December films

by Smiley 28 November 2016

Moana – 02/12

Big budget Disney animation, featuring the voices of the Rock, Jermaine Clement, and Auli’I Cravalho, whom I’ve never heard of before, but, I’m assured, has the voice of an angel. This time, Disney turns its racially-shaky drawing hand to Polynesian culture, with this story of a young girl and her god.

Snowden – 09/12

Bid budget Disney animation about the highest mountain in Wales… I’m just kidding. Nothing quite so cheery, I’m afraid. This is the story of whistle-blowing, cyber-fugitive Edward Snowden. A man who tried to defend the very moral fibre and ethics of the country he loved by standing up for truth and justice, only to find himself demonised and ostracised by the powers that be. Merry Christmas.

Muppets Christmas Carol – 17/12

If you’ve already seen Rogue One, and you happen to be in the city in the festive spirit, why not pop into Cinema City to see one of the best Christmas movies ever made? If you’ve miraculously never seen this fuzzy felt, waist-up treatment of the Dickens classic, or even if you have, there’s no better way than on the big screen.

Monster Trucks – 26/12

Action comedy about a young man whose truck is inhabited and powered by a gas-guzzling alien, leading to the usual… hang on. Alien? Then this should be called Alien Trucks then? I mean, I get that monster trucks are an actual thing, so it’s like a play on words, but surely they could’ve changed the premise? After all, they’re only aliens because the script says so. Sloppy writing if you ask me.