Haiku Reviews: "The Boxtrolls" and "Pompeii"

Still catching up on last year's Contenders:

Dir: Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi (2014)

Underground critters

Are not monsters. Light Laika.

The lesson: embrace change.

Dir: Paul W.S. Anderson (2014)

Sword and sandal weds
Disaster flick. Stiff acting

Best buried in ash.