Tag Archives: Animation

‘The Lion King’ at 30 – Review

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/lion-king-1994-review/ SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Animation, Disney, Family Film, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Matthew Broderick, Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers, The Lion King | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: Orion and the Dark (2024)

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Sam S-P

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 →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Animation, Charlie Kaufman, DreamWorks, Family Film, Fantasy, Jacob Tremblay, Netflix, Orion and the Dark, Paul Walter Hauser, Sean Charmatz | Leave a comment

The Boy and the Heron (2023) Review

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/the-boy-and-the-heron-2023-review/ SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Animation, Anime, Fantasy, Hayao Miyazaki, Masaki Suda, Soma Santoki, Studio Ghibli, The Boy and the Heron, World Cinema | Leave a comment

Animated Disney Villains Ranked

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/animated-disney-villains-ranked/ SSP

Posted in Film, Film Feature, The Film Magazine | Tagged Aladdin, Animation, Beauty and the Beast, Disney, Family Film, Hercules, one hundred and one dalmatians, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Jungle Book, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid | Leave a comment

‘Steamboat Willie’ at 95 – Review

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/steamboat-willie-95-review/ SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Animation, Comedy, Disney, Family Film, Steamboat Willie, Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Sam S-P

They only went and EMPIRE STRIKES BACK-ed SPIDER-VERSE. If the first film was “anyone can be Spider-Man” then this is “can (and should) Spider-Man save everyone?”. 2 years after several very different Spider-people crossed over to the world of Miles … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged across the spider-verse, Animation, Hailee Steinfeld, into the spider-verse, Jason Schwartzman, Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K Thompson, Kemp Powers, Oscar Isaac, Shameik Moore, Spider-Man, Superhero Movie | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022/23)

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Sam S-P

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON is an endearingly strange and melancholic live-action/stop-motion animation hybrid mockumentary. An anthropomorphic shell called Marcel (Jenny Slate) lives with his grandma Connie (Isabella Rossellini) in the corner of an Air BnB and wonders where … Continue reading →