slowly but surely they will have to remember things in order to get back home, all the while their friendship is being tested.

Movie Thoughts: Kauwboy (2012)

• Released: February 11th, 2012
• Directed by: Boudewijn Koole
• Running time: 1h 21min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A boy named Jojo has a difficult relationship with his father after his mother disappeared. He finds relief in Kauwtje, a little jackdaw fledgling he rescued and is trying to raise.

Movie Thoughts: Chestnut (2004)

• Released: October 21st, 2004
• Directed by: Robert Vince
• Running time: 1h 27min
• Rating 2/5

Synopsis

Two orphan girls adopt a Great Dane puppy named Chestnut, whom they must keep secret from their new adopted family.

Movie Thoughts: Masters of the Universe (2026)

 

• Released: June 3rd, 2026
• Directed by: Travis Knight
• Running time: 2h 20min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

The young prince of Eternia named Adam is sent to Earth for his own safety. Here, he grows up and is eventually summoned back to his home planet to save it using a magical sword. Adam will now have to stand up and be the true hero he's destined to be.

Movie Thoughts: I Am Frankelda (2025)

• Released: June 6th, 2025
• Directed by: Arturo Ambriz, Roy Ambriz
• Running time: 1h 54min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A passionate Mexican horror writer is pulled into the world she created, where she has to find a balance between reality and fiction. On her way she's guided by the Prince of the realm, Herneval.

Movie Thoughts: Backrooms (2026)

• Released: May 6th, 2026
• Directed by: Kane Parsons
• Running time: 1h 50min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A therapist goes into an unknown dimension of endless office spaces in order to retrieve her client.

Movie Thoughts: Wendell & Wild (2022)

• Released: September 11th, 2022
• Directed by: Henry Selick
• Running time: 1h 45min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A girl summons two demons known as Wendell and Wild to the world of the living, something which has lasting consequences.

Movie Thoughts: Elli and Her Monster Team (2024)

• Released: June 27th, 2024
• Directed by: Piet De Rycker, Jens Møller, Jesper Møller
• Running time: 1h 26m
• Rating 2/5

Synopsis

A ghost named Elli has to save her fellow monsters when evil drones start capturing their kind. On her journey she's joined by a Sasquatch obsessed with talent shows, a Frankenstein-like boy and a vampire with a flair for the dramatic.

Movie Thoughts: De Film van Rutger, Thomas & Paco 2 (2026)

• Released: June 3rd, 2026
• Directed by: Hans Somers
• Running time: 1h 23min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

Rutger and Thomas are at a loss of what to do when their dog Paco turns into a cat. Together with their friends they try to piece together clues on who is behind it and how they can turn Paco back.

Movie Thoughts: The Starling (2021)

• Released: September 12th, 2021
• Directed by: Theodore Melfi
• Running time: 1h 42min
• Rating 2/5

Synopsis

A wife and husband must find their own ways to cope with grief and save their relationship after their newborn child dies.

Movie Thoughts: Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)

• Released: May 8th, 2026
• Directed by: Olivia Newman
• Running time: 1h 51min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

An older woman named Tova and a troubled young man called Cameron bond over their shared job of cleaning an aquarium, where they especially are close to the octopus Marcellus. They start to help one another, and eventually Tova makes a remarkable discovery regarding Cameron.

Movie Thoughts: Zoo (2017)

• Released: October 14th, 2017
• Directed by: Colin McIvor
• Running time: 1h 37min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A boy named Tom and his friends secretly look after an elephant calf, called Buster, during World War II.

Movie Thoughts: Viking Wolf (2022)

• Released: October 23rd, 2022
• Directed by: Stig Svendsen
• Running time: 1h 37min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A small town is in uproar when a teenager is mysteriously killed by what seems to be a giant wolf. A key witness is Thale, a girl who just moved to the town and is the daughter of Liv, one of the local cops tasked with finding out what monster they're dealing with.

Movie Thoughts: Obsession (2025)

• Released: September 6th, 2025
• Directed by: Curry Baker
• Running time: 1h 48min
• Rating 4.5/5

Synopsis

A socially awkward young man makes a wish that his crush would love him more than anyone else in the world. This wish comes true in the worst of ways.

Movie Thoughts: Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)

• Released: July 12th, 2021 
• Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee
• Running time: 1h 55min
• Rating 1.5/5

Synopsis

The Looney Tunes team up with LeBron James for a basketball game against an evil AI, in order to win LeBron's son's freedom. 

Movie Thoughts: The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026)

• Released: April 20th, 2026 
• Directed by: David Frankel
• Running time: 1h 59min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

Andy is re-hired by Miranda's company and now has to navigate modern journalism and the fading out of the magazine's popularity. 

Movie Thoughts: Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)

• Released: March 8th, 1996
• Directed by: David R. Ellis
• Running time: 1h 28min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

After the trio finds themselves lost in the big city, they try to get home. But Chance starts to think that maybe being a wild dog is more for him. Will he consider going home again?

Movie Thoughts: Wolf (2021)

• Released: September 17th, 2021
• Directed by: Nathalie Biancheri
• Running time: 1h 39min
• Rating 2/5

Synopsis

A young man named Jacob is a therian, believing that he's a wolf. He is sent to an asylum for people with the same condition, where the ruthless doctor there is trying to "cure" them of their theriantropy by abusing them as ruthlessly as possible. Jacob also bonds with Cecile, a wildcat therian who lives at the asylum permanently. Will they find a way to be themselves away from the abuse of Dr. Mann?