Movie Thoughts: Under the Boardwalk (2023)

• Released: October 27th, 2023
• Directed by: David Soren
• Running time: 1h 23min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

On the shores of New Jersey, the local hermit crabs do not like the arrival of the sea crabs. Then one of each kind, a local crab named Armen and a sea crab named Ramona, go missing. They now have to find their way back before Ramona dries out, as she needs water to survive.

Movie Thoughts: A Cat's Life (2023)

• Released: April 5th, 2023
• Directed by: Guillaume Maidatchevsky
• Running time: 1h 23min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

A girl named Clémance adopts a kitten named Rroû. When Rroû escapes, he becomes a feral cat. Clémance wants her best friend back, but Rroû might have become too wild by now.

Movie Thoughts: Ozi: Voice of the Forest (2023)

 

• Released: June 13th, 2023
• Directed by: Tim Harper
• Running time: 1h 27min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

An orphaned orangutan named Ozi becomes a star on social media. But one day she runs away from her rescue center and learns of the state of the forest: humans are destroying it for palm oil plantations, and are keeping all animals in a fake rescue center. Ozi decides that she and her friends must be the ones to stand against the destruction of the forest.

Movie Thoughts: Robot Dreams (2023)

• Released: May 20th, 2023
• Directed by: Pablo Berger
• Running time: 1h 43min
• Rating 4.5/5

Synopsis

A dog befriends a robot, but eventually the duo get separated. Both try to reunite with the other.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Leo (2023)

 

• Released: November 21, 2023
• Directed by: Robert Marianetti, Robert Smigel, David Wachtenheim
• Running time: 1 h 42 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

The elderly tuatara Leo and his best friend Squirtle have been class pets all their lives. Wanting to make something of his last year of life, Leo decides he wants to go out there and see the world, while he also wants to contribute to the current class's well-being by bonding with the kids, breaking the secret rule that animals can't talk to humans.

Movie Thoughts: Nimona (2023)

• Released: June 30, 2023
  
• Directed by: Nick Bruno, Troy Quane
• Running time: 1 h 41 min
• Rating 4/5

Synopsis

Ballister is an (almost-)knight accused of murdering his queen. He's joined by rambunctious shape-shifting person known as Nimona in trying to prove his innocence. But will proving himself innocent even really fix all the problems?

Movie Thoughts: The Little Mermaid (2023)

• Released: May 8, 2023
  
• Directed by: Rob Marshall
• Running time: 2 h 15 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A young mermaid princess obsessed with humans makes a deal with a sea witch in order to gain legs and explore the surface world. However, her father disapproves of this and the sea witch is dead set on ending the young mermaid's chance of finding happiness.

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: 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: 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: The Magician's Elephant (2023)

• Released: March 10, 2023
• Directed by: Wendy Rogers
  
• Running time: 1 h 39 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

Peter is an orphan who one day dreams that an elephant will re-unite him with his long-lost sister, his last biological family. Through magical means, an elephant does appear in his city, however before he is allowed to use her to find his sister he'll have to preform three impossible feats in order to win the elephant. Peter accepts this challenge, but through the course of them starts to realize that perhaps his own goals aren't everything that matters.

Movie Thoughts: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

• Released: April 1, 2023
  
• Directed by: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Pierre Leduc, Fabien Polack
  
• Running time: 1 h 32 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

Two plumber brothers end up in a magical realm, where one of them, Luigi, gets captured by the evil Bowser. The older brother, Mario, joins up with Princess Peach and Toad in order to gather an army and put a stop to Bowser.