Author: shauny

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 2022 – ★★★★½

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I must admit I’m a bit of a snob when it comes to animated movies and tend to only really like Disney/Pixar, I really think the vast majority of other animation studios add way too much silly slapstick comedy, and use big star names to get bums on seats for stories that lack imagination, plot, and heart. 

Shrek is a bit of an outlier here, but the endless sequels made me lose all hope of anything good coming out of Dreamworks again. 

So I was totally gobsmacked when I realised that this film is utterly brilliant. It was genuinely one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time! 

I highly recommend it. It’s action-packed, laugh-a-minute, has an amazing and unique animation style during the fight scenes, and is full of heart - I cried!

Postcard From Earth, 2023 – ★★★½

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Saw at The Sphere. The venue made it for me. It was incredible. The movie could have been better, started too slow, and was a little preachy without really saying any solutions to the problems it addressed.

We All Hear Stories in the Dark – ★★★★

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We All Hear Stories in the Dark

Although I have finished the book, I haven’t read all the stories yet - the nature of it is to jump around and read a random collection of stories.

It’s a fun gimmick but I’d actually prefer to just read it all the way through so I don’t miss any. I set out to do that but now I changed my mind and just want to move on to other books.

The stories are hit and miss, but all in all an excellent collection of weird and wonderful short stories.