Cert 18 | 82 mins | 2022
4 Star
A Brutal Future.
Following on from Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms. It is many years later on Earthrealm, and it is not a place you want to be. This adult animation comes from the minds of Ed Boon and John Tobias, who created the Mortal Kombat franchise. Directed by animation veteran Rick Morales (Batman VS Two-Face, Lego Scooby-Doo!:…more
Cert 15 | 168 mins | 2021
4 Star
Somebody Doesn’t like Holidays.
Taken from the writer of the original miniseries of the same name by Jeph Loeb (Wolverine vs. Sabretooth (TV Mini Series), Teen Wolf), he also wrote this version. Directed by Artist/director Chris Palmer (Voltron: Legendary Defender (TV Series), Superman: Man of Tomorrow (Video)) who brings us a tale of the Batman in his formative years, a…more
Cert 15 | 88 mins | 2022
4 Star
The First Mission for an Old Soldier.
DC regulars Ernie Altbacker (Batman: Hush, Justice League Dark, Green Lantern: The Animated Series), and John Semper (Spider-Man (TV Series), Spider-Man Venom Saga) pen the full length feature animated Green Lantern origin story. With a firm grounding in animation, director Jeff Wamester (Guardians of the Galaxy (TV Series) (37 episodes), Justice Society: World…more
83 mins | 2022
4 star horrifyingly good stop-motion feature.
Mad God is an undeniably brilliant piece of work from iconic Oscar and Emmy award-winning stop-motion artist Phil Tippett (Robocop, Starship Troopers, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back).
A labour of love thirty years in the making, this magnum opus is a Shudder original, available exclusively on the streaming service from 16th June…more
Cert U | 76 mins | 2022
3 star Easter fun for the whole family.
Rabbit Academy is a 2022 German animation originally titled Die Häschenschule. Written by Katja Grübel (Raven the Little Rascal)and and directed by Ute von Münchow-Pohl (A Piece of Cake), it is now showing in UK cinemas nationwide courtesy of Signature Entertainment.
“How will we ever become Easter foxes if you just let these city…more
93 mins | 2022
4 stars of hyper-violent blood soaked animation.
The Spine of Night is a 2021 adult animation written and directed by Philip Gelatt (Love, Death and Robots) and Morgan Galen King.
This ambitious and gory homage to the animated films of the eighties is a Shudder Exclusive, available to stream now on Shudder.com.
“Oh daughter of man. The bloom is the last light of…more
Cert 15 | 79 mins | 2022
4 Star
When the Bat is Away, the Cat Will Play.
New for 2022, DC and Warner Brothers Animation brings us the first of three planned Catwoman animation movies. From seasoned anime animator and director Shinsuke Terasawa (XXXHOLiC (TV Series), Bubblegum Crisis) comes an adventure from the Globe trotting cat burglar, where she manages to annoy all the wrong kind of people,…more
