The Queen's Corgi (2019) - Movie Review

Oh, nWave Pictures; welcome back, old friend. Having covered two of this studio’s previous features, and considering their 2013 effort The House Of Magic was part of my rather formative initial year at this reviewing biz, I can make a pretty solid claim that they are one of the most unnecessary animation houses working today.

At their worst, they can provide aggressively annoying nonsense meant to placate kids, and even when they find their groove, they usually only end up shining when it comes to animating chase scenes. Everything else ends up in the realm of dead-eyed plastic (or, in the case of The Wild Life, dead-eyed pottery). With all this in mind, their latest is somewhat of a surprise, as it’s definitely a lot riskier than their usual. However, chasing that risk results in one of the most horrifically misguided ‘family’ films I’ve ever watched.

The Son Of Bigfoot (2017) - Movie Review

The plot: Teenager Adam (Pappy Faulkner) misses his father (Christopher L. Parson), who was presumed dead after being chased down by scientists led by Wallace. However, when Adam by chance finds that his father is still alive, he’s more than just alive: He’s Bigfoot! As Adam reconnects with his father and his forest friends, Wallace is hot on their trail to capture Bigfoot and discover the cure for baldness.

Robinson Crusoe: The Wild Life (2016) - Movie Review

Robinson Crusoe, that classic story of a sailor stranded on a deserted island that, over many years of pop culture dissemination, has been regularly confused with similar stories like Gilligan’s Island. Or, at least, that’s how my generation has come to understand it. So, possibly as a means to better educate younger audiences on the matter, today’s film shows a cross between the literary classic and the animated family film tradition of talking animals. Yeah, this sounds like a film that needs to exist(!)