Gaming Reviews: Spider-man.

Release date: September 7th 2018.

Type of game: Action and superhero.

Story: Peter Parker is having a normal type of life. He has broken up with Mary Jane (now an investigating reporter), he has a new job working with a scientist named Otto Octavius (working on robotic artificial limps), And his aunt May is working for a homeless shelter. But his life as Spider-Man is mainly the same. Swinging around New York city, fighting crime, and taking on supervillains. But things begin to change when crime boss Wilson Fisk (a.k.a the Kingpin) is finally sentence for his crimes and a new villain shows up.

My thoughts: This is an amazing game. The characters, the visuals, the graphics, and the story are great. You can unlock different costumes for Spider-Man to wear and there are even some DLC's that contain a separate storyline (which involves Black Cat, Hammerhead, and Sable). The villains are impressingly designed as well. And there is an uneasy feeling that you helped create the final villain. Another element that I like is that you can play as two other characters (Mary Jane and Miles Morales) in stealth missions where you have to avoid being caught while investigating. Which to me, makes a great change to swinging around.

Any dislikes?: The villains don't have health bars and it sometimes takes forever to defeat them. Also some of the side quests can get annoying at times. Especially the Screwball ones. Also the are stealth mission like in the Batman Arkham games. Where you as Spider-Man have to sneak around and pick off random enemies one by one. I didn't like this mainly because...

1: It was done better in the Batman games.

2: You can easy slip up and get spotted.

3: When you got rid of every single there is, more then rush in and are instantly aware of where you are no matter how well you do. Especially when you are trying to clear out an enemy hide out.

What I would like to see in a future update or DLC: I would say more costumes but there is enough of them to keep anyone happy. But I would like to see a DLC where you can play as the villains and or perhaps one where we can create your own costume.

My score: Five stars.

The top four games that I want to see in the near future.

No 4: An open world pokemon game.

Pokemon is a popular game in its own right. And with the recent release of Detective Pikachu, it is still highly talked about. So what I would like to see is a game similar to that of Skyrim online or World of Warcraft. Where you can freely walk about, collecting pokemons, building gyms or towns, and challenging and trading with other players. This would be a massive successful game if done right. Minecraft had something similar to this called Pixelmon. But it is sadly no longer around.

No 3: Creepypasta and/or Godzilla Go.

With the success of mobile games like Pokemon Go and Jurassic World Alive, then I wouldn't be surprised if other franchises would try and cash in on their successes. I would like to have two based on the Godzilla and the Creepypasta franchises. Where you travel around and collect the characters.

No 2: A Friday the 13th style game but with other slasher killers.

I love the Friday the 13th game and I want to see other similar games like it in the future. But perhaps one where you can play as other slasher killers from other horror movies (like The Burning, Madman, Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Child's Play, My Bloody Valentine, and others). And perhaps something like you can create your own slasher killer and even name them as well. But this could just be a DLC for the Friday the 13th game.

No 1: An open world superhero game.

A open world game where you can create and name your own superhero would be amazing. One where you can play with other players and can even form superhero teams. Something similar to GTA online perhaps.

Anime Review: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

Release date: 2000 (US release). April 21st 2001 (Japanese release).

Story: D has been hired to find and rescue a woman named Charlotte, who has been abducted by a vampire baron named Meier Link. But he doesn't know that he is not the only person who is hired. And soon it has become a small race to see who can rescue

My thoughts: This is an ok sequel. The animation is great and the characters are ok. Yet the only thing I didn't like about it is the fact that Charlotte and Meier are in love. All throughout the film, It gives you the feeling that Charlotte is under some sort of spell. And instead of rescuing her, D lets her and Meier get away. Apart from that, everything else is ok.

My score: Three stars.

Film Review: The thing with two heads.

Release date: July 19th 1972.

Story: This is the story of two people. A terminally ill doctor named Maxwell Kirshner and a African American convict named Jack Moss. Jack had been sentenced to death for a crime that he did not commit and only managed to escape death by signing up for a science experiment. Which as it turns out is to transplant Kirshner's head onto Jack's body. Which is a problem seeing that Kirshner is a racist. So Jack has another man's head on his shoulders and had taken the opportunity to go on the run in order to prove his innocence. Will they managed to get along? Watch the movie and find out.

