Adventure Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Adventure

Muscular, shirtless man in dark environment with tattoos and goggles.
Review

Hellboy

by Anton Bitel

Neil Marshall’s reboot finds our red-skinned hero caught on the horn’s of his own des­tined dilemma.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two men in superhero costumes engaged in a confrontation.
Review

Shazam!

by Adam Woodward

Beat it, Bat­man. Step aside, Supes. The DC Extend­ed Uni­verse has got itself a new gold­en boy.

2
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Three animated characters: a man with blue skin, a large hairy creature with a red nose and teeth, and a woman with black hair and a red dress. They are set against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains and a waterfall.
Review

Missing Link

by Adam Woodward

Hugh Jackman’s intre­pid explor­er makes a star­tling dis­cov­ery in Laika’s lat­est stop-motion treasure.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

The Sisters Brothers

by Hannah Strong

Joaquin Phoenix and John C Reil­ly sad­dle up for direc­tor Jacques Audiard’s light­heart­ed western.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Elephant calf resting on hay, large eyes and trunk visible.
Review

Dumbo

by Hannah Strong

Tim Burton’s over­stuffed and under­whelm­ing sideshow act lacks a sense of wonder.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A woman with long, wavy blonde hair wearing a black leather jacket and a purple top stands in a doorway against a blurred background.
Review

Captain Marvel

by Hannah Strong

Brie Lar­son is great as Car­ol Dan­vers, but we’d hoped for slight­ly more from Marvel’s first female solo super­hero movie.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A young boy wearing a red jacket holding a sword in a landscape setting.
Review

The Kid Who Would Be King

by Jake Cunningham

A group of school kids embark on an Arthuri­an quest in Joe Cornish’s charm­ing adven­ture movie.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two animated characters, a young woman with blonde hair and a young man with dark hair, look at the camera against a backdrop of fiery, colourful explosions.
Review

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

by Beth Webb

Dean DeBlois’ beloved ani­mat­ed fran­chise arrives at a daz­zling, emo­tion­al farewell.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Woman driving vintage car, holding steering wheel
Review

Bumblebee

by Elena Lazic

There’s a dash of Spiel­ber­gian charm in this thrilling fam­i­ly adven­ture from direc­tor Travis Knight.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Muscular man with trident standing in waterfall, wearing yellow and blue costume.
Review

Aquaman

by Elena Lazic

DC Comics chance their arm with this zany, enter­tain­ing and fre­quent­ly con­found­ing under­wa­ter epic.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect