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Cats & Dogs
Action, Comedy, DVD Review, Family Friendly, For KidsCats & Dogs - It's the age-old battle - Good vs Evil; Dogs vs Cats - and it continues to rage. Now the cats, led by the villainous Mr Tinkles, threaten to tip the scales in their favour by making all of humankind allergic to dogs! Human…

Young Sherlock Holmes
DVD Review, Family Friendly, Period, Teens, Thriller
Young Sherlock Holmes: A series of strange deaths, where the victims suddenly act out of character moments before their apparent suicides, pique the interest of a teenage Sherlock Holmes. With the help of new friend John Watson, the duo discover…

Nightbooks
Family Friendly, HorrorNightbooks - Horror story obsessed Alex finds himself kidnapped by a witch after running away from his arguing parents. Realising he must remain useful to his captor, he reads her stories that he has written himself. Meeting fellow captive,…

Alpha
Action / Adventure, DVD Review, Family Friendly, Netflix (UK), PeriodAlpha - The son of a tribal chief is taken out on an important hunt but when disaster strikes, he is left alone and injured, precariously on the side of a cliff. Refusing to give up, he manages to make his way down but is attacked by a pack…

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Comedy, DVD Review, Family Friendly, HorrorGoosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween - An old ventriloquists dummy is accidentally brought to life by best friends Sam and Sonny who think their lives have changed for the better when the dummy, Slappy, is keen to please them with his supernatural…

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Action / Adventure, DVD Review, Family Friendly, FantasyJourney 2: The Mysterious Island - Struggling to bond with his step-son, Sean, Hank helps him to decipher a code which unlocks the mystery of a map - an island which could show the whereabouts of Sean's long-lost grandfather. Reluctantly agreeing…

Gnome Alone
Action, Animated, DVD Review, Fantasy, For Kids, Netflix (UK)Gnome Alone - Teenager, Chloe, is sure something strange is going on in the house she and her mum have just moved into. When her mum leaves her alone for a few days, Chloe discovers that her home is a battleground between the ever-hungry, destructive…

Tomorrow, When the War Began
Action / Adventure, DVD Review, TeensTomorrow, When the War Began - Seven teenagers go camping for a couple of days but upon their return, discover that each of their homes has been abandoned. Their town has been taken over by an unknown foreign military force which has imprisoned…

Shazam!
Comedy, Comic Book, DVD Review, Family Friendly, TeensShazam! - Orphan Billy Batson, still searching for his birth mother, ends up in a foster home in Philadelphia. One day while saving a fellow orphan from bullies he is summoned to another dimension by the wizard Shazam to be his champion and…

Paper Towns
Drama, DVD Review, Featured Film, Romance, TeensPaper Towns - Three friends are brought together when an attention seeking teen girl runs away from home for a fifth time, leaving ambiguous clues as to where she may have gone. Despite being ignored by her for many years, Quentin is enraptured…

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Action, Animated, DVD ReviewSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Miles Morales is struggling to fit in to his new school. His father doesn't understand him so he turns to his uncle for guidance. But when Miles is bitten by a radioactive spider and starts to develop superpowers…

Chronicle
Drama, DVD Review, Science Fiction, Teens, ThrillerChronicle - Three teenage boys discover a strange entity underground which mysteriously gives them super powers. While they get more powerful every day and, like typical teenagers, enjoy every moment of their new abilities, one of them struggles…