My thoughts: This is an ok film. The characters are ok and there is some comedy to be found in it. But I was a bit disappointed. The trailer made it look like that the film was going to be a comedy/science gone wrong/ someone trying to prove their innocence while on the run type of movie. I was expecting that Jack would have proved his innocence and that Kirshner would have find another body to transfer his head onto and perhaps stop being a racist at the end of the movie. But what we get is what I felt like was a little let down. Kirshner wants to remove Jack's head so that he can have his body but is double crossed and left for dead while Jack leaves to look for the person who wronged him. And the end credits start playing. Apart from that, it is an ok film to rent or if you like science gone wrong type of movies.

My score: Three stars.

Film Review: Space Jam

Release date: November 15th 1996.

Story: Bugs Bunny and his friends are facing a crises. A group of aliens have landed in their world with the intent of enslaving them for their boss's amusement park. But the Looney Tunes characters decided to challenged them to a basketball game (seeing that the aliens are the size of cats). But soon the aliens put a spanner in their works by stealing the talents from professional basketball players and using them to transform themselves into well skilled players (as well as giant monsters). With little to no help, the Looney Tunes characters have only one hope left. That is to get a professional basketball player to play for their team. And then they found one in the form of Michael Jordan.

My thoughts: This is a good film. This was probably one of the first Looney Tunes movie that I have seen at the cinema. This is an alternate history of what happened in-between Michael Jordan's retirement from basketball in 1993 and his big come back in 1995. There many things in this that I found weird though. Like the fact that the Looney Tunes world is under the ground and that you'll have to push your way through a large Warner Brother's logo in order to enter said world. But on the plus side, I really like the theme song that plays over the opening credits. It is one of those songs that stays in your head for ages and I would listen to it constantly. And despite having mixed reviews, this movie was a box office success. If you like sports movies and live action with animation type of movies then I would give this a watch.

My score: Three stars. 

TV Review: Extreme Ghostbusters

Release date: September 1st - December 4th 1997 (1 season. 40 episodes.).

Story: Set many years after the Real Ghostbusters, supernatural activity had quiet down and had put the Ghostbusters out of business. Only Egon, Slimer, and Janine stayed behind at the firehouse. While looking after the containment unit (which houses the ghosts and the other supernatural threats that the Ghostbusters have faced and caught), Egon gets a job teaching about the paranormal at the New York City College. But then one day, the supernatural decide to become active again and Egon is forced to recruit a new Ghostbusters team. Mainly the only students that attend his class. They are Kylie Griffin (a goth girl genius who is an expert in the supernatural), Eduardo Rivera (a cynical slacker), Garrett Miller (a young paraplegic athlete who uses a wheelchair), and Roland Jackson (a studious mechanical whiz).

My thoughts: This was a cool sequel series to the Real Ghostbusters. The characters are great, the ghosts and other supernatural threats are creepy and awesome, and the show got darker in tone in some episodes. This is a cool show and I would recommend it for everyone.

(For more info on this show, check out the Extreme Ghostbusters review by Phelous on Youtube)

My score: Four stars.

TV Review: Street Sharks

Release date: September 11 1994 - May 18th 1997 (3 seasons. 40 episodes).

Story: After being mutated into four humanoid sharks, The Street Sharks decide to use their powers to protect their city against the evil Doctor Piranoid and his gang of mutant fish monsters. They are Ripster (a Great White shark), Jab (a Hammerhead shark), Streex (a Tiger shark), and Slammu (a Whale shark).

My thoughts: This is an ok show. I'll admit that I have collected the toys but never had seen the actual show until now (this was one of those shows that is just a big advertisement for toys). The characters are ok (Doctor Piranoid has a cool feature that he can transform into a human/piranha thing when ever he gets angry) yet the animation at times can be lazy. But there is good action and the character designs for the fish monsters are cool. There are even song segments in this which I felt were unnecessary. The theme song is ok as well. This is defiantly a 90's cartoon and I only recommend it for those who like 90's things.

Fun fact: The street sharks even have a crossover with another cartoon called the Extreme Dinosaurs.

My score: Three stars.

TV Review: The A Team.

Release date: January 23rd 1983 - March 8th 1987 (Five seasons. Ninety eight episodes).

Story: In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escape from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The A Team!

