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Joyce Randolph, best known for playing Trixie Dixon on The Honeymooners, has died at the age of 99 from natural causes.

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So I just watched AniMatt's send-off to 2023. I was a litle bit off with his rankings, but I was pretty close.

But I'm here to talk about his look at 2024, and there's quite a list here!...

Orion and the Dark - Sucks that it'll be on Netflix instead of theaters, but it does look cute.
The Tiger's Apprentice - Looks like we got another Chinese-themed movie from Hollywood!
Kung Fu Panda 4 - Po never failed me before, so I'm noping he'll keep the awesomeness strong.
The Ark and the Aardvark - Not sure now. I'll need more info on this before I can say something.
Fixed - I really don't know how to feel about this one!
The Garfield Movie - Some of the people who made the Emperor's New Groove is making a Garfield movie? You have my attention.
Inside Out 2 - I love the first movie, so I am hyped for this one!
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie - Hopefully, a Sandy Cheeks movie will help spice things up for SpongeBob.
The Day the Earth Blew Up - We could be getting the first fully-animated Looney Tunes movie, so this could be special!
Despicable Me 4 - As much as I enjoy the Despicable Me movies, even I'm hesitant about giving it a fourth one.
Spellbound - I got the feeling that this will see the bad reception of Wish and is gonna yell, "HOLD MY BEER!"
Ultraman - I don't know much about this IP, but I see Netflix is really hyping this up!
Transformers One - TMNT made a new big screen animated feature. Makes sense for Transformers to be next.
The Wild Robot - Chris Sanders is back, and that's all you need to tell me to grab my interest!
Thelma the Unicorn - It's baded on the book by the same author as "The Bad Guys", so maybe there's potential.
Untitled Disney Film - I honestly don't know, because as of this video, Disney didn't say what it is.
Untitled Wallace & Gromit Film - Well, if Ginger and Rocky can come back, then I think this duo should have their new movie too.
That Christmas - We'll see if the magic of Christmas will make this a new classic.
Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim - A Lord of the Rings Anime. I'm sure that statement alone will have people excited.
Mufasa - Well, technically this counts...Yeah, I'm not looking forward for this one to come back, but I gotta admit, a prequel that focuses on the rise of Mufasa? Not a bad idea.

Now, here's my response:

Orion and the Dark - A shameless Monsters Inc. rip-off.
The Tiger's Apprentice - Looks like the original Kung Fu Panda!
Kung Fu Panda 4 - Speaking of which...
The Ark and the Aardvark - Looks cute, but something tells me it's going to get slammed.
Fixed - Yeah...I have mixed emotions about this one.
The Garfield Movie - Let's hope this turns out better than the Bill Murray movie.
Inside Out 2 - I thought you were all done making sequels, but sure, I'll take another.
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie - PLEASE, NO MORE!!! I CAN'T TAKE IT!!!
The Day the Earth Blew Up - I hope this is the big Looney Tunes comeback we've all been waiting for!
Despicable Me 4 - I'm excited for this, but not because of the Minions.
Spellbound - I was never hyped for this one to begin with, and I still refuse to budge!
Ultraman - Why do I get the feeling this is going to mark a rise in popularity with this guy?
Transformers One - Not a Transformers fan, but I know somebody who will be hyped for this!
The Wild Robot - Dang! A lot of robot movies this year!
Thelma the Unicorn - Since I like unicorns, maybe I'll give it a shot.
Untitled Disney Film - Come on, Disney! Spill the beans already!
Untitled Wallace & Gromit Film - We're never going to see these two go away, are we?
That Christmas - Seems promising.
Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim - Peter Jackson, eat your heart out!
Mufasa - I knew this was going to happen after I saw the 2019 film, and just like the rest of Disney's live action adaptations, I really don't find it necessary.

Dang! That was quite a project, but it was fun anyway. Now, let's see what Trey_Vore has to say about that list!

well tonight is the big night for the Secret Santas. And I'll go first with my Secret Santa for Trey_Vore ^^ Hope you enjoy it, had to do some brainstorming to get the idea to work but here it goes ^^

