Recent content by Pooky

I’m actually getting a pretty good feeling about this. As a Minions fan (I admit it!) who loves Silent Movies and Film History I already kind of can’t believe that this film exists, and on top of that as I write this there are currently 23 reviews logged on Rotten Tomatoes and they’re all fresh...

To be clear I was talking about Warner Archive alone, not the company as a whole.

This might be a little controversial but to be honest I think it's has a slightly better chance of surviving under Paramount then it would under Netflix. Netflix have shown time and time again that they're just not interested in the physical market (and in some ways are actively against it) nor...

This was perfectly fine, but I do think it is the weakest of the series. At the moment the consensus seems to be that it’s better than the fourth, but I think these Pixar sequels (including TS4) tend to be received very enthusiastically at first but ultimately average out to a more mixed...

I'm not a Jackass fan in the slightest, but as recently as 2022 they had a film with a $23million opening, so there does still seem to be an audience out there. Apparently this one is at least partly a "clip show" so it might really be one for hardcore nostalgic fans. It's probably too early to...

These days you know you’re unlikely to be going into a classic when even the early influencer reactions were pretty tepid. Still, despite some real weak points I ultimately found this passable. It might have benefited from following on from seeing Masters of the Universe a few days earlier...

I caught up with this on Disney+. I perhaps wouldn’t consider it a new classic, there are still some elements that I’m a little tired of in Pixar’s movies, it’s a little slow to start and to be honest the emotional elements left me almost completely indifferent. Nonetheless I did enjoy it quite...

For all my concerns about IP dominance in animation (and the wider entertainment industry) this is definitely a great match of source material and artist.

I know it can be joyless and boring to talk about market potential and business decisions, but you do have to wonder who would have confidence in this, with two opposite “takes” on Thundercats having stumbled in the last 15 years, and perhaps even more so with a He-Man film struggling (to be...

I'm open to the idea that a one-and-maybe-done reunion could work better than a series, but not interested until I know McCracken and/or some of the original team are involved.

Good to know, I should be seeing it in the next week or so.

Watched Best of the Best 3 yesterday, early on a couple of young kids watch a rather worn looking print of A Tale of Two Kitties before their older brother rudely turns to another channel.

At one point I wondered if TS5 might slightly underwhelm and if Lightyear indicated some contentment with the series in addition to bafflement at such an odd tangent, but it had been pretty clear for a while that wasn't the case and it was no surprise this had a huge opening. I suspect it won't...

This really didn't work for me. It's not without merit; the costuming is on point and the production design is generally solid, the performances are fine and the opening and ending kind of work. The film is basically a step or two away from being a full blown parody adaptation in the vein of the...

I guess this is a bit like how Avatar (blue, not airbending) films make a minimum of $1.5billion despite the internet's indifference (at best), or how shows like Yellowstone or even old Criminal Minds episodes get more views than a lot of the stuff that gets the jibbers jabbing online; pretty...