Ra. One (2011)

Ra. One (2011)
Rating: ★★
Jun 17, 2012Bollywood Film/Superhero Emerges From a Videogame
A Bollywood venture into science-fiction that does a reasonably impressive job of trying to mount CGI superheroics … on the other hand, the plot deals in simplistic black-and-whites and draws on models of SF two decades out of date

World of Cars: Planes (2013)

World of Cars: Planes (2013)
Rating: ★★½
Aug 10, 2013Disney Animation/Talking Aircraft
A spinoff from Pixar's Cars series (although is not in itself a Pixar film but comes from Disney) that sets out to do the same with anthropomorphic planes. Amiable, even likeable but more a wannabe that seems like it is trying to be than actually hits the cleverness and creative heights of Pixar

We Can Be Heroes (2020)

We Can Be Heroes (2020)
Rating: ★★★
Jan 10, 2021Kid Superheroes
Robert Rodriguez appears to have gotten the oversized non-event that was Alita: Battle Angel out of his system by making another of his seat of the pants home movies – this is less Spy Kids than Superhero Kids – and brings back one element Alita forgot, a sense of fun