Hoodwinked (DVD) Reviews

Hoodwinked never really seemed to take off in the UK as other cartoon style films did. I remember seeing some ads for it when it was first released but never took much notice (which is strange for me as I love the kids stuff - much more interesting that most adult movies). The basis of the film is the Little Red Riding Hood story - which I ...

Granny Puckett (Glenn Close) is famous for her delicious baked goodies. Everyone in the forest knows her granddaughter, Little Red Riding Hood (Anne Hathaway), because she delivers those fabulous goodies anywhere in the forest on her bike. The forest isn't safe anymore though. The Goody Bandit is on the loose, and he's stealing all the best ...

Where to start...The film sucks! I love animation movies normally - I'm a big kid at heart. Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, Ice Age, Shrek etc. etc. They are all hilarious. But this one barely made me smile. I'm not even convinced that children will like it, and if they do, you should send them to their room. It's that bad! And my god, what happened ...

well i watched this the other day after much persuasion by a younger sister. I was expecting a shrek spinoff, another fairy tale gone bad style movie, and in a way i was right. The film starts with a very well known scene, red riding hood goes to grannys cottage but there is a wolf dressed up as her granny trying to fool her. then things start to ...

Fairytales are always being re-imagined be it in book form or on film. You can’t go into a children’s library without being inundated with modern takes on classic tales such as ‘Little Fred Riding Hood’. Films such as ‘Ever After’, ‘Shrek’ and many more have done about as much with the original fables as you could imagine. So could ...

Animation seems to have taken over children’s movies at the moment. The dominance of Pixar has everyone concentrating on animated fare for the last couple of years, leading to an explosion of cartoons this summer and after. Too many in fact, most of which were not that good at all (Ant Bully and Cars) while the others were all a bit too similar ...