Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
Rating:
Aug 21, 2014Jules Verne Comedy Adaptation
Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel is turned into a comedy vehicle for Jackie Chan. One of Chan’s biggest flops, an overblown turkey packed with celebrity cameos and replacing Verne’s adventure with incredibly unfunny slapstick

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Rating: ★★½
Jun 16, 2011Animation/Talking Animal Martial Arts
Sequel to DreamWorks hit animated film, this does little more than repeat the basics of its predecessor. The detail and texture of the film is amplified to a work of art, although you cannot help but wonder if this is something the under 10s care about.

Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
Rating: ★★
May 30, 2016Animation/Talking Animal Martial Arts
The Kung Fu Panda series feels like films for couch potatos – a handful of martial arts films cliches and a hero who proclaims the virtues of laziness, overeating and combats everything with his own self-inflated sense of awesomeness. What baffles about such low-engagement films is the quality of artistry lavished on them

The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)

The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
Rating: ★★★
Oct 22, 2017Animation/Adventures in the Lego Universe
Third of the animated films based on the Lego toy line. This gets the same snappy fast-paced humour and witty fourth-wall breaking gags as its predecessors down pat and proves enjoyable, even if you suspect the novelty of the Lego Movie brand is starting to fade

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
Rating: ★★★
Sep 15, 2023Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were the pop culture phenomenon of the 1980s. They have not fared so well in the 2000s but this new animated film written by Seth Rogen is a promising start