My thoughts: Arguably one of the best shows to ever come out of the 1980's. The characters are enjoyable, the theme song is highly recognisable, and there is a good blend of good action and comedy. Most of the shows are basically someone is trying to live their lives, yet they keep being menaced and threatened by local jerks, and the A Team gets hired to help them out. The team consists of John 'Hannibal' Smith (the teams leader who has a hunger for danger and life threatening situations. And has the catchphrase "I love it when a plan comes together"),  Templeton "Faceman" Peck (a suave ladies man who is also a con artist and scrounger), H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock (a helicopter pilot who is either mentally unstable or is just pretending to be), and Bosco Albert "B.A" Baracus (the team's mechanic and mussels. Played greatly by Mr T). Other characters include Amy Allen (a intrepid reporter who sometimes joins the team on cases) and Colonel Lynch (who keeps trying to recapture the team). Like I said this is a great show and I would recommend that you check out a few episodes.

My score: Five stars.

Scary story 6.

The Pig Woman.

Somewhere in the US state of Wisconsin, is the last remains of a hospital built in the mid to late eighteen hundreds. It was a successful hospital and even donated some of its time to create new cures for illnesses that pop up now and then. But for some reason just before the Great Depression, it was closed and then later fell apart due to weather and nature. Nobody knows why it was immediately shut down. Some say that it was due to money problems. While others say that there was an outbreak of something, and it had to be put under quarantine. It remained a mystery for centuries. Until a group of urban explorers discover some documents and shed a light on the real reasons.

In 1933, a woman was brought into the hospital after developing a strange new illness. The doctors went into overtime trying to find a cure for her. But no matter what they did, the woman grew worse and worse. It looked like that she would never be cured. Until one of the doctors discovered something. While reading a book on mystical healing, he read about a ritual that involves making a drink out of wild herbs, water from a nearby stream, and a quarter pint of blood from an animal that had been part of a sacrifice. This potion would cure the drinker of any illness known or unknown. The doctor brought this idea to the other doctors and (as was suspected) he was laughed at. But the doctor refused to give in and set about to re-create the potion himself. He managed to locate some of the wild herbs in the nearby woods and the rest of them he brought from local apothecaries. He then went and collected water from a nearby stream and purchased some pigs blood from a slaughterhouse. Then alone in his study, the doctor begins to mix the ingredients together and soon created the potion.

He quickly yet secretly visited the ill woman and told her that he had found a cure for her illness and sated that she must drink the potion in one go. Wanting to be cured of her long-term illness, the woman took the potion and drank it all. While the doctor performed some sort of chanting (this was also part of the ritual). And at first, all was fine. Over the next few days the woman showed signs that her illness was fading away and that she was almost cured. The doctor was over joyed with this and began boasting about it to the other doctors. Who were both shocked and amazed that a potion found in an old book was able to cure someone. But the celebrations were short lived. As soon things began to turn bad.

Three weeks after she was cured, the woman began to act strangely. The first thing was that she had difficulty talking. She slowly lost the ability to talk and could only communicate with grunts and squeals. Then she began to change physically. Her hands and feet changed into trotters, her ears grew bigger and longer, her nose turned into a snout, she grew tusks, and she had even grown a tail. After a month, she no longer resembled a woman. She was now a human/pig hybrid. The doctors were horrified by this and blamed the one who had caused this. And on re-reading the old book, they discovered something truly horrifying. The formula stated that if the animal’s blood wasn’t from a sacrificed, then the drinker will slowly turn into the animal itself. This was truly bad for the doctors. Not only did one of them turn a woman into a hideous monster, but that they all would be blamed for this and would properly be hanged. So, there was only one option left…

It was quick and easy. The pig woman was taken deep into the cellars of the hospital and was shot through the head. Her body was then placed inside the incinerator (which was used to burn bodies who have died from a plague or something else) and it was burned into ashes. And after that, the doctors all agreed to never speak of this again and to keep it a secret from the rest of the world. And that was it for many years. Until one day, the hospital suddenly began to suffer from bad luck. And the doctors themselves began to be killed off in weird yet horrifying ways. The public weren’t told how and why they died but what they were told was that their bodies were in a real mess. As if a wild animal had been eating them. Fearing that whatever was killing the doctors might keep coming back, the other staff and patients were quickly moved to other hospitals. And several armed policemen kept guard at the hospital. Waiting for whatever was killing the doctors to return and capture it. But many years passed, and nothing happened. So, the police decided to build a large fence around the building and left it for nature to reclaim it.

