When it was announced several years ago that there would be a third Toy Story film, I was wary. The first two were so effective–stylistically, emotionally, and thematically–that for Pixar to return to the franchise after more than a decade...
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,...
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...
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,...
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”...
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...
