From a feminist perspective, everything is even more awesome – with The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part actually incorporating feminism directly into its narrative in ways that were largely absent from its 2014 predecessor. This film is entirely about ‘space’ – both literally and figuratively.

The Lego Movie established the Lego world as being set up in the basement of a house occupied by The Man Upstairs (Will Ferrell) and his family. Now, five years later, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part takes that set-up, and expands upon it – taking the action out of the basement, and into the rooms above. This is because the younger sister of the family – Bianca – wants to join in with the Lego play time of her older brother, Finn. The sibling relationshi...

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