The hospital remains there to this very day. Yet it is now a shell of its former self. Now and then urban explorers would often force open a window or a door and go wondering about inside. It was all good for a while until they begin to hear a weird sort of grumbling. Like that of a wild animal trying to talk. People would either go and see what was making the noise or get the hell out of there. Which one would you choose if you just so happen to be exploring an abandoned hospital and started hearing a low grumbling? If I were you, I would choose the get out of there option. Because you may not like what you find!

Film Reivew: Halloween (2018)

Release date: October 19th 2018.

Story: Years after the events of the first movie, Laurie Strode has become a one woman army. Living in isolation from the town, has boobytrapped her whole house, and has trained herself on self-defence and on how to use guns. For what reason? Because she knows that one day Michael Myers would one day return to seek her out. Which will come sooner than she thinks.

My thoughts: This movie is a direct sequel of the first movie from 1978. This time the movie takes a different turn as we see Laurie preparing herself if Michael returns. And we also see how this effects her family. It is great to see a good Halloween after all of these years. And I hope that we would get some more movies in the future. And I also hope that if they are going to remake other horror movies, that they would be as great as this.

My score: Four stars.

Film Review: The kingdom of the crystal skull.

Release date: May 18th 2008 (Cannes film festival release). May 22nd 2008 (US release).

Story: Indiana Jones is back as he and a young adult Mutt Williams (played by Shia LaBeouf) travel the world in order to save Mutt's mother and to retrieve a skull made out of crystal.

My thoughts: This is the fourth and last Indiana Jones film. And also the least liked one. This was the one which started all of those "nuking the fridge" memes and I can understand the other reasons that fans did not like about it. But apart from those things, it is an ok film and properly good for a rental.

My score: Three stars. 

Film Review: The Last Crusade

Release date: May 24th 1989.

Story: Indiana returns as he and his father (Sean Connery) go searching for the Holy Grail.

My thoughts: This is the third in the Indiana Jones series. This one is more light hearted than the previous one and it is a great movie. Sean Connery is great as Indiana's father and there is a good presence of us vs them when they try and stop the grail falling into enemy hands.

My score: Three stars.

Film Review: Temple of Doom

Release date: May 23rd 1984.

Story: Indiana Jones returns as he, along with a nightclub singer named Willie Scott and a kid named Short Round, travel in India to take on an evil cult.

My thoughts: This is the second Indiana Jones film and the most darkest one. This was the movie that created the PG-13 certificate in order to avoid the film getting an R rating. Like the previous film (which is set a year after the events of this film) there are a lot of memorable scenes and lines. Like the scene where Indiana retrieves his hat before a huge stone door slides shut (which I have seen parodies of it before watching this film). I would recommend this for any action/adventure fans out there. But just be warned that there are a lot of dark and scary imagery in the movie.

My score: Four stars.

Film Review: Raiders of the lost ark.

Release date: June 12th 1981 (US release). July 30th 1981 (UK release).

Story: Harrison Ford stars as Indiana Jones. A adventurer/archaeologist who travels around the world seeking hidden treasure. Now he is task to seek out the Ark of the Covenant before it falls into enemy hands and is used as a weapon.

My thoughts: This was the first of the Indiana Jones films. Harrison Ford is great in one of the most memorable roles in cinema history. His character and most scenes were parodied a lot and the dialog is really quotable. The action is great from Indiana being chased by the giant bolder to the fight scenes. If you like action/adventure films then I would give it a watch.

Release date: Four stars.

Gaming Reviews: Jump Force.

Release date: February 15th 2019.

Type of game: Anime, fighting, RPG, crossover.

Story: When the real world collies with many anime worlds, it is up to the player and a team of anime heros to save their worlds from an unknown enemy and an army of mind controlled people called Venoms (not to be confused with the Marvel villain/anti hero of the same name) before it is to late.

My thoughts: This is an amazing game. There is a huge collection of anime characters to play as and you can create your own playable character to fight alongside them and interacted with them (even though your character is silent except when fighting). You can either create yourself, make up your own character, or re-create a character from an anime. You can also chose which type of fighting style you want your character to have (either from Dragonball Z, Naruto, or One Piece). And you can also join three teams. Team Alpha (led by Goku which fights off the Venoms), Team Beta (led by Luffy which tries to recapture territory from the Venoms), and Team Gamma (led by Naruto which does stealth operations like spying and collecting data). Along with the story mode, you can also do team battles both online and offline. And you can customize your character as well (by buying them outfits and special fighting moves). Also when the characters are getting hit, they begin to show signs of damage (like their clothes getting dirty or torn and themselves getting cuts and bruises). 

