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Best Animal Movies of All Time

jared — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 08:24:37 +0000

1. Dolittle (2020)

Doctor Dolittle is an eccentric physician who can speak with animals. Yes, that’s right, he can communicate with any animal on the planet. From monkeys to tigers, to giraffes to whales. This film is about his adventure to seek a cure for a life-threatening disease that the Queen has been diagnosed with. He embarks on a journey to find a special healing tree that might be the only solution for her cure. He sets sail to the remote island where the Eden Tree can be found with his animal friends. Each animal has something different to offer in his quest. They are working against the clock and haven’t got much time to save the Queen.

2. Jumanji (2019)

This film presents great action and adventure with a hint of comedy. There has been a total of 3 Jumanji films releases – Jumani (1995), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and Jumanji: The Next Level is the final addition to the series. Like the previous films, it centres around the dangerous supernatural board game Jumanji, but in this modern adaptation, Jumanji is now a video game. Four high school students get stuck in the Jumanji game and the only way to escape is to survive all the life-threatening scenarios that come their way. It gives real-life lessons about the power of friendship, determination, bravery and empathy.

3. Max (2015)

This film revolves around the heartwarming and unbreakable bond between Kyle and his trained military dog. It shows that a dog truly is a mans best friend. It tells the story of a loyal dog companion having to adapt to life after losing his best friend in an Afghanistan war zone. Justin, Kyles younger brother, has always been filled with jealously and remorse towards his older brother. He envies the attention he gets from his parents who are extremely proud. But it turns out that Justin is the only human that can control Max, who is still struggling to cope after the death. Will Justin step up and make his brother proud?

4. Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)

This film tells the amusing story of a Tom Popper (Jim Carrey) dealing with a very unexpected delivery from his deceased father… a box full of penguins. It’s based on the award-winning children’s book Mr Popper’s Penguins written by Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater and released in 1988. The antics are very predictable and silly but hilarious nonetheless. It follows the countless unsuccessful attempts to hand them over to Central Park Zoo. But his youngest son catches glimpse of them in the apartment, believes they are a birthday present for him and falls in love. Popper can bear to break his son’s heart and also starts to enjoy having the penguins around. Almost like they are a part of the family.

5. Madagascar (2005)

These animals have been captured and are now living their best lives in Central Park Zoo, being pampered and feed. The main animal characters consist of a lemur (King Julien), a giraffe (Melman), a lion (Alex), a hippo (Gloria), Zebra (Marty), a chipmunk (Mort) and four Penguins (Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private). And of course many other animal friends! Life is going perfectly for them all until curiosity gets the better of them. They want a night out on the town. The plan is to get back by morning so no one ever notices. But needless to say, zoo animals out on the town doesn’t go unnoticed.

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Best Romance Movies of All Time

jared — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 10:38:16 +0000

1. The Vow (2012)

This film focuses on two main characters Paige (Rachel McAdams) and Leo (Channing Tatum). They are deep in love and recently married. After a fatal car crash, Paige is left with severe memory loss. She is unable to remember the past 5 years of her life. And has no recollection of who her husband Leo is, in her mind she is still married to her ex-husband. Leo, left heartbroken and confused as time passes and her memory doesn’t improve, becomes determined to make her fall in love with him all over again. Despite all the obstacles they face, he never gives up trying to save what they had.

2. The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

Get your tissues out, this film features a magical but heartbreaking story between two teenagers, Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) and Gus Waters (Ansel Elgort). They attend a cancer support group after being diagonised, which is where they meet each other. Gus is fortunately given the all clear eventually but Hazels cancer continues to develop. They both share a strong connection through their experiences, similar interests and battle with cancer. They create an unbreakable bond and share a forever in a number of days. It takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions through the ups and downs they share. Expect to laugh and cry a lot!

