Review by CJ
Page count:
329
Format:
Hardcover
ISBN:
978-1-4472-3832-4
Furiously Happy is labelled as “A Funny Book About Horrible Things” and this is the perfect way to describe it. Jenny Lawson, AKA The Bloggess, takes readers on a journey through mental and physical illness, trips to Australia, aquatic attacks and many other quirky tales with her unique storytelling.
Review by CJ
Director:
Jon Favreau
Starring:
Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba
Other notable appearances:
Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Walken, Garry Shandling, Jon Favreau, Sam Raimi, Russell Peters
Running time:
105 minutes
Watch this if you liked:
The Jungle Book (1967), Robin Hood (1973), Cinderella (2015)
Orphaned man-cub Mowgli (Sethi) is rescued by black panther Bagheera and adopted by a wolf pack. Several years later, tiger Shere Khan (Elba) returns to the hunting grounds and finds Mowgli during a time of peace. As the time for peace draws to a close Bagheera must return Mowgli to the man village before Shere Khan kills the man-cub. Unfortunately for Bagheera, not everything in the jungle is as it seems.
Review by CJ
Director:
Steve Loter
Starring:
Mae Whitman, Ginnifer Goodwin, Lucy Liu, Pamela Adlon, Raven-Symoné, Megan Hilty
Other notable appearances:
Rosario Dawson, Danai Gurira, Chloe Bennet, Anjelica Huston
Running time:
76 minutes
Watch this if you liked:
Tinker Bell, Peter Pan
Animal fairy Fawn (Goodwin) has upset Pixie Hollow’s protectors, the scout fairies, by rescuing a baby falcon who inadvertently called in adult falcons and put all of the fairies in danger. Fawn promises Queen Clarion (Huston) that next time she finds a dangerous creature in need of help, she will think with her head and not her heart. However, when Fawn meets a grumpy beast the likes of which she has never seen, she quickly forgets her promise and names the creature Gruff.
Fawn eventually lets her friends Tinker Bell (Whitman), Silvermist (Liu), Vidia (Adlon), Iridessa (Raven-Symoné) and Rosetta (Hilty) meet Gruff. However when Fawn and her friends take Gruff to show Queen Clarion, they find that scout fairy Nyx (Dawson) has already learned of his existence, though not location or association with Fawn, and believes him to be a harbinger of doom.
Can Fawn make Nyx and Queen Clarion see what she sees in her new friend or will Gruff prove the protective scout fairies right?
Continue reading Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014)
Review by CJ
Director:
Zack Snyder
Starring:
Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg
Other notable appearances:
Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Callan Mulvey, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, Patrick Wilson, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher
Running time:
151 minutes
Watch this if you liked:
Man of Steel, Watchmen, The Dark Knight
After witnessing first hand the devastation caused by Superman’s battle with General Zod, Bruce Wayne (Affleck) decides that the Man of Steel must be stopped. When Batman starts branding criminals of heinous crimes who are then murdered by inmates in prison, Clark Kent (Cavill) knows that the Caped Crusader has gone too far. While the two heroes fight amongst themselves, Lex Luthor (Eisenberg) concocts a plan that could destroy the world as we know it. Can Batman and Superman put their differences aside and unite with Wonder Woman (Gadot) to save the planet?
Review by CJ
Director:
Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush
Starring:
Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba
Other notable appearances:
Jenny Slate, Bonnie Hunt, Tommy Chong, J.K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Alan Tudyk, Shakira, Kristen Bell, John DiMaggio
Running time:
108 minutes
Watch this if you liked:
The Lion King, Tangled, The Princess and the Frog, Frozen
Judy Hopps (Goodwin) is the Zootopia Police Department’s first bunny officer in a world of rhinoceroses, bison, elephants, wolves and other larger mammals. Nick Wilde (Bateman) is a hustler who is as sly as a fox — primarily because he is one. This unlikely duo are forced to work together to find out why 14 mammals have gone missing from Zootopia.
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