Any dislikes?: There are a number of things that I disliked about the game. One of them being the fact that some of the battles can be a bit difficult. Like you can walk through one battle without much difficulty while it takes you several tries to win the other battle. Like the one where Dai from Dragon Quest fought Kakashi Hatake from Naruto. It took me twenty tries before I managed to defeat Kakashi. But what really annoys me is the fact that the enemy will defeat you in a few short hits while they constantly block every attack you throw out at them. This gets annoying really fast.

Also there is a part in the game where it seems that Goku, Naruto, and Luffy have all been killed or kidnapped. And yet turn up later on in the game all ok and saying that they were stuck in-between worlds. I would have prefer it if they have been kidnapped by the villains and that you have to rescue them. Also I would have like it if this game was also a choose your own path type of game. Cause it feels like it in places.

What I would like to see in an update or a DLC: Some more characters from the chosen anime, more customizing items, and perhaps one where you can create more O.Cs but for the online and offline battles.

My score: Five stars.

Film Review: The Fugative.

Release date: August 6th 1993.

Story: Harrison Ford stars as Dr Richard Kimble. A vascular surgeon in Chicago who one night returns to find his wife fatally injured by a one armed man. Kimble struggles with the man but he escapes. Kimble calls the police yet they believe that he killed his wife (due to a misunderstood emergency call by his late wife, lack of evidence of a brake in, and his wife's lucrative life insurance policy). Kimble is charge yet manages to escape when the prison bus that he is on crashes. Kimble then goes on the run in order to clear his name and find the real killer. Yet he is perused by a team of US marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard (played by Tommy Lee Jones).

My thoughts: This film was based off the 1960's television show of the same name. And I have to say that it is pretty good. the characters are good and you do feel some suspense with Harrison's character having to be one step ahead of Tommy's character. This film led to a sequel (U.S Marshals. Which I have also reviewed) which was also good.

My score: Four stars.

Creepypastas: A beginner's guide.

Creepypastas are basically online horror stories. They are what many people call modern myths and legends. The name itself is a parody on the phrase "Copy pasta" which means that there are no official copywrite claims on them (except for one maybe) and anyone could write their own remakes or use other peoples characters. There are many forms of creepypastas. Ranging from lost episodes to psychopathic teenagers. So there is a beginner's guide to some of the many types of creepypastas. 

But before we begin, there's some advice. If you are going to write your own, hugely disturbing and gory materials may not make a great creepypasta. Good build up with great suspense and a good payoff usually guaranties a great story. Plus likable characters and a great villain.

Type 1: Lost episodes.

These creepypastas are about a unknown person (usually the narrator) coming across a unaired episode of a beloved cartoon or live action show. Only to discover why it was never aired. The lost episodes feature many disturbing and gory imagery and would also feature the characters doing things that were completely off character. To be honest, I dought that these so called lost episodes are real. Why would the creators of a highly successful tv show create a episode with disturbing imagery and in doing so, risk their popularity and their careers? Perhaps these episodes were created by a rival company in order to get the series off the air? Who knows.

Type 2: Psychopathic teenagers.

These are the most popular types of creepypastas. They are about troubled and bullied teenagers who finally snap completely and start killing people. They would also suffer horrifying injuries or were perhaps experimented on (like having their faces burned, their eyes turn a funny colour, and gaining unrealistic superhuman abilities) Which would make them stand out and give them different characteristics. They would also have a significant weapon (a sharp knife mainly) and would also have a catchphrase (such as "Go to sleep!" or "Your time is up!"). But what nearly every one of these characters have one thing in common. Bad parents or relatives. Give Jeff the killer some credit, at least his parents were not bad (stupid yes but not horrible).

Type 3: Bad games.

These creepypastas are similar to Lost episodes. they are about a person finding a video game from their childhood (either by finding it in storage or buying it from a jumble sale) and deciding to play it again for nostalgic reasons. Only to realise that the game has changed a lot. They would feature horrifyingly gory and disturbingly images and have characters that address the player (either asking the player on why they haven't played in years, why did the player made them do something horrible, or that they'll get the player). In some versions, the game turns out to be possessed by a demonic presents and said presents would go after the player (which in many cases would ruin the creepypasta).

