Tag Archives: Animation

As much as I love SpongeBob...

Taking the low-density marathon-type route, the Disney Channel began its family-oriented “Hauntober Fest” — a Halloween-themed movie every night at 8 ET/PT in October — over the weekend. We caught the charming-if-tepid Halloweentown High last night, about attempts by a well-meaning teenage witch to integrate the denizens of Halloweentown with …

Most American parents, and kids for that matter, have accepted the vital importance of auto child safety seats for babies and young children: it’s the law of the land and you can’t even take a newborn home from the hospital without producing an approved baby pod. But when kids outgrow …

Every year the fall/winter holiday season starts just a little bit sooner: our local Wal-mart had out Halloween candy, costumes and decorations by the first of September. I’m not sure who is buying Halloween candy two months before the fact, unless they plan to eat it themselves, since I am …

From Hollywood’s first full-length animated feature, Disney’s glorious and haunting Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, to the mega-hits of recent years like The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc., the Shreks and Toy Stories, moviegoers have thrilled to the art and magic of animation. The Academy of Motion …

I compare Pixar to what Miramax used to be when it first started. When Miramax started, it was a revolution to film. It created trends and romanticized independent film. Pixar has romanticized animation. Not just because they used computer animation, but because what they did with it. Anyone can make …

Thumper’s observation about the frozen lake is one of my favorite lines from any movie, and the great 1942 Disney film from which it comes, Bambi, freshly digitally restored, is now available on DVD and will be given a special theatrical showing by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and …

Since I signed up to be on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences press list leading up to the Oscars, I have been subjected to a numbing array of press releases on such matters of import as the placement of outhouses during pre-awards red carpet-area construction. But this …

It was only a matter of time before the “pimps and whores are fucking amusing” genre and minimalist animation got together for some old school juvenile delinquency and exploitation: Night Shift meets South Park. Based on the Internet series created by former rock musicians turned journalists turned directors Mark Brooks …

Japan's pop-rock princesses star in their own cartoon kidshow. . .