Movie Thoughts: Sing (2016)

• Released: September 11th, 2016
• Directed by: Garth Jennings, Christophe Lourdelet
• Running time: 1h 48min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A group of animals come together for a singing contest, while the host of the contest wants to save his theater.

Movie Thoughts: On the Trail of My Father (2016)

 

• Released: August 27th, 2016
• Directed by: Marco Segato
• Running time: 1h 32min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

When his father goes into the wilderness to hunt a dangerous bear, a boy goes into the woods in hopes of finding him.

Movie Thoughts: Warcraft (2016)

• Released: May 24th, 2016
  
• Directed by: Duncan Jones
  
• Running time: 2 h 3 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A fantastical world is plagued by war when a horde of orcs powered by dark magic try to take over. Human commander Lothar, orc chief Durotan, a young mage named Kadghar and and an orc hybrid called Garona try to find a way to make peace.

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: 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: Pride: Rulers at Risk (2014)

• Released: 2014
  
• Directed by: Reinhard Radke
  
• Running time: 48 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A documentary about a pride of lions.

Movie Thoughts: Pride: Days of Danger (2016)

 

• Released: 2016
• Directed by: Reinhard Radke
  
• Running time: 49 min
• Rating: 3.5/5

Synopsis

The struggles of a group of mother lionesses trying to keep their cubs alive during the wet season, with the threat of rival predators, drowning and male lions being around every corner.

Movie Thoughts: Moana (2016)

• Released: November 23, 2016
  
• Directed by: Ron Clements. John Musker, Don Hall
• Running time: 1 h 47 min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

A girl with a special connection to the ocean wishes to restore the heart of her goddess in order to save her people. On her journey, she is joined by the cocky demi-god Maui, who has his own goals in mind.

Movie Thoughts: Zootopia (2016)

• Released: March 4, 2016
  
• Directed by: Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush
• Running time: 1 h 48 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A rabbit cop and a fox conman set out on cracking a case of missing predators in the animal-inhabited city of Zootopia.

Movie Thoughts: Storks (2016)

• Released: September 23, 2016
  
• Directed by: Nicholas Stoller, Doug Sweetland 
• Running time: 1 h 27 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

In a world where storks have abandoned delivering babies and now basically work for Amazon, a stork dead-set on becoming the next boss must together with a young-adult orphan to deliver a baby to her home on a journey full of peril.

Movie Thoughts: Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

• Released: May 26, 2011
  
• Directed by: Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Allesandro Carloni
  
• Running time: 1 h 35 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

After re-uniting with his panda-kind, Po must now teach them how to be their best selves in order to defeat a new villain: the undead bull called Kai.

Movie Thoughts: Rock Dog (2016)

• Released: 15 June 2016
• Directed by: Ash Brannon
• Running time: 1 h 30 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A musical Tibetan mastiff tries to become a rockstar in the big city, while a group of wolves is looking to invade his hometown of sheep.

Movie Thoughts: Lion (2016)

• Released: November 24, 2016
• Directed by: Garth Davis
• Running time: 1 hr 58 min
• Rating 4.5/5

Synopsis

Based on true events, a young Indian boy named Saroo falls asleep on a train and wakes up in Calcutta, over a thousand kilmeters away from his hometown. After growing up in Australia after being adopted by a kind couple, he keeps being plagued by memories of his past, prompting him to finally use Google Earth as a tool in hopes of finding his hometown and his family.

Movie Thoughts: Trolls (2016)

• Released: 4 November 2016
• Directed by: Mike Michtell, Walt Dohrn
• Running time: 1 h 32 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

Two tiny trolls set out on a journey to rescue their friends from the troll-eating Bergens.

Movie Thoughts: Ballerina (2016)

• Released: August 25, 2016
• Directed by: Eric Summer, Éric Warin, Mimi Maynard
• Running time: 1 h 29 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

An orphan girl dreams of becoming a true ballerina in Paris.

Movie Thoughts: Alpha and Omega 7: The Big Fureeze (2016)

• Released: November 8 2016
• Directed by: Tim Maltby, Brian Primental
• Running time: 47 min
• Rating 1/5

Synopsis

The pups set out to rescue their parents in the coldest winter Jasper has ever seen.

Movie Thoughts: Alpha and Omega 6: Dino Digs (2016)

• Released: May 10 2016
• Directed by: Tim Maltby
• Running time: 47 min
• Rating 0.5/5

Synopsis

After moving to a new "safe" neighborhood called Wolfburbia, Kate and Humphrey's pups befriend a resurrected dinosaur and have to help her get back to her own time, millions of years ago.

Movie Thoughts: Sheep & Wolves (2016)

• Released: March 9 2016
• Directed by: Andrey Galat,  Maksim Volkov
• Running time: 1 h 25 min
• Rating 1.5/5

Synopsis

A wolf named Gray is accidentally turned into a sheep and must find a way to make peace between both species.