Wildwood

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Wildwood, 2026 Laika animated fantasy movie. Incredible - visually gorgeous, well-plotted, epic action but characters who felt detailed and real. Self-aware of Labyrinth and Narnia comparisons and smart about it, managed to feel fresh and original in that space. Not perfect - there was one chunk of dialogue near the end that felt way out of place, like it either needed to happen a couple of acts earlier or had just been shoehorned in for a trailer or something and didn't actually need to be there at all - but that's a quibble.