It was Christmas eve as three dalmatian puppies and a chicken with spots on her feathers were headed towards the busy mall in Stiffle, they were on a mission to find a Christmas present for their vixen friend Roxy. “okay, we need to find something Roxy would like, any ideas?” Lucky asked the group.
“Maybe something that plays into her interests?” Cadpig suggested.
“I dunno about you guys, but I can smell the food from the food court. Let;s look over there.” Rolly suggested.
“Somehow Rolly, I don't think Roxy would want food for Christmas.” Spot spoke up.
“Yeah, Spot's right Rolly. Let's search for a good Christmas present for Roxy.” Lucky told his siblings and Spot. They soon began to search the mall, peeking into various stores to see what they had. They first started looking around a few clothing stores but only to realize this stuff was way to big for Roxy. “I highly doubt we'll find anything here for Roxy.” Cadpig said.
“Yeah, these clothes are way to big for her.” Lucky agreed, the group next found a music store and began to look around. “Maybe she'd like 80s music?” Lucky suggested.
“Well she likes anything 80s.” Spot spoke up.
“True.” Lucky said as he and the other dalmatians and Spot began to look for any music Roxy would like, but as they did, they noticed mall security in the area, the pups and Spot realized there was a no dogs allowed rule in the mall. “Uh oh, we got company guys!” Lucky told Cadpig, Rolly, and Spot.
“I wonder what they are looking for?” Cadpig asked.
“Oh man, I forgot the mall has a strict no dogs allowed policy!” Lucky said.
“Then we gotta get out of here!” Rolly barked.
“I wonder if I'm an exception to the rule?” Spot wondered, would she be able to bypass that rule since she was a chicken after all. The group quickly ran out of the store and into the large crowd of last minute gift buyers. They also realized they needed to find a good gift for Roxy too.
The pups and Spot soon ducked into a toy store and looked around to see if anything would be good for Roxy. The pups and Spot searched the isles, seeing lots of toys, action figures, dolls, even plushes. Lucky stopped and noticed a plush of Thunderbolt on a shelf. “Whoa, neat!” he barked as his tail wagged.
“Um Lucky, weren't we supposed to get something for Roxy? And don't you have a plush Thunderbolt?” Cadpig asked.
“Yeah, but this one is bigger!” Lucky responded.
“Lucky.” Cadpig gave her brother a stern look.
“Oh, right. Yeah let's find a gift for Roxy.” Lucky said, he and Cadpig went to locate Rolly and Spot. They eventually met up at the entrance to the toy store.
“Did you guys find anything?” Spot asked
“Not yet I'm afraid.” Cadpig replied. “Well Lucky did find something, well for himself at least.” she told Rolly and Spot.
“Yeah but we gotta find something for Roxy. Besides I could get that plush later.” Lucky told his siblings and Spot, they realized their options were getting limited. “I know!” Lucky came up with an idea. “Let's check the video game store and see what they have.” he said as he, Rolly, Cadpig, and Spot headed toward the video game store.
Once at the video game store, they searched the isles, seeing various games on various consoles and PCs. “Heh, didn't think Roger would make a sequel to the Cruellanator.” Lucky showed Cadpig, Rolly, and Spot a video game cover that read “Cruellanator 2: The refashioning”.
“Man, Roger is good at these sorts of things.” Rolly spoke up.
“You don't think Cruella knows about that game?” Cadpig asked.
“If she did, she'd be screaming her head off at Roger, luckily she hasn't seen it yet.” Lucky answered as they continued to search for a good gift to Roxy, that was till they saw mall security looking for them. “Run!” Lucky barked as he and his siblings and Spot ran out of the video game store, the mall security sees them and gives chase, the pups and Spot looked for a place to duck into, they eventually ducked into an Arcade, inside the pups could hear the loud noises of the arcade games being played as well as the sounds of the pinball machines, skeeball tables, coin pushing machines, and small rides for smaller kids. “Whoa, neat!” Lucky's tail wagged.
“I don't think we'll find a present for Roxy in here Lucky.” Cadpig told Lucky.
“True, say while we are here we can see if they have that new Thunderbolt arcade game.” Lucky said before he went ahead into the arcade, Cadpig, Rolly, and Spot all followed him. Up ahead, Lucky noticed a few arcade game cabinets with lots of teenagers and older kids gathered around them. “Whoa, must be one of those hot fighting games I've heard of.” Lucky said as he watched the crowd. He turned in time to see Cadpig, Rolly, and Spot arrive.
“Lucky, we gotta get out of here. Those mall guys might be looking for us!” Spot told Lucky.
“This would be the last place they'd look to find us. So don't worry about it Spot.” Lucky told Spot.
“Yeah? Well what do you call them?” Spot pointed behind the pups. The three dalmatians turned around to see the mall security guards coming after them.
“I stand corrected. Run!” Lucky yelped as he, Rolly, Cadpig, and Spot ran out of the arcade with the mall security chasing after them.
“
We gotta lose them somehow!” Rolly told Lucky.
“But where could we lose them at?” Lucky asked as he looked around, the pups and Spot noticed a pet store and ducked inside, the pups looked around as did Spot as they went through the pet store. They passed by a pen full of puppies that were up for adoption, one puppy a blue heeler barked at the pups as they ran on by. The pups heard the bark and saw the pen full of puppies.
“Hey, did you escape the pen?” the heeler pup asked.
“Nope, we came from a farm in the country side, we just came in here to find our friend a Christmas present.” Lucky explained to the heeler pup.
“Oh. Well don't get caught by mall security then.” the heeler responded. The pups and Spot nodded and headed off.
“So what do we do now Lucky?” Cadpig asked.
“Yeah, I don't think I could run anymore, especially on an empty stomach.” Rolly added in.
“There has to be a back exit we can get to.” Lucky looked around before spotting one “That way!” he pointed, the pups and Spot ran toward the back, passing through the dog toys and other stuff. “Darn, love to have a look but we haven't got the time.” Lucky rushed past the dog toys and other stuff, the pups and Spot soon ran out the back entrance to the pet shop and the mall, the puppies and Spot kept going till they were far out of sight from the mall and even Stiffle as they headed back up the road towards the farm. “Well guys, we blew it.” Lucky said, sounding defeated.
“Well, as a consolation we did have a good time at the mall. Even if those jerks were chasing us and trying to discriminate against us dogs.” Cadpig said with a growl.
“All I know is I wanna settle down with some kibble. You don't know how hungry I am right now guys.” Rolly said as he looked exhausted.
“Well, we better get home and give Roxy the bad news.” Spot said.
“Yeah.” Lucky said in a glum sounding voice as he, Cadpig, Rolly, and Spot headed back toward the farm.
Soon the pups and Spot arrived on the farm as they headed toward the barn. As they got there they saw Roxy headed toward the farmhouse along with Two-Tone. The two were having a discussion when they saw Lucky, Rolly, Cadpig, and Spot all looking exhausted.
“Hey, where did you guys go?” Two-Tone asked.
“Hey Two-Tone, well we went to the mall in Stiffle to find a present for Roxy for Christmas, but we blew it.” Lucky told Two-Tone.
“Wait, you guys went there to find a present for me?” Roxy asked in surprise.
“Yeah but we found nothing, that and mall security kept trying to catch us to kick us out too.” Cadpig added in.
“Wait, for what?” Two-Tone asked her siblings.
“We didn't know they had a no dogs allowed rule at the mall.” Rolly replied.
“I still wonder if I could be in there, after all there is no sign there that reads no chickens allowed.” Spot added in.
“Guys.” Roxy looks at Lucky, Rolly, Cadpig, and Spot.”You didn't have to go through all that for me.” she told the four of them.
“Huh? But why?” Lucky asked.
“Well, I value my friendships with all of you guys.” Roxy responded. “And that is something that's worth more than any present for Christmas.” Roxy told her friends.
“Speaking of that, let's get our butts inside the farmhouse before we get cold from the snow outside.” Two-Tone said as she went inside the farmhouse.
“Wow Roxy, that meant a lot.” Lucky said to Roxy, as he, Rolly, Cadpig, and Spot headed into the farmhouse, Roxy following behind them.
That night as the snow fell on and around the farm, the dalmatians celebrated Christmas with their friend Roxy. A great time for all of them as they enjoyed the Christmas holiday.

