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Written by Captain Conroy Week 1 , Week 2 , Week 3 , Week 4 , Week 5 , Week 6 and Week 7 here. This next movie is the classic example as to why one should never judge a book by its cover. I mean you look at that poster and it looks absolutely ludicrous doesn’t it? An old man using ballons to make his house fly, looks like it may be a generic silly kids’ film right? Well, if anyone comes to that assumption, I am pleased to say that they are 100% wrong. Up is genuinely one of

Man am I going on a trip down memory lane today... Transformers: Robots in Disguise isn't just a Transformers cartoon. For me, it was THE Transformers cartoon. Many fans can cite any number of TF shows as the one that started it all for them. Some got started via the original G1 cartoon. Some got started via the Beast Wars era. Some got into the franchise thanks to The Unicron Trilogy. And nowadays, there are fans who became fans thanks to the Aligned continuity. And of c

Written by Captain Conroy Week 1 , Week 2 , Week 3 , Week 4 , Week 5 and Week 6 here. While revenge may be a dish best served cold, an animated movie – especially a really good one is a dish that’s best served hot. Ratatouille knew this very well indeed and certainly tried its hardest to cook up a very special dish for us all, and I’m not just talking about the titular ratatouille either. This whole movie is one heck of a main course with plenty of spices thrown in to keep

Now this review is going to be something special, especially if you're a Transformers fan. During the 90's, the Transformers franchise went in a bold new direction since toy sales were down at the time and their attempt to reboot the franchise with Generation 2 backfired spectacularly. And that was how we ended up with what is known as "The Beast Era" of Transformers in where the characters would transform into beasts instead of vehicles. Derived at the time, the Beast Era

Written by Captain Conroy Week 1 , Week 2 , Week 3 , Week 4 and Week 5 here. So, at the time of writing, Pixar has now officially turned 40. Going back in time 20 years ago, the year is 2006 which was when Pixar celebrated 20 years. The movie that came out to celebrate such an occasion was Cars and ho-boy was this movie plastered everywhere! Trailers, TV spots, cereal prizes, much promotional material and Christmas of 2006, those toys were an absolute must! However, the ma

Written by Captain Conroy Week 1 , Week 2 , Week 3 and Week 4 here. And now here we are, not only another Pixar movie, but a superhero movie nonetheless. People love superheroes so they would have had to go through a lot to ensure this one makes its mark and stands out above the rest as even back in 2004 when this movie came out, the superhero genre would have been one of those genres where just about anything you can think of would have been done at least somewhere before.

Happy Anniversary Pixar! Here we are folks, 40 Years of Pixar. On this very day, 40 years ago, the animation powerhouse that gave us Toy Story , Monsters Inc. , Finding Nemo , WALL.E and Inside Out was founded and still continues to this day to inspire, entertain and captivate audiences with their creative, unique and emotionally powerful movies. While Pixar films haven't been as strong as they used to be back in the 90s and 2000s, Pixar movies still manage to be some of th

Written by Captain Conroy Week 1 , Week 2 and Week 3 here. Now this review will be an interesting one. I learned recently that the former Disney CEO Michael Eisner thought this movie would bomb. Well, he was wrong, ever so wrong. This movie was a  success and a big one at that. Let alone a sequel was justified which of course we’ll look at next, but first things first: Finding Nemo . The story speaks for itself with a title like that. It’s the story of Marlin, a single fath

Written by The Wandering Fox Freddy: Well this is quite the essay. Teddy: Yeah, didn’t the Media Man say it’s redundant because he reviewed it. Yeah he did, but I explained to him that Doctor Who TV, the website, lets it’s members do reviews of episodes to give their own opinions. I thought it’d be nice to give my own opinion on the movie we watched, cos I know Sonic 3 is liked by a lot of people and is a big talking point in our group of friends. Teddy: I see. Will you be

Written by Captain Conroy Week 1 and Week 2 here. So, after Toy Story , Pixar had the ultimate question to face – now what? A movie about insects, that’s what. A Bug’s Life really was Pixar’s chance to make lightning strike twice and in my humble opinion, I would certainly say they did. Let’s look into it. The story revolves around a colony of ants who gather food for a group of grasshoppers every summer and then collect food for themselves for the rainy season. But after

Written by Captain Conroy Hello everyone and at the time of writing this, Happy New Year 2026! I know I said my next review would be of The Archie Show , but a great circumstance has warranted holding that review back for the moment. For those who know me well, or even if you don’t know me well – I am a massive fan of the Pixar side of Disney and I have loved all of their movies to date. Yes – Cars 2 included which is an incredibly hot take and I know. LOL. However, as of th

Who doesn't love a good Christmas film? It just never really feels like Christmas until you've put on a good holiday classic, eh? Whether it's a movie that makes you feel festive or takes you on an emotional roller-coaster ride, Christmas films are as much a holiday staple as putting up Christmas trees, wrapping up presents and eating Christmas dinner. Many Christmas films are timeless holiday classics, and many are corny festive guilty pleasures. Sadly, there's not a lot of

Flippin' heck, time is just a blur these days. Seriously, how are we in a situation where I, the Media Man, am now here, on the blog, talking about a Zootropolis sequel?! I remember seeing the first movie back in 2016 when it came out! Unless you've been living in a cave all your life, you'll no doubt be very familiar with Zootropolis , or Zootopia as it's called everywhere else. Here in the UK, we called it Zootropolis due to some copyright thing in Europe regarding the n

Written by Captain Conroy Suffice to say, 2025 has been a crazy year for us Thomas fans as we have celebrated the 80 th  anniversary. We got to see the pilot which we thought was lost to time, all new merchandise, new lore has been revealed and the plethora of YouTubers making their own videos to celebrate, the list goes on. We even had some old scripts from Thomas’s fifth season amongst many other things like screen-used props and models go on auction and be purchased by fan

How has it been TWELVE YEARS since this movie came out already?! I still remember watching it when it was brand new in cinemas back in 2013!!! Yes people, believe it or not, this year marks the 12th anniversary of Disney's biggest pop culture giant of the 2010's. That movie is none other than Frozen . Based on the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale The Snow Queen , Frozen was a movie that had been in the works for decades at the Walt Disney Company. And when I say decades, I

Continued from Part 1. Section 3: The Gameplay Now for the interesting part, for Legends Z-A  boasts the biggest change in Pokémon 's usual gameplay style we've had since the franchise began. One could argue that Legends Arceus  did it first with its two fighting styles, but Legends Z-A really made a big change to how Pokémon games are usually played. Before we get to that big change, let's talk about the smaller parts of the gameplay first. As this is a game with a single ci

I've done a series of posts all about playing the game, now it's time to finally review it. Pokémon: Legends ZA has had an...interesting impact on the fandom. This game went from being incredibly hyped back when it was first revealed last year to being completely ridiculed when it was released. I can't tell you how depressing it was to see this game go from anticipated to hated so quickly and all because of irrelevant things like "flat building textures" or some nonsen

Teddy yelped as he heard a bell toll, jumping behind Freddy. Teddy: Oh goodness, that’s not a good thing to hear on Halloween! Freddy: Oh...

The 2020's really has been Sonic the Hedgehog 's big comeback, hasn't it? After being reduced to a joke during the late 2000's and throughout all of the 2010's, the 2020's feel like they've been taking pity on Sonic and have given him the big break he was looking for. No joke, it's amazing how much things have taken a leap in quality or how Sonic's become so much more popular and beloved since this decade began. He has three critically beloved and successful movies, he got a

Ah Pokémon Horizons , here we are again. Feels like yesterday since this show started, doesn't it? Here we were back in 2023 anticipating...