A cracking throwback to “The Wrong Trousers.” Wallace & Gromit were among my childhood favorites. The cheese-loving inventor Wallace and his silent dog Gromit are created with eccentricity and Laurel & Hardy […]
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Not really my precious. “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” is the first theatrical animated LOTR movie since Ralph Bakshi’s take in 1978. Only it’s made by Japanese […]
Flow
A magical animated movie without words, just animals and visuals. How would a black cat, a capybara, a yellow lab dog, a white secretary bird, and a lemur actually survive in a […]
Moana 2
This visually stunning and fun sequel needs to go a little farther. The original Disney film “Moana” was a delightful and magical film that gave people a Polynesian princess who shares the […]
Memoir of a Snail
A sad and poignant stop motion opus. You know stop motion animation is maturing if we get snail semen, a judge being canned for masturbating, firecrackers exploding cotton, a sleazy magic shop […]
Piece by Piece
A Lego Movie doc that will make you Happy. I felt bad that “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” failed to outgross the original film for Warner Bros., which why we’re […]
The Wild Robot
One of the best animated films of the decade. There has been a lot of talk about animation being taken over by AI, which is also threatening to take over other things. […]
Transformers One
This Hasbro animated prequel just got an oil change and it delivers. Before he was Optimus Prime, his name was Orion Pax. Before he was Megatron, his name was D-16. And before […]
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
SpongeBob and Sandy must deal with a scary villain, a wasted family reunion, and a stupid plot. I have so many questions and comments about the new villain of “Saving Bikini Bottom: […]
Harold and the Purple Crayon
This needs less cliches and more colors. “Harold and the Purple Crayon” is a celebrated children’s book, published in 1955 by Crockett Johnson. I haven’t read the book, but I understand the […]
