War Horse

War Horse

DreamWorks etc.

December 25, 2011

War Drama

DVD
B-

I liked this more than I expected, especially the scenes set in Devon, although I don't think every thread works, and of course I was more interested in the horse than the war.  This is based on the Michael Morpugo novel and directed by Steven Spielberg.

Thor: The Dark World

Thor: The Dark World

Marvel/ Disney

November 8, 2013

Fantasy, Action

DVD
C-

Bumped up a notch or two for the stealth romcom (with Chris O'Dowd and Kat Dennings as not-good-enough-date and filter-free friend of Natalie Portman) snuck into a run-of-the-mill mythic superhero movie.  Alan Taylor directed

Early Man

Early Man
StudioCanal
26 January 2018
Animation, Historical Comedy
DVD
C-

Nick Park directed and co-wrote this sort of "Aardman does Flintstones," albeit inter-racial Flintstones with soccer.  And, yes, a lot of the jokes are very old.