How To Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon; Impeccable casting allows this remake to succeed when it had no business being as good as its source material. Somehow the blending of really scary looking dragons + the characters being cute & goofy in the face of death works on a different level. A great companion film; A

The Huntsman: Winter's War

The Huntsman: Winter's War; Another movie made for the production, set and costume designers. Beautiful to watch, little to invest in; B-

The Boxtrolls

The Boxtrolls; European flavoured, wildly creative and fun, another brilliant original masterwork from Laika with great voice casting; A-