Movie Thoughts: The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

• Released: December 19, 2008
  
• Directed by: Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen
• Running time: 1 h 33 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A brave little mouse has to restore happiness to the kingdom by standing up to an army of rats.

Movie Thoughts: A Dog's Journey (2019)

• Released: May 17th, 2019
  
• Directed by: Gail Mancuso
• Running time: 1 h 49 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A dog re-incarnates several times and does his best to help his former owner's granddaughter, CJ, throughout every life.

Movie Thoughts: Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

• Released: November 21, 2018
  
• Directed by: Phil Johnston, Rich Moore
• Running time: 1 h 52 min
• Rating 2/5

Synopsis

Ralph and Vanellope must save the game of Sugar Rush by gathering enough money on the Internet to buy a new steering wheel. Vanellope starts to wonder where she truly belongs, much to the dismay of Ralph.

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.

Movie Thoughts: Ferdinand (2017)

• Released: December 15, 2017
  
• Directed by: Carlos Saldanha
• Running time: 1 h 48 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A gentle bull tries to break his fellow bulls out of having to participate in the devastating bullfights.

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.