Tag Archives: Animation
Review in Brief: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024/25)
Small wins for art are worth savouring, especially in an age when it is seemingly under attack from all sides. In the first cinematically released, all-animated Looney Tunes feature film that was thankfully sold to Ketchup Entertainment rather than being … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)
If PREY proved that there is still plenty of life in the PREDATOR franchise, then animated anthology KILLER OF KILLERS offers more exciting new routes for it to take. Extraterrestrial predators face off against warriors from three of Earth’s time … Continue reading
Cinderella (1950) 75th Anniversary Review
Review in Brief: Transformers One (2024)
Now that’s a Transformers movie. This is so much better than you’d expect it to be, a real treat for fans of the franchise and a pleasant surprise for many who are not. In an admittedly overused prequel conceit, mortal … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Inside Out 2 (2024)
The first INSIDE OUT, out of all of Pixar’s output, is probably the film that connects with adults far more than children. It was profound, clever and moving and seemed almost impossible to meaningfully follow up. INSIDE OUT 2, while … Continue reading
‘The Iron Giant’ at 25 – Review
‘The Lion King’ at 30 – Review
Review in Brief: Orion and the Dark (2024)
Charlie Kaufman’s latest exploration of existential dread is, unexpectedly, a kids’ animation from Dreamworks and director Sean Charmatz. Highly neurotic eleven-year-old Orion (Jacob Tremblay) is swept off on an adventure by the anthropomorphic personifications of night, lead by Dark (Paul … Continue reading
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