2023 is going to be a good year for animation - particularly animated movies. So I’m super excited. Let’s hope they all live up to the hype. Spider-Man: Across the SpiderVerse I don’t need to explain this one, do I? How Do You Live? Hayao Miyazaki came out of retirement (again) to write and produce… Continue reading What I’m Looking Forward to in 2023
There were honestly a lot of good movies that premiered last year. Like it was a pretty amazing year for animated films. And again, I didn’t have a chance to review them all - but here were my favorites..in no particular order! Turning Red While I might be tired of villain-less Pixar films - this… Continue reading Favorite Animated Movies of 2022
Every year, there seems to be a popular theme or plot device that is used in multiple movies. One could argue that this year was the year of the multiverse. But in the animation industry, it was the year of Pinocchio. For some odd reason, there were three different retellings - none of which were… Continue reading Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” is a fantastic take on a classic tale
Stop-motion horror films might be one of my favorite niche genres. For some reason, the medium intertwines with the genre so well. And Wendell & Wild just proves my theory further.
But much like Studio Ponoc - "The Deer King" has all the trappings of a Ghibli film but none of the heart.
“In 1995, Andy saw a Buzz Lightyear movie, which made him obsessed with the character. So we made that movie,” the opening crawl to Pixar’s Lightyear reads. .
