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Tenzing and the Impassable Wilderness

 Friday: Wildwood (2026)         Ignoring her parent's rule Prue takes her little brother outside. They ride around Portland along the waterfront, get Voodoo Doughnuts, and just enjoy the day. Prue runs into her classmate, Curtis. He comes with them. While at a park her brother is kidnapped by crows. Prue chases after them into the forest. Some call it the Impassable Wilderness. There she encounters talking animals and bandits. Her brother was taken by a woman who tragically lost her own son. Her grief has caused her to turn to dark magic. She needs Prue's brother for a spell that could put the whole forest in danger. Prue must find a way to stop her and save her brother. I thought this movie was really good. It's a stop motion film by Laika. It's even more amazing when you think about how everything was done by hand. The huge action scenes with hundreds of characters, horses, cannons, etc. All being moved little by little to get movement. It's something like 10...