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Review in Brief: Sing (2016)
SING is a pleasant surprise. It may be a clichéd underdog/competition story retold with singing animals, but it’s got a lot of pep and ends up being the most soulful and best-realised animations Illumination have produced so far. The characters are … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Elton John, Garth Jennings, Illumination, Musical, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Sing, Taron Egerton
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Review in Brief: Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017)
JUSTICE LEAGUE VS TEEN TITANS was the best superhero movie of 2016, and it was only 80 minues. With TEEN TITANS: THE JUDAS CONTRACT, the animated arm of Warner Bros once again manage to embody what DC heroes represent so … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Moana (2016)
MOANA is colourful, energetic and heartfelt, and enriches its world with Polynesian cultural influences in a far less patronising manner than was attempted in POCAHONTAS with Native American folklore. It’s also very safe in its storytelling, falling back on Disney … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Tudyk, Animation, Auli'i Cravalho, David Bowie, Disney, Dwayne Johnson, Family Film, Jemaine Clement, Moana, Pocahontas
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Review in Brief: When Marnie Was There (2016)
WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE works so well on multiple emotional levels, and can be read in a number of ways. One of those ways is a little creepy, but I think I we’ll skip that. Anna (Sara Takatsuki) is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Sara Takatsuki, Studio Ghibli, The Wind Rises, When Marnie Was There
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Review: The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
The opening gambit in THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE has Will Arnett’s gravelly Caped Crusader passing comment on the logos of all the production companies involved, and this made me wish he could do the same for some of the Oscar … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam West, Animation, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, Billy Dee Williams, Christopher Nolan, DC Comics, Family Film, Michael Cera, Ralph Fiennes, Rosario Dawson, Suicide Squad, Superhero Movie, The Dark Knight, The LEGO Batman Movie, The Lego Movie, Warner Bros, Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis
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Review: Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
The road is littered with third movies that don’t live up to expectations. One of the only great lines in this summer’s X-MEN: APOCALYPSE acknowledged that “the third one is always the worst”. I think that KUNG FU PANDA 3 … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelina Jolie, Animation, Antz, Bryan Cranston, DreamWorks, Family Film, Film, Jack Black, James Hong, JK Simmons, Kung Fu Panda, Kung Fu Panda 3, Movies, Seth Rogen, Shrek, X-Men: Apocalypse
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Review: Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016)
This may well be the cleverest and most subversive film Warner Bros Animation have ever made, and it’s an animated followup to 1960s BATMAN TV show. I’m an Adam West fan and an appreciator of “camp” as an aesthetic for … Continue reading
Review: Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
It becomes clear very quickly that KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS is a thematic title rather than a literal one, pretty much from the very first time you see the said instrument. The writers and animators at Laika know how … Continue reading
Review: Sausage Party (2016)
Sorry, DEADPOOL, you’re going to have to return your 2016 bad boy award. SAUSAGE PARTY is even filthier, more anarchic and childish, but actually turns out to be about a bit more as well. That’s not a slight on Deadpool, … Continue reading
