animation
As anime becomes increasingly mainstream in the west, Film Inquiry’s Christina Tucker examines the past and potential future of the genre.
As a stylistic achievement of world-building, the animated saga Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is just bursting at the seams with an infectious energy that can barely be contained by a single film.
Elliot the Littlest Reindeer may distract a two year old for a couple of hours, but it’s definitely not a Christmas movie for the whole family to enjoy.
Mirai may feel more like a series of vignettes thrown together rather than a cohesive whole, but Hosoda’s wondrous animation style, coupled with a personal look at family dynamics, makes it hard to resist.
Whereas kids might dismiss Ralph Breaks the Internet’s flaws for an uplifting swirl of inconsequential sugary adventure, adults might be hard-pressed in their quest to find nutritional value.
Was The Grinch necessary? Absolutely not. Sure, there’s some filler. Sure, there’s some cringe. But the quantity of them was not enough to impinge.
Tomm Moore’s 2014 animation Song of the Sea is an unapologetically emotional tale, that aims to make the viewer embrace what it means to be human.
In this article on film and philosphy, Lance Conley looks at the pessimistic philosphy embedded within raunchy animated comedy Sausage Party.
The Venture Bros. episode 10 was an excellent episode that managed to wrap up a few seasons of plot while also opening up the future for Hank and the Monarch.
And thus, we arrive at the fireworks factory. After a few episodes that were more…
Smallfoot is desperate to entertain its audience with musical numbers, visual gags, and rapid-fire dialogue without paying that same attention to character or stakes.
Feeling quite like a standalone episode, “The Unicorn in Captivity” the focuses the action on the villainous end of the cast while Dr. Venture has a plot that offers up silliness.
It’s not often that a Venture Bros. episode feels like filler, but “The Unicorn in Captivity” definitely felt like the creators were moving pieces into place for the endgame.
It’s easy to call this season “more of the same”, but for a show as good as BoJack Horseman, that’s a compliment.
The Venture Bros., “The Bellicose Proxy” is the first purely comedic episode we’ve had this season as the two failures at the centre of the show turn things around.