How To Train Your Dragon: An Endearing Story of Fortitude, Forgiveness, and Friendship
An unlikely friendship changes the hearts of men, and helps a young boy come into his own.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT. On his daily dog walk in the Peaks, Cary stumbles upon something otherworldly: a giant monolith, standing where he'd swear there was nothing before. Yet when he brings his family up to see it, the stone has inexplicably vanished. Only his son, Dru, chooses to believe him and joins the search. But out on the exposed moors with the mist finally lifting, Cary instead comes face-to-face with something that’s been there all along.
An unlikely friendship changes the hearts of men, and helps a young boy come into his own.
Outer Banks (2020-) knows its audience: young adults in a country that can’t stop romanticizing good ole’ treasure hunts. Add a little of Riverdale’s (2017-) sex appeal, and no one can look away. Forty years after The Goonies (1985) America’s consciousness hasn’t strayed from the same tropes: treasure hunts, a vulnerable white male lead, and the whitewashing of a racially segregated setting.
A boy named Max experiences adventure within his own house while staying home alone.
Hiring bias is something that's rampant in all industries (even unconscious bias). But writing a script totally neutral not only opens the door for more diverse actors, but also for characters that are people first.
The film follows the biblical story of Moses, from his time as a prince of Egypt, to a leader for the people of Israel. It’s a film that works brilliantly in animation, and is one that both children and adults can; enjoy despite its religious contexts, it is friendly to general audiences.
Its predictability shouldn’t distract from the enjoyment that the pure cinematic imagination behind the camera elicits. It is a movie of crises both moral and mortal, oozing with CGI, and thoroughly enjoyable.