Reporting from the Denver Film Festival. The animation is stunning. Fluid lines connect all different styles and textures: pencil drawings, cutouts, and computer-generated images. Some of them are on black backgrounds; some of them overlap archival footage of Montreal—the second-largest French-speaking city in the universe—and the thousands of islands that make up the archipelago. Over […]
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With recent hits like Minari and The Green Knight under its belt, A24 continues its trend of releasing quality films featuring big-name actors. Up next, the studio will team with filmmaker Isaiah Saxon for his debut feature titled The Legend of Ochi. According to Deadline, the film is enlisting the services of Willem Dafoe and…
Willem Dafoe & Finn Wolfhard To Star In A24’s ‘The Legend of Ochi’
Get ready to “make your mark” as Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment releases the second official trailer for the upcoming animated sequel Sing 2. View trailer below. Buster (Oscar® winner Matthew McConaughey) has turned the New Moon Theater into a local hit, but Buster has his eyes on a bigger prize: Debuting a new show […]
Sing 2 Official Trailer 2
Series Pick – Death Note – A stunning anime adaptation of a popular manga, Death Note is a fantastic series for new comers & fans of the genre. With a compelling story and rich characters, Death Note is easy to watch but hard to put down.
Series Pick – Death Note
Lincoln has 10 exceptional sisters. He’s great at helping his parents navigate the chaos of having such a large, high-achieving family, but at the end of the day, being a great helper doesn’t get him any trophies, and he’s having an existential crisis about not having his own special talent. The Premise: In pursuit of […]
The Loud House Movie
Full disclosure: I was never a part of the original “Space Jam” craze. I was 25-years-old when the movie came out in 1996 and never felt inclined to see it during its initial release. I watched it later (at least most of it) and nothing about it has stuck with me. I say that to […]
First Glance: “Space Jam: A New Legacy”
Quick Thoughts about Episode One – Star Wars: The Bad Batch is a welcome addition to the Star Wars animated world, and is refreshingly unique as it follows Clone Force 99, a group of defectively born, and battle-hardened clones throughout the post-Clone Wars universe. The official synopsis for the show is “Members of a unique […]
Star Wars: The Bad Batch – Episode One Review
The Mitchells vs. The Machines is that one movie that is funny, greatly animated, a good message, and fun action for the whole family to enjoy!!! Real Rating: 4.5 Evil Appliances What I Like: -It is everything you need in a animated film, first off the animation is great with the blend of cartoon and […]
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
I think it’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that Soul is going to win the Oscar for Best Animated Film. I’m not complaining because I really, really liked Soul. (I also really liked Farmageddon but, sadly, there can only be one winner.) That said, if Soul needed a boost, it certainly got one from the […]
The Annie Awards Honor Soul
Dry, deadpan and sober.
“Save Ralph” — The Complete Ricky Gervais/Taika Waititi short film on animal testing
The oddest thing about the new “Tom and Jerry” film is that the titular cat and mouse rivals aren’t even really the stars of their own movie. The live-action/animated hybrid directed by Tim Story places its human characters in the center, the cartoon characters feeling more like comedic ornaments that adorn the scene as needed. […]
Review: “Tom and Jerry” (2021)
It’s a Tom & Jerry cartoon, so we’re not splitting the atom here. Besides, I’m pretty sure Jerry split that sucker over Tom’s noggin back in the ’50s, when they were at MGM. The “Tom & Jerry” movie is, first and foremost, cute. Animated animals — cats, a mouse, a rat, a dog, a goldfish, […]
Movie Review: “Tom & Jerry” terrorize NYC
Animated series about washed up former actor Bojack Horseman (Will Arnett) living in “Hollywoo” and trying to battle his demons at the same time. This is a show I wasn’t keen on to begin with and I vaguely remember the promo for the first series. The idea of animals as humans didn’t really appeal to […]
Bojack Horseman (2014-2020)
Another day and date release in both theaters and on HBO Max is coming featuring animated characters from the past. I rarely watched Tom and Jerry, so don’t know that much about the history of the cartoon. One of the most beloved rivalries in history is reignited when Jerry moves into New York City’s finest […]
FIRST LOOK: Tom and Jerry Movie (2021)
Disney dropped a new trailer today (view below) for “Raya and the Last Dragon” (opening in theaters and streaming on Disney+ March 5), and last week screened 30 minutes of footage for select journalists. It’s very evident that the animation studio is doubling down on cultural diversity with the badass warrior princess from Southeast Asia.…
‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Preview: Disney Unleashes Badass Warrior Princess from Southeast Asia
Wes Anderson tam adıyla Wesley Wales Anderson1 Mayıs 1969 doğumlu Amerikalı yönetmen, senarist; kısa film, film ve reklam yapımcısı. Reklamcı bir baba ile aslen arkeolog olan ama emlak danışmanlığı yapan bir annenin üç çocuğunun ortancası olarak Houston, Teksas’ta dünyaya geldi. Westchester Lisesi’ni bitirdikten sonra Houston’da özel bir okul olan St. John’s School’a devam etti. Teksas’ta […]
Wes Anderson ve Sineması
New to the neighborhood. So everybody’s favorite prehistoric family is back, and I’m not talking about the Flintstones. The Croods are searching for a place that they can call home, and they think that they may have found it when they come across the primitive equivalent of a gated community. The only trouble is that […]
Coming Out of My Cave – The Croods: A New Age (2020)
I was lucky enough to see this at the London Film Festival, where the film was preceded by a (Zoom) interview with the co-directors and producer. It gave some background information, including the score, new animation techniques, and the challenges posed by the pandemic, that really helped to appreciate the film more. (Seriously, there are […]
Soul (2020)
This magical 7-minute animation short feature is written and directed by Taylor Meacham, of DreamWorks Animation, and it premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France in June 2020. lInspired by his Father, Meacham shares how an Adult has the precious opportunity to give a Child the ability to dream of their own […]
To: Gerard (2020)
Soul (2020) This new animation comes from the creators of Inside Out (2015), and is about a music teacher and aspiring jazz pianist, Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx) who dies by falling into New York City’s manhole. He begins his journey in the world “beyond” (“The Great Before”) and his reluctant companion becomes a yet-unborn soul […]
“Soul” Review
