Tagged: animation

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

May 9, 2019

Pokemon Detective Pikachu: Catchy, by David Bax

If you’re not familiar with Pokémon and you’re concerned that Pokémon Detective Pikachu, the first live-action film in the many-tendriled franchise, won’t make sense to you, don’t worry. Making sense is not really on this movie’s list of priorities. Sure,...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

May 2, 2019

UglyDolls: No Alibi, by David Bax

UglyDolls‘ voice cast leans heavily toward people known more for singing than for acting. There’s Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monae, Blake Shelton, Pitbull, Charli XCX, Bebe Rexha, Lizzo… to name just a couple. Given that this new animated, positive-message...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

December 12, 2018

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Web Warriors, by David Bax

With a screenplay by Phil Lord of The Lego Movie and Jump Street reboot fame and a plot that includes a half dozen different versions of Spider-Man in varying degree of obscurity from the comic book’s long and many-tentacled run,...

movies / musical notation / podcast / west anthony

August 28, 2018

Musical Notation: Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

In this episode, West plays music from Walt Disney’s first feature-length animated film, 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Music in this episode includes: “Overture” “I’m Wishing” performed by Adriana Caselotti “Far Into The Forest” “Whistle While You Work”...

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July 17, 2018

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david bax / monday movie / movies

July 16, 2018

Monday Movie: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by David Bax

Stop-motion animation has been around nearly as long as cinema itself. Even so, Jiri Trnka’s 1959 version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream feels like a landmark for the form. That’s partially because it’s a feature length fully animated film from...