Tag Archives: Animated

Wildwood (2026) Review

A SWEEPING ANIMATED FANTASY WITH A HANDCRAFTED HEART While Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, and Illumination have jostled for position as the dominant powerhouse of animated features, Laika has steadily built its own reputation through the quality, care, and imagination of its stop-motion productions. Its films include the dark fantasy Coraline, the horror comedy ParaNorman, the steampunk fantasy comedy The Boxtrolls, the

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Wolfwalkers (2020) Review

A STUNNING AND BEAUTIFUL ANIMATED FILM OF ARTISTRY INTEGRITY   While major animated studios such as Disney, Pixar, and Illumination Entertainment have dominated the cinematic limelight, with their animated features topping the charts at the worldwide box office and being fan favorites to many, some smaller studios have had their share in the spotlight; producing some of the finest and

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Soul (2020) Review

A BEAUTIFUL REMINDER TO NOT MISS OUT ON THE JOYS OF LIFE   Pixar Studios has become the premiere powerhouse animated studio for nearly the past twenty-five years; producing some of the more memorable and beloved animated feature films that have seeing a theatrical release. While other studios have indeed produced hits (i.e. DreamWorks, Illumination Entertainment, Blu Sky, Warner Bros

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Ugly Dolls (2019) Review

AN COLORFUL (AND IMPERFECT) ANIMATED ADVENTURE   Animated movies are still “all the rage” with current Hollywood. While not a groundbreaking new arena to pioneer in, the Tinseltown industry of moviemaking has always endeavored to provide animated cartoon features for children for countless years, creating a long line of animated films from a variety of different studios. While some of

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