Hoppers
What do you get when you mix an angry beaver, a fever dream, and a Pixar-style adventure? Hoppers, a wildly inventive sci-fi comedy from We Bare Bears creator Daniel Chong in his feature directorial debut.

Environmental activist Mabel (Piper Curda) will stop at nothing to save her late grandmother’s favourite glade from being paved over for a highway by egotistical Mayor Jerry (Jon Hamm). When she discovers a secret programme that allows human consciousness to ‘hop’ into an animatronic animal, she leaps at the chance to go undercover as a robo-beaver and convince George (Bobby Moynihan), the self-proclaimed king of local mammals, to stage a beastly uprising.

Critics have praised the film’s imaginative world and delightfully oddball energy. Reviews have likened it to a mash-up of Avatar, Studio Ghibli adventures, and animal-rights satire, while Chong has cited influences ranging from Gremlins and Beetlejuice to the anarchic intensity of Mad Max. The result is a film that’s funny, surprising, and just a little bit unhinged — in the best possible way.

Goat
Will (voiced by Stranger Things’ Caleb McLaughlin) is a small goat with big dreams of becoming a roarball superstar — a fast-paced, full-contact sport that’s essentially basketball played by elite animal athletes.

Will’s life changes overnight when a viral highlight reel lands him a spot on the Vineland Thorns, home to his idol: legendary black panther player Jett Fillmore (Gabrielle Union). But while Will sees a dream come true, Jett isn’t exactly thrilled to mentor an eager rookie who suddenly steals the spotlight.

Thrown into the big leagues, Will must prove himself alongside a wildly eclectic roster that includes an ostrich (Nicola Coughlan), a komodo dragon (Nick Kroll), and a giraffe (basketball icon Stephen Curry).

Packed with high-energy action and underdog charm, Goat is a spirited story about following your dreams, even if they seem impossible. Fans of Stranger Things will also be pleased to know that McLaughlin reunites with co-star David Harbour, who voices Will’s gruff Indian rhinoceros teammate.

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
Are you ready, kids (at heart)? The sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea is back with his fourth theatrically released movie. Our absorbent yellow protagonist, SpongeBob (Tom Kenny), is now “36 clams tall” and reckons he’s a “big guy”. Inspired by his boss Mr. Krabs’ (Clancy Brown) tales of derring-do, our little hero and his bestie Patrick Star (Bill Fagerbakke) embark on a deadly odyssey to prove he has the “intestinal fortitude” to be a swashbuckler. Along the way, they run into trouble in the form of the ghastly Flying Dutchman (Mark Hamill) and his first mate, Barb (Regina Hall).

If nautical nonsense is something you enjoy, there are oceans of it in this delightful entry in the beloved Nickelodeon franchise, directed by series veteran Derek Drymon and written by Pam Brady (South Park) and Matt Lieberman (Free Guy). Fans will lap up appearances from long-time Bikini Bottom dwellers Squidward Tentacles (Rodger Bumpass), Sandy Cheeks (Carolyn Lawrence), and Plankton (Mr. Lawrence — no relation to Carolyn), who get swept along in the saccharine simpleton’s shenanigans.

A Minecraft Movie
Based on the world’s No. 1 best-selling video game, A Minecraft Movie sees doorknob salesman Steve (Jack Black) and has-been video game champion Garrett ‘The Garbage Man’ Garrison (Jason Momoa) being whisked away to the Overworld, an alternate universe where anything you imagine can be crafted from blocks.

Along with a bunch of other misfits, they have to find a way home while evading explosive creepers, terrifying zombies, and an evil piglin (a hostile race of pig-like humanoids in Minecraft) ruler who is after a powerful artefact in their possession.

Director Jared Hess, of Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre fame, brings his brand of absurdist comedy to this block party of a blockbuster, the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2025 and the second-highest-grossing video game movie to date. The flick also gave birth to the ‘chicken jockey’ meme, which saw real-life theatregoers act berserk when the line is said during a fight scene.

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Text: Georgia Ho, Omar Amir, Jedd Jong
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