3. Call Me By Your Name (2017)

This film shares the beautiful story of a moving first love between two teenage boys. We watch as a summer romance blossoms between Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet) and Oliver (Armie Hammer) in northern Italy. But as the boys spend more and more time together, they realise it is much deeper than that. At first, the two boys seemingly have many differences at surface level and are not happy about spending 6 long weeks of summer together. But depsite the differences at surface level, beneath it they realise they have much more in common than ever expected. The chemistry is magical.

4. Me Before You (2016)

Louisa Clark (Emilia Clarke) is desperate to find a job but after failing at many she is slowly running out of options. A new job offer pops up to care for and become a companion for a disable man William Traynor (Sam Claflin). Despite no experience, she accepts it willingly and moves to the countryside to start immediately. She finds it very difficult to form a relationship with Will at first and is worried that he dislikes her. But in fact, he is cynical about pretty much everything in life since the tragic accident that left him paralyzed. His view on life starts to change as Louisa shows him that life is worth living. After spending so much time together they develop an unbreakable bond and fall in love. And both of their lives are changed forever.

5. The Last Song (2010)

Ronnie Miller (Miley Cyrus) and younger brother Jonah (Bobby Coleman) are sent to live with their dad for the summer after their parents’ divorce. Ronnie is a talented pianist and gets a once in a lifetime offer to attend Julliard music school. But she has become rebellious after the divorce and refuses. She is extremely unhappy to spend the summer in a beach town away from her friends. She is in constant arguments with her mum and dad. But this soon changes after she begins to fall in love with a boy from the town. It shares the journey of her falling in love with music again and rekindling her relationship with her father after a new perspective and understanding is found.

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Best Adventure Movies of All Time

rosa — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 08:24:56 +0000

1. Cast Away (2000)

Tom Hanks plays Chuck Nolan, a time-obsessed Federal Express executive who is working hard to make sure parcels are delivered by Christmas – a modern-day Santa clause! Nolan hitches a ride on a FedEx flight which crashes and explodes en route and he is the only survivor. He finds himself trapped on a deserted island and must accustom himself to survive until he’s found. As four years pass he starts to lose his faith. The film takes you through his experience on the island, from hope to insanity. Will he ever be found? or does he need to accept his fate?

2. Inception (2010)

Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief that has a unique ability to enter peoples dreams and steal their subconscious ideas. This means he has become extremely valuable in society and many (especially in the corporate world) want to find him. For the wrong and right reasons. He has a lot of enemies watching his every move. It takes you on a journey of how his skill eventually costs him every good thing he has in life. He is offered a chance of redemption with a seemingly impossible task to regain his life back.

3. Life Of Pi (2012)

A family of four decide to sell their zoo in India and move to Canada. They must travel by sea with the few remaining animals that they decide to keep. Tragedy strikes midway through their journey as they face a horrifying storm that eventually sinks the ship. Pi Sharma, the teenage son and a Bengal tiger are the only survivors from the ship. All he has ever known is taken from him and he finds himself shipwrecked on a boat… with the tiger. Weeks go by and they must both become accustomed to each other to survive. The film takes you on the journey of their struggles and the unbreakable friendship that forms.

4. The Avengers (2012)

The avengers are full of action and adventure and bring the real superhero ”dream team” together. The main characters are Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner). They work together to fight evil, in particular the character of Loki (Tom Hiddleston) who wants to become the most powerful man on the planet and take over the world. To do this he must get his hands on the Tesseract (a cube). It takes you on the major battle of good vs evil as they fight to stop him from destroying the planet.

5. Mission Impossible (2018)

The world is at risk and the CIS send Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is on a seemingly impossible mission to save it. Will he have what it takes? He’s up against some of the most dangerous people in the world. Hunt and his partner Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) embark on the secret mission together before it takes a deadly turn and Phelps loses his life. Ethan becomes the number one suspect and the U.S government are out to get him. In a struggle to prove his innocence, he has to become a hacker and get possession of important information. Then he can tackle the bad guys with the government and world on his side.

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