The 2023 Academy Awards: Thoughts and Predictions
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: The Oscars love a comeback story, and I’m not sure there’s one more indicative of the Academy’s push for more racial inclusion than Ke […]
Category Archives: Animation
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
“You can’t be great without putting in work.” Overlong, overblown, and emblematic of what can go wrong when a studio so obviously sees its big budget picture as a product […]
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
“We could use someone like you.” Ferociously fun from time to time, a bit too aimless in spots, and gorgeously animated through and through, Raya and the Last Dragon delivers […]
Over the Moon (2020)
“It’s not a silly myth. It’s real.” Gorgeously animated, ornately representative of Asian culture, and at times frustratingly too familiar, Over the Moon is a loving and lavish space endeavor […]
Scoob! (2020)
“The gang’s finally back together.” Desperate to be current and hip whilst also honoring its old, animated inspiration, Scoob! lands with the kind of heavy thud felt after hearing a […]
The Willoughbys (2020)
“Change is hard.” I couldn’t help but feel tired and bored by the chaotic, noisy nature of The Willoughbys, a stunningly animated film hamstrung by a one-note script. The movie […]
Trolls World Tour (2020)
“There are others kinds of trolls.” Despite the overwhelming feeling that Trolls World Tour – the second entry in what’s still a head-scratching series – only seems to exist and […]
Onward (2020)
“We’re going on a quest.” It makes sense that Pixar, a powerhouse arm of the behemoth Disney monopoly, has chosen to stick so closely to the formula found in the […]
Klaus (2019)
“No one seems to wonder how the whole thing got started in the first place.” Tailor-made for busybody elves who absentmindedly throw on a new holiday film while wrapping presents, […]
Frozen II (2019)
“You’re gonna have to do this next part on your own.” Similar to many follow-ups to global successes such alike the 2013 original, Frozen II goes for broke by implementing […]
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