Okay, guys! I just got back from seeing "Migration"! My verdict? It was a cute movie. Though for an Illumination movie, I was expecting a little more out of it. I will say out of all the major Illumination franchises, compared to "Despicable Me", "Sing" and "The Secret Life of Pets", "Migration" is easily the weakest of the four. I don't really see them making a sequel anytime soon. I was surprised to see Awkwafina make an appearance, and I felt the movie seemed a bit short. Still, I'd rather see that than "Minions" or any of their Dr. Seuss adaptations anyday. And before you ask, Trey_Vore, I haven't seen either of the Minions movies, but I am not interested; just because you love them doesn't mean I have to as well.

Now that I have seen it, I have now watched AniMatt's review of it, and his verdict is pretty much what I was expecting from him in the first place:

Story: 4/10
Animation: 9/10
Characters: 5/10

Overall: 6/10 = 60%

The story was predictable and felt like it was playing it safe but was self aware of that and was just creating a family-friendly kids flick. The animation is a mixed bag but has its moments where it stands out compared to other Illumination films mostly through the humor and the flying scenes. The characters are simple and what you'd expect from a family in a movie but are still enjoyable and have fitting voice actors.

So now, his ratings stand like this:

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - 93%
2. Nimona - 93%
3. The Boy and the Heron - 87%
4. Elemental - 80%
5. Wish - 75%
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - 73%
7. The Super Mario Bros. Movie - 67%
8. Leo - 65%
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever - 60%
10. Migration - 60%
11. PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie - 57%
12. The Magician's Elephant - 53%
13. Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kracken - 47%
14. The Monkey King - 47%
15. Trolls Band Together - 43%

Now that I have seen all the animated films I wanted to see this year, I can now officially reveal my Top 5 Best and Worst titles of 2023:

My Top 5 Best Animated Films of 2023:

#5 - Migration
#4 - PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
#3 - Elemental
#2 - The Super Mario Bros. Movie
#1 - Wish

My Top 5 Worst Animated Films of 2023:

#5 - The Monkey King
#4 - Leo
#3 - Trolls Band Together
#2 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever
#1 - Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken

I have a pretty good idea as to what AniMatt's will be, but we'll see how he ranks "Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget" this Friday. As for Trey_Vore, I don't know if he plans to do a Top 5 Best and Worst, but I predict it will most likely be a lot different from mine...probably closer to the universal opinion.