The Secret Life of Pets (2016) ★★☆☆☆

What happens when you have to leave your pet for the day?  A loyal dog, Max (Louis C.K.), is horrified when his owner, Katie, arrives home with another (and much larger) dog named Duke (Eric Stonestreet). The two dogs don’t exactly get along, leading to them being lost in New York City. Along the way, Max and Duke meet several…

The BFG (2016) ★★☆☆☆

Not so ‘giant’ after all…  Set at an Orphanage, in the middle of the night, young Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) hears a peculiar noise outside her bedroom window and spots a giant (Mark Rylance). Fearing his existence could become known, the giant snatches Sophie, taking her to Giant Country. He may be the Big Friendly Giant (BFG), but the other giants aren’t half…

Everest (2015) ★★★☆☆

Takes far too long to find a pulse.  In the year of 1996, a group of individuals, guided by their leader, Rob Hall (Jason Clarke) have come to push themselves to their limits as they work as a team in attempt to climb the summit of Mount Everest. Though, not everybody will be physically and emotionally up for…

Top Fifteen: Pixar Films

Pixar is by far one of my favourite production companies. I had previously created a list similar, though it needed updating and mixing around a little! After the release of Inside Out, the ideal thing to do was to rank all the old ones. This ranking is NOT worst to best, but my least favourite to most favourite.…

Inside Out (2015) ★★★★★

“Do you ever look at someone and wonder what is going on inside their head?”  Pixar returns – this time bringing something a little different to the table. Inside Out looks into the head of a young girl named Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) exploring the core emotions that control her. Therefore, Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Disgust (Mindy…

Minions (2015) ★☆☆☆☆

Sadly, they are sidekicks for a reason…  First, The Penguins of Madagascar, now, we are presented with a spin-off of the small, yellow sidekicks from Despicable Me. Minions have lived since the prehistoric era; with the purpose of serving an evil boss. The boss has changed several times, from T-rex, Dracula, until Napoleon. The catch is, they always result in making their…

The Beach (2000) ★★☆☆☆

A ‘love it or hate it’ film; it’s as simple as that.  Based on Alex Garland’s novel, a young traveller named Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio), while at a hotel in Bangkok, finds a map left by his neighbour, Daffy (Robert Carlyle) who just committed suicide. The map supposedly leads to a legendary island paradise where other souls have settled. Richard persuades…