Category Archives: Animation

Action, Animation, Fantasy

THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE (2026): New Trailer Starring Benny Safdie, Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Brie Larson…

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Stopping Wario and Bowser Jr.’s evil alliance as they attempt world domination is what Mario and friends are tasked with in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

From director Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, Brie Larson, Benny Safdie, Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Pratt are among the key cast.

‘Princess Rosalina! You’re coming with me!’

The princess is a key reason for my interest. Especially since, in this trailer, everything that happens from 2:01 onwards is my favourite. The rest will likely feel like a watchable, easy viewing animated experience. Bear in mind that I say this all without having watched The Super Mario Bros. Movie of 2023, which I hear was quite fun.

How enthusiastic do you feel about this second instalment?

Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Charlie Day and Kevin Michael Richardson also star.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Release Dates: April 3rd, 2026 (US & UK)…

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Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE (2025): New Trailer Starring Sam Rockwell, Michael Peña, Juno Temple, Zazie Beetz…

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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is the latest action/sci-fi/adventure from director Gore Verbinski.

Starring Sam Rockwell, Juno Temple, Zazie Beetz and Michael Peña, Rockwell plays an unhoused-looking man from the future. One who’s on a mission to recruit people to help him extinguish the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence.

I love the title of this one. And if this trailer is anything to go by, we have plenty of laughter, great pacing and Rockwell magic in store.

Also, given what’s shown between 1:27 and 1:31 in this trailer, there might be some scares, too. I’m just glad that horror isn’t listed as a sub-category.

May this please be a well-executed film about the dangers of AI. What do you think of our chances?

Haley Lu Richardson, Stevel Marc, Tom Taylor, Tanya van Graan, Cassiel Eatock-Winnik, Georgia Goodman, Asim Chaudhry and Dino Fetscher also star.

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die Release Dates: February 13th, 2026…

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Animation, Documentary, History

PREHISTORIC PLANET – ICE AGE (2025): New Trailer For Ice Age Documentary, Narrated By Tom Hiddleston…

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From executive producers Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton, Prehistoric Planet – Ice Age is a new animated natural history five-part docuseries that follows the award-winning Prehistoric Planet (2022).

Narrated by Tom Hiddleston and featuring original music by Hans Zimmer, among others, we are invited to a time millions of years after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

‘Creatures that defy imagination‘ sounds exactly right.

I’m sure I could never have imagined a ‘snow sloth.’ Now I’m wondering how long polar bears have been around, because my imagination, however flawed, is telling me they may be the reason snow sloths are no more.

Are you also down to relax while watching the meditatively slow movement of some snow sloths?

Prehistoric Planet – Ice Age Release Dates: November 26th, 2025, Apple TV+

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Adventure, Animation, Comedy

TOY STORY 5 (2026): New Teaser Trailer, Starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Conan O’Brien, Ernie Hudson…

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Directed by Andrew Stanton and McKenna Harris, Toy Story 5 has a brand new teaser trailer. One in which a very different kind of toy arrives on the scene.

I love that they got this first teaser trailer exactly right. The world of toys has indeed changed, and Disney would be missing several beats if screens/electronics weren’t part of the toy story/experience this time around.

Fingers crossed that this fifth instalment joins Inside Out 2 (2024) as one of Disney’s better animated releases in recent years. I just know that as long as Tom Hanks is around, and long may he be, I hope that new Toy Story movies will keep being made.

I wonder if a Labubu-type toy will also be featured. Perhaps that’s being saved for Toy Story 6, assuming that’s coming.

Are you also excited for this new Toy Story movie?

Tim Allen, Conan O’Brien, Ernie Hudson, Joan Cusack, Tony Hale and Blake Clark also star.

Toy Story 6 Release Dates: June 19th, 2026 (US & UK)…

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Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, No Spoiler Reviews

ELIO (2025): The Things I Liked…

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Elio (2025), Pixar
Elio (2025), Pixar

My experience of Elio (2025), the animated adventure about a young space fanatic who desperately wants to be abducted by aliens, didn’t exactly go well.

The visuals are as rich and engaging as I’d hoped. I was honestly locked in right away, and things were fun enough once Elio finally got to Space. Yet, seemingly out of nowhere, I lost interest at the point when Elio was left to take on the space bullies.

Something inside decided that that specific hero’s journey, with those characters, wasn’t for me at that time. I suspected where the story was going to go and chose to leave it to those who are more enthused by Elio’s upcoming face-off.

I may return to Elio another time, but I’m choosing to look forward to Zootopia 2 (2025) instead, which I hope will have me fully locked in, especially since I absolutely loved Zootopia (2016).

I’m curious, did you watch Elio and have a good time?

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