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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run
…the sickly-sweetness of the SpongeBob love-fest by the other characters in the movie proper and the preschool-like gentleness of the flashback scenes, too much of Sponge on the Run felt… |
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Helluva Boss
…pilot, the “I.M.P. Jingle” neatly outlines the core concept of the show while the end credits “Oh Millie” is a sweet insight into Moxxie and Millie’s marriage. The second episode… |
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Lightyear
…the references to Buzz Lightyear from the previous films. The writers have done their homework! Catching all the little things that explain or at least call-back to what toy Buzz… |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
…the movie isn’t intended to leave its viewers quite literally in the dark, which probably means there was something wrong with the presentation at my theater…which is especially frustrating when… |
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Santa Inc.
…the first episode, there have already been at least 15 strong profanities and a joke about how more Americans believe in Santa than they do in the holocaust. Moments after… |
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The Bad Guys
…back in 2016. The last time they wowed me? Twelve years ago with How to Train Your Dragon in 2010. They’ve given up their mantle of the “best studio behind… |
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Smallfoot
…flipped again. The animation here is beautiful, the music Oscar-worthy, and the twist (while not completely unforeseen by the audience) so well down in-story to make you doubt everything you… |
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Nominations for the 93rd Oscars announced
…Kaluuya in Judas and the Black Messiah • Leslie Odom, Jr. in One Night in Miami… • Paul Raci in Sound of Metal • Lakeith Stanfield in Judas and the… |
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Elio
…not include the “blooper reel” as you might have heard elsewhere. What it does have at the very end of the credits (as in after the final film logos) is… |
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Transformers One
Before they became sworn enemies, Orion Pax (the future Optimus Prime) and D-16 (Megatron) were best friends at the bottom of society on the planet Cybertron. Toiling away in the… |
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Inside Out 2
…the two Inside Out films, the writers had too many conveniently easy solutions for the characters since they could just make up whatever they wanted since they were creating the… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #76: Sleeping Beauty – Make It Pink! Make It Blue!
Learn more about The Rotoscopers! It’s Chelsea’s birthday episode! The Rotoscopers finally review one of the Disney films that they’ve had on their bucket list since they started the show:… |
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Disney’s Encanto digital soundtrack release now available!
…the film. In the film, the magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal—every child… |
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Disney historian Christian Renaut presents volume two of his Best Of Disney’s Animated Features
…of the book is to discover who did what and how they came to such achievements. Thanks to hundreds of interviews, the reader will be within the studio in the… |
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Dog Man
…are about to fight, the more they squint their eyes, the wider the aspect ratio of the screen gets. All of these jokes come so quickly that none of them… |
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ZooPhobia: Bad Luck Jack
…Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss were adult shows that were not family-friendly in the slightest, certainly not when both are set in Hell, Bad Luck Jack is essentially the equivalent… |
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Pete Nash talks “wonderfood” animation in Cloudy 2
…to made them menacing to offset their silly design. When it came to the rigs they were always need-driven. If, say, the script called for one of the characters to… |
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AfroAnimation summit honors Kemp Powers, Camille Eden, Bruce Smith, and Jermaine Turner at inaugural Icon Awards
…talent to drive increased representation and inclusion throughout the entertainment industry. Icon Award honoree Kemp Powers, director of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, will headline the summit’s kick-off panel April 10,… |
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Poster for The Croods: A New Age confirms Thanksgiving release date
…the world in search of a safer place to call home. When they discover an idyllic walled-in paradise that meets all their needs, they think their problems are solved …… |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power trailer teases epic scope
The first full teaser for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is now online, and you can check it out in the player above. Supposedly, it is… |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Power of the Rings trailer teases epic scope
The teaser trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Power of the Rings premiered during the Super Bowl last night, and you can check it out in the player… |
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The Garfield Movie
What’s there to say about Garfield? The comic has been around for close to 50 years and is the world’s most syndicated strip. The character is hugely popular, with the… |
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Watch the stunning SDCC trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
…characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital… |
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Marvel news from Disney Investor Day 2020
…Bale will join the cast of Thor: Love and Thunder as the villain Gorr the God Butcher. In theaters May 6, 2022. ⚡ pic.twitter.com/kByHkyJp6o — Disney (@Disney) December 11, 2020… |
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The Willoughbys
…of the things that have made it to the big screen in recent years. If this is the type of film we can expect from streaming services in the future,… |
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PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie saves the day at box office
…of the movie, as they refused to show it on any of their screens in protest of the streaming date. With all of that in mind, the $40 million total… |
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Amazon announces title of The Lord of the Rings series with teaser trailer
…the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The title suggests that the series will have a focus on the history of the magical rings forged by… |
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Disney to release throw-back VHS tapes of recent animated films
…back to November, is the Fairytale Collection, with The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Frozen, Moana, and Frozen II. The Adventure Collection will follow soon after, with Winnie the Pooh,… |