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Take Another Trip to Nakali! Forgotten Island Is Coming Home with Plenty of Extras To Boot!

DreamWorks’ Forgotten Island is ready to be found again on both online and home platforms! And this time, it brings folklore to the front!

Forgotten Island Blu-Ray CoverDigital Release: October 27, 2026

It seems that reactions are really divided between fans and critics concerning DreamWorks Animation’s Forgotten Island. Overall, despite a few questionable choices, I enjoyed this film. My movie review can be read here. And with it coming to digital and home video, I can check for those easter eggs, find what’s important with freeze frame, and study the extras.

As for the 4K UHD, Blu-ray™ and DVD release, where there’s more value for your buck and better bit rates, that’s Dec 1, 2026 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Both releases offer 60 minutes of exclusive bonus content, and that’s important to know.

Exclusive features include:

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DreamWorks Forgotten Island: When All Is Not Lost

Forgotten Island may not be fully amazing, but to offer a tale about two lost souls, one found and another feeling wreched is key to how this tale got formed.

Forgotten IslandIt seems that when DreamWorks releases an original work, not everyone is excited about it. Personally, I’ve been eager to see something that isn’t an adaptation of a children’s book or YA novel, and Forgotten Island fills that gap perfectly! What’s presented is a mishmash of Filipino folklore woven into a tale crafted for the same demographic to watch rather than enjoy on paper.

Here, Raissa Molina (Liza Soberano) and Jo Yuson (Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson) are two kids who meet under the most auspicious of circumstances and quickly become best friends. Years later, as high school graduation looms, Raissa’s parents announce she’s going to Caltech to study, and Jo fears being left behind. What they discover during their “last days” together sends them on a fantasy trip to Wonderland!

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How To Train Your Dragon – Weighing in on the Good and The Bad With The Remake. It’s Never As Intense The Second Time Around.

As beloved How To Train Your Dragon is for long-time fans, this one gets the attention of today’s kids rather than appease those who grew up following the original.

How to Train Your Dragon 2025 Movie PosterMy theory on why a live-action version of How to Train Your Dragon exists is that DreamWorks Animation/Universal doesn’t want to lose their license to this profitable franchise. Rebooting the series with a live-action adaptation, rather than letting it go, makes business sense.

As a fan of the original series—and having covered it extensively—I still find it hard to accept a new actor playing Hiccup. Mason Thames does a decent job in the role, and Gerard Butler is excellent as Stoick, a role he seems born to play. However, the supporting cast doesn’t capture the humor and charm I loved in the animated versions.

For instance, Fishlegs’ (Julian Dennison) relationship with Hiccup feels less defined. Snotlout (Gabriel Howell) doesn’t provoke Hiccup as much, and The Twins (Bronwyn James as Ruffnut and Harry Trevaldwyn as Tuffnut Thorston) come across differently. While the performers are competent, their roles lack the comedic impact and screen time of their animated counterparts. As for Astrid, Nico Parker doesn’t quite match the fiery presence America Ferrera brought to the role.

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Here’s Everything Viewers Need To Know Before Jurassic World Chaos Theory Season Three Arrives

This recap covers everything viewers need to know before watching the next season of Jurassic World Chaos Theory tomorrow.

Jurassic World Chaos Theory Poster Coming to Netflix April 3, 2025

Just what fans of Jurassic World Chaos Theory need to recall is that the gang has one less member. Brooklynn is working with Santos, the enemy, and to keep her friends safe, she must cut ties with her past.

Although this series beginning sets up the belief where she was dead, this young former Vtuber has been alive all this time. She’s been undercover to find out who has been trafficking dinosaurs. After achieving some success, she must go further down the rabbit hole! It’s about time; the movies never went deep into what Biosyn Genetics wants to do with genetically modified dinosaurs.

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DreamWorks’ Dog Man is a Joyful Adaptation Which Barks and Meows at the Same Time!

Absurdism reigns supreme in Dog Man, and as long as everyone is willing to let that inner child come out, there’s something to like about this film.

DreamWorks Dog Man Movie PosterDreamWorks Animation’s Dog Man has an all too familiar vibe which fans of Captain Underpants can easily recognize. The silliness is the same. When author Dav Pilkey created the former as a spinoff, I believe the studio is considering the possibility. And when executive producer Peter Hastings is directing, I say there’s a good chance for a crossover to happen! He worked on various televised Underpants series and to be that intimate with this creator’s works can mean good things.

This movie is a hilarious and curious twist to the Frankenstein story. Officer Knight (voiced by Hastings) never died. He gave a muffled response and a thumb up to approve the decision to cut off his head. Afterwards, the medics attached his dog’s to his body, and I wonder if they performed a brain transplant at the same time? Apparently not, because the character is more canine than anything else. I can only hope that someone put Knight’s head into suspended animation.

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Regarding Two Movie Trailers From Super Bowl Sunday. Quick Thoughts.

When DreamWorks and Disney are riding on the live-action remakes of two celebrated IPs, the movie trailers offered today are not necessarily exciting but will give long time fans hope.

Lilo & Stitch Teaser Poster & Super Bowl Sunday Movie TrailersAlthough the movie trailers for the live-action take on How to Train Your Dragon and Lilo & Stitch during Super Bowl Sunday make the creatures look fantastic, I still don’t think of these cinematic updates as essential viewing. What I offer here are some quick thoughts about the latest promos. Overall, the photorealism is exemplary, and if they were only real, I’d love to play them!

As for what these latest teasers offer:

Stitch on the football field–and the fact Chris Sanders is the voice actor–is enough to get me invested. While this promo is not offering movie footage, I hope all the other CGI elements will be as good. As long Disney delivers the same effort into realizing Jumba and Pleakley as they have into Stitch, this take may well succeed. Continue reading “Regarding Two Movie Trailers From Super Bowl Sunday. Quick Thoughts.”

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