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Broken Saints (Original Release)
…was a little ashamed of myself. This work of art is so beyond trendy nicknames that it truly deserves the term that I later found out Burgess had coined: cinematic… |
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Kaena: The Prophecy
…is hesitant to discuss it. He also seems a little nuts. Meanwhile, two oily-looking native creatures discuss how their world is dying due to being attacked, assumedly by the actions… |
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Space Jam: 2-Disc Special Edition
…some little hench-aliens to Earth to capture the Looney Tunes gang, whom he has seen on TV transmissions. The aliens, dubbed “Nerdlucks”, come to Earth and burrow under the ground… |
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Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Our friends from Madagascar are back! The first film was madcap and entertaining. The second was a little grim and busy. Did the zookeepers at DreamWorks get things back on… |
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Grave Of The Fireflies: Collector’s Series
…little sister Setsuko. Because of the mother’s grave injuries, the children must set off for their aunt’s house in Nishinomiya, hoping for refuge. The rest that follows is a simple… |
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ParaNorman: an art in the making, with filmmakers Chris Butler and Sam Fell
…still a little unexpected and a little surprising. It’s still kind of amazing to see that it’s hand-made. AV: Indeed. In ParaNorman, you have on one side traditional stop-motion, that… |
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The Smurfs 2
…in his final role) leads them to New York City, to contact their friends Patrick and Grace Winslow, played by Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays. The Winslows’ little boy… |
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Disney Princess Enchanted Tales (with Bonus Disc)
…in life and, in her first cheaply animated follow-up ever, Aurora from Sleeping Beauty learns to believe in herself. Okay, from that little dry synopsis there you’ve already got my… |
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DC Superhero Girls: Hero of the Year
…of your favorite characters into not just teenagers, but high schoolers. And it takes Poison Ivy–usually one of Batman’s most formidable foes–and gives her the timid personality of My Little… |
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Some time with Borrowed Time directors Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
…was an example of this. Late in the game we realized we had been a little too intellectual about its importance, and had to make some adjustments to sequences that… |
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Cats Don’t Dance
…Story called Little Ark Angel starring the precocious juvenile talent Darla Dimple. Darla, who seems to be a carbon copy of a very spoiled Shirley Temple (part Elmyra Duff and… |
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Justice League: The Complete Series
…It has now been 8 years so I am a little surprised that these little issues have not been resolved. I do not particularly mind having the show in the… |
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Animated Views’ 2017 Animated Movie Guide
…in 2016, releasing the critically loathed Norm Of The North and almost instantly forgotten The Wild Life to theaters with very little fanfare (or financial returns). The studio needs an… |