The Mitchells vs. the Machines, 2021. Directed by Michael Rianda. Starring Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Michael Rianda, Olivia Colman, Eric André, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend. SYNOPSIS: A dysfunctional family find themselves as humanity’s last hope – the only people who manage to avoid captivity when a tech company inadvertently brings about a […]
Movie Review – Scoob! (2020)
Scoob!, 2020. Directed by Tony Cervone. Starring Will Forte, Frank Welker, Mark Wahlberg, Zac Efron, Amanda Seyfried, Gina Rodriguez, Ken Jeong, Jason Isaacs, Kiersey Clemons and Tracy Morgan. SYNOPSIS: The Mystery Inc. gang join forces with a team of superheroes to take down a world-threatening plot by the villainous Dick Dastardly. The sandwich-eating, mystery-solving, speech-butchering […]
Movie Review – Onward (2020)
Onward, 2020. Directed by Dan Scanlon. Featuring the voice talents of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Mel Rodriguez, Lena Waithe, Ali Wong and Tracey Ullman. SYNOPSIS: Set in a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot, go on an journey to discover if there is still a little […]
Movie Review – Onward (2020)
Onward, 2020. Directed by Dan Scanlon. Featuring the voice talents of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Mel Rodriguez, Lena Waithe and Ali Wong. SYNOPSIS: Two elf siblings go on a quest to complete a magic spell that would allow them to see their deceased father one more time. One of the many […]
Movie Review – Frozen 2 (2019)
Frozen 2, 2019. Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee. Starring Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Sterling K. Brown, Evan Rachel Wood, Alfred Molina, Martha Plimpton and Alan Tudyk. SYNOPSIS: When elemental forces threaten the future of Arendelle, Elsa and Anna take their friends on a dangerous quest to a long-hidden enchanted […]
Movie Review – A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, 2019. Directed by Will Becher and Richard Phelan. Featuring the voice talents of Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Amalia Vitale, Andy Nyman and Joe Sugg. SYNOPSIS: An alien arrives on Shaun’s farm, sparking a frantic quest to get the visitor home safely. It’s impossible not to be charmed by the […]
Exclusive Interview – Farmageddon co-director Will Becher on taking Shaun the Sheep into the sci-fi world
Tom Beasley chats to Will Becher – one of the co-directors of the ace new animated comedy A Shaun the Sheep: Movie Farmageddon… Cinema’s most adorable stop-motion ovine hero is back in cinemas this week with A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon. Aardman Animation has once again delivered a lovingly crafted tale for the silent […]
Exclusive: Work underway at Aardman on Chicken Run sequel
The wonderful team at Aardman is hard at work producing the chicken models for the upcoming Chicken Run sequel, according to Will Becher – co-director of A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon. Becher said that the model room at the British stop-motion studio is now “overrun with chickens” as work has begun in earnest on […]
Movie Review – Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018)
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, 2018. Directed by Alexandre Astier and Louis Clichy. Starring Ken Kramer, C. Ernst Harth, John Innes, Michael Shepherd and Fleur Delahunty. SYNOPSIS: When the village druid decides it is time for him to choose a successor, Asterix and Obelix join him on his journey to find an heir, […]
Movie Review – The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
The Angry Birds Movie 2, 2019. Directed by Thurop Van Orman. Starring Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Rachel Bloom, Bill Hader, Leslie Jones, Awkwafina, Sterling K Brown, Peter Dinklage and Tiffany Haddish. SYNOPSIS: The birds and pigs put their differences aside in order to take on the threat posed by an icy third island, […]
