Review: Monsters University is scarily good fun

It's enough to bring HCTV back to life! That's right, Monsters University is exactly how a sequel-prequel should be done and sits right up there on that most-of-the-time unreachable shelf of cinematic orgasms that did it better than the last time they were at it. It's sat in-between Toy Story 2 and, of course, Spider-man 2. Without a doubt, it's a better movie than Monsters Inc. And, if that statement is making you scream disapprovingly at your PC (or, indeed, mobile device) that's fab! You're giving the monsters exactly what they're after!

Review: Wreck-It Ralph is gaming's 'Toy Story'

Wreck-It Ralph will flood your heart with warm and mushy emotions akin to those Toy Story unexpectedly shoved in your face back in the 90s. The idea is also basically the same as Toy Story, just set in a digital world. Of course, it doesn't make scientific sense. Toys may very well spring to life somehow or another when our backs are turned - that's magic! - but video game characters certainly don't wonder to and fro through electrical wires sprawled out across an arcade floor. We know how electricity works, duh! Nonetheless, it's a fun-filled romp, sprinkled with references to famous games (a personal favourite is the MGS exclamation mark) and even featuring characters from a few of them! It's a recipe for success, however it just doesn't feel like it's as good as it could have been. The question is why...?

What will Disney do with Star Wars?

Disney have only gone and got their grubby little hands on the Star Wars franchise, but what the hell are they planning to do with it? Squeeze it for all it's worth - that's what! Surely their first thoughts have been merchandise-related - stacks of new lunchboxes, talking action figures, trading cards, teddy bears, toilet seats, etc - but come 2015 they'll have to deliver the new movie they've promised everyone. Episode 7. But the question is, will it be more Jar Jar than Yoda? More Maul than Vadar? More green screen than actually surprisingly good visual effects considering when they were done? Only time (and space!) will tell...

Review: Kids seeing Frankenweenie need Parental Guidance

 Warning: Spoilers - in black & white. 

Frankenweenie is supposed to be a spooky black and white cartoon caper for kids that'd probably have looked a lot nicer in colour and would be better suited shoved into the schedules on Nickleodeon. There's very little here that's cinema worthy - it's short on laughs, lacking a nifty story arc and it's all very one-dimensional (which is ironic considering it's been released in 3D). Victor's parents are the most neglectful to have ever been animated, but as a member of the audience you'll feel just as neglected as their morbid son.

'Partysaurus Rex' brings us one step closer to Toy Story 4?

Waiting for something new to do with Toy Story to be released is always a nerve-wracking experience, mainly because the third film was 'officially' the last and not a single person on the face of the planet wants anything as awful as Cars 2 to happen to our beloved pieces of CGI plastic - Buzz, Woddy & chums! Yet here we are - a third Toy Story short down the line from the folks at Disney Pixar and everything's fine. Quite fun, in fact. Have a chuckle as Rex makes friends with some hardcore bath toys! The whole thing can be found after the jump...