animation

SXSW 2020 Short Films: RUN ON And THE SHAWL
SXSW 2020 Short Films: RUN ON And THE SHAWL

Stephanie Archer reviews two short films that were supposed to have its premiere at SXSW 2020: Run On, directed by Daniel Newell Kaufman and The Shawl, directed by Sarah Kiener.

CASTLEVANIA Season 3: A Season That Stands Strong
CASTLEVANIA Season 3: A Season That Stands Strong

Castlevania is just as exciting as any season that came before and raises the bar with one of the most shocking penultimate episodes of the entire show.

THE CLONE WARS (S7E3) "On the Wings of Keerdaks": The Great Escape
THE CLONE WARS (S7E3) “On the Wings of Keerdaks”: The Great Escape

The 3rd episode, “On The Wings of Keerdaks” was just a classic episode of Clone Wars with one thing on the agenda: get out alive. Let’s talk about it.

Fantastic Film Festival Australia Report 3: AWAY & S HE
Fantastic Film Festival Australia Report 3: AWAY & S HE

For our final report from the inaugural Fantastic Film Festival Australia, we take a look at two films that were in production for many years, Away and S He.

WHITE SNAKE: The Classic Myth + A Mesh of Hollywood Ideas
WHITE SNAKE 白蛇:緣起: The Classic Myth + A Mesh Of Hollywood Ideas

This telling of White Snake adds an action-fantasy plot to its romance story, and feels like a mesh of other fantasy films you’ve seen before.

THE CLONE WARS (S7E1+2) "The Bad Batch" & "A Distant Echo": We're Back!
THE CLONE WARS (S7E1+2) “The Bad Batch” & “A Distant Echo”: We’re Back!

Before I fell in love with Baby Yoda and the gunslinging world brought to us…

HARLEY QUINN Season 1: An Endearing Character Study In A Crazy World
HARLEY QUINN Season 1: An Endearing Character Study In A Crazy World

Harley Quinn is both entertaining, insightful and inspiring, and opens doors to great possibilities for DC Comics animation.

ONWARD: The Pixar Formula Loses a Little Magic
ONWARD: The Pixar Formula Loses A Little Magic

It’s Onward and downwards for Pixar, as their Dungeons and Dragons inspired latest is one of their most disposable efforts to date.

2020 Oscar Animated Shorts: Catharsis In Animated Relationships
2020 Oscar Animated Shorts: Catharsis In Animated Relationships

Stephanie Archer takes a look at 2020’s Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films, Daughter, Hair Love, Kitbull, Mémorable and Sister.

BOJACK HORSEMAN Season 6: Bidding Farewell to One of TV's Best
BOJACK HORSEMAN Season 6: Bidding Farewell To One Of TV’s Best

In the end, BoJack Horseman is a show about growth, and Season 6 proved that the series evolved along with its characters.

WEATHERING WITH YOU: Romantic Fantasy Planted In Reality

Shinkai’s Weathering With You is more than content to face the onslaught with the naive fantasies of youth. He’s unabashed about giving himself over to them totally.

THE SIMPSONS Greatest Hits: Homer’s Barbershop Quartet

Sean Fallon considers another episode of The Simpsons in his quest to find the all-time greatest episode. Is “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet” it?

I LOST MY BODY: An Animated Reflection Of Life Affirmation
I LOST MY BODY: An Animated Reflection Of Life Affirmation

I Lost My Body leaves plenty to be interpreted and discovered by its viewers, making it one of the most thought provoking animated films of the 2010s.

SPIES IN DISGUISE: A Perfectly Average Send-Off To A Decade Of Computer Animation's Coming Of Age
SPIES IN DISGUISE: A Perfectly Average Send-Off To A Decade Of Computer Animation’s Coming Of Age

Spies in Disguise is an almost poetically appropriate summary of everything computer animation has become in the last ten or so years.

"OK, Boomer:" How ARTHUR CHRISTMAS Predicted Our Inter-generational Conflict
“OK, Boomer:” How ARTHUR CHRISTMAS Predicted Our Inter-generational Conflict

Arthur Christmas offers a world where old and new work together, tossing out destructive baggage while keeping both wisdom and progress.