'Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor' (2017) - SPOILER-FREE REVIEW
Hello, and welcome to my blog! In-keeping with its intended focus, let's begin with the latest production to from the Thomas & Friends series - Journey Beyond Sodor . And may I just say, what a film. The basic premise of the story goes something like this: The Fat Controller needs an engine to deliver a heavy goods train to the Mainland, and assigns the job to James - who is bragging to anyone who will listen (more than he usually does) that he is the favourite engine on the Railway, much to Thomas's chagrin. To try and one-up James, Thomas - in his cheeky way - takes James' trucks from Sodor to the Mainland, in an effort to prove himself to everyone; at first, he ends up meeting some experimental engines, before continuing on his way and arriving at a Steelworks - where two more engines come onto the scene... ...and I shall say no more, for I don't want to give away the entire plot of the film! ****** However, what I SHALL talk...