Type 4: Supernatural goings on.

These are basically stories about ghosts, demons, monsters, and other supernatural creatures. Some are based on real life myths and folklore (like the wendigo and skin-walkers). Many of these stories are about someone or a group of people being stalked or being menaced by a monsters and would often wonder why is it targeting them. These monsters would become famous in their own way. Like Mr Widemouth, Mr Nails, The Rake, and the infamous Slenderman (perhaps the first creepypasta ever made).

Type 5: Shorts.

These ones are properly the best ones. They are two or five sentence long stories that are short but to the point.

Type 6: Secure. Contain. Protect (SCP).

The S.C.P is a fictional organisation of doctors, scientists, researchers, military units, and agents who's soul purpose is to locate and contain supernatural items and monsters so that they cannot harm humans. They are catalogued into three categories. Safe (not harmful at all), Euclid (mostly not harmful unless provoked), and Keter (extremely harmful and dangerous to everything and everyone). These include a pizza box that will produce the holder's favourite pizza, a drinks machine that will give you any type of liquid, a room made out of human flesh, a statue that only moves when no one is looking at it, and a creature that doesn't like it when you look directly at its face.

Type 7: Rituals.
This creepypastas are step by step guides on how to perform rituals. Which will either summon demons or any other supernatural or satanic being. But please take my advice and NEVER try and perform theses in real life. Not only will nothing happen but many of them involve harming yourself. 

Film Review: Eraser

Release date: June 21st 1996.

Story: Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as John Kruger, a top US Marshal at the Witness Security Protection Program (WITSEC) whose job is to 'erase' high profile witnesses (as in faking their deaths) in order to protect them from those who want to kill them. His next mission is to protect a woman named Lee Cullen (played by Vanessa L. Williams) who has recently retrieved data about highly developed weapons (guns that shoot small bolts of compressed air instead of bullets) and that the company is selling them on the black market. But what both John and Lee don't realise is how much danger they are in. And that John's own collages and mentors might be involved as well.

My thoughts: I like this movie. I find the action good and the effects ok. If you are a fan of Schwarzenegger movies that I would recommend this.

My score: Four stars.

Film Review: Madman

Release date: January 15th 1982 (Delaware release). January 7 1983 (New York release). February 18th 1983 (Los Angeles release).

Story: There is an Urban legend about a farmer nicknamed Madman Marz who one night goes insane and kills his family with an axe while they were asleep. He was quickly found out after he apparently went for a drink immediately afterwards and he was hanged by a lynch mob. But when they return the next day... Mars's body is gone. They say that if you say his name out loud, he would hear it and come after you and would kill you either with an axe or by hanging you. This is a story that was told by a group of camp counsellors and they are told not to say his name louder than a whisper. But one of them ignores this and shouts it. Big mistake...

My thoughts: This is your standard slasher killer movie. Marz himself looks interesting. A deformed hulking madman with long white hair and beard, dead grey skin, and pointed nails on both of his hands and feet. There are some impressive kills in this as well. The only thing that I didn't like about this film is it's ending. If you are expecting a final showdown with Madman Marz, you will be sadly disappointed. Surprisingly this was going to be about another urban legend altogether. But they changed it when The Burning was released with a similar tale. So they made up their own legend altogether. Like I said apart from the ending, this is a great movie and I would recommend you getting the Blu-ray release by Arrow Video.

My score: Four stars.

Film Review: Animal Farm (live action version).

Release date: 3rd October 1999.

Story: The animals of Manor Farm revolt against their cruel owner and take over the farm as their own. But soon things begin to turn bad when the pig Napoleon takes over.

My thoughts: This live action version of George Orwell's book is a good movie. But it is not a family film (even though it is often listed as a family film and has some humour in it) The animals in this version are a mixture of real animals and animatronics (created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop) which are quite impressive but stand out from the living animals. The film also has a different ending as well. In this version, the animals managed to escape the farm and managed to live in hiding in the nearby woods. Only to return years later to find the farm in ruins and collapsing due to Napoleon tyrannical rule. This movie has a great cast including Kelsey Grammar, Patrick Stewart, Ian Holm, Pete Postlethwaite, and Peter Ustinov.

My score: Three stars.