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    ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Clears the Very Low Bar for Video Game Movies by the Hair of its Moustache

    by Sean Coates April 4, 2023
    by Sean Coates April 4, 2023

    It’s been a long time between drinks for Mario and Luigi at the movies. The absolutely gonzo and bizarre 1993 live-action adaptation of the classic game was such a notorious critical and financial failure that …

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    ‘Belle’: A Wildly Ambitious, Melodramatic Trip Through “U”

    by James Y. Lee January 14, 2022
    by James Y. Lee January 14, 2022

    Underneath the surface of most films about online life are commonplace themes about appearances and authenticity: the consequences of anonymity, the rapid spread of misinformation, the ways that social media limits expression of our genuine …

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    ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’: An Important, Imperfect Story

    by Jack Edgar March 16, 2021
    by Jack Edgar March 16, 2021

    Raya and the Last Dragon premiered on Disney+ on Friday, March 5th with perhaps the best lead-in it could have asked for in the midst of the pandemic: the season finale of WandaVision (it also …

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    ‘Earwig and the Witch’: “The Future of Animation” Should Stay in the Past

    by Danny O'Dea February 19, 2021
    by Danny O'Dea February 19, 2021

    Following up their recent Academy Award-nominated feature, the Japanese animation stalwart and truly a standard-bearer brand synonymous with quality animated film, Studio Ghibli turned to a classic novel by famous British young adult fantasy author Dianne …

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    ‘Soul’ Completes Pixar’s Existential Trilogy

    by Danny O'Dea December 31, 2020
    by Danny O'Dea December 31, 2020

    For Context: When Inside Out was released in 2015, it was a revelation. On one hand, it was simply another link in the Pixar chain of “what if ________ had feelings?” (pick an object and …

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    ‘Wolfwalkers’ Brings an Irish Folktale to Life with Gorgeous Animation

    by George Clark December 22, 2020
    by George Clark December 22, 2020

    Cartoon Saloon’s latest release, Wolfwalkers, is one of, if not, the best 2D animated movie to come out in years. This time, directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart travel back to Ireland with another awe-inspiring …

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    Fantasia Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘The Old Man Movie’

    by Sean Coates August 13, 2020
    by Sean Coates August 13, 2020

    Genre festivals like Fantasia do incredible work in programming an eclectic variety of cinema that is proudly and unapologetically so far from the norm. Whether it’s films with bold and transgressive storytelling, films that are …

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    ‘The Wolf House’ Earns the Phrase “You’ve Never Seen Anything Like This Before”

    by Nick Kush May 15, 2020
    by Nick Kush May 15, 2020

    Recency bias affects us more often than we realize when it comes to analyzing films. Many are so quick to spread effusive praise, claiming some film as the “best” in one way or another. You …

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    Pixar’s ‘Onward’ Blends Fatherly Love with High Fantasy

    by Anthony Labson March 17, 2020
    by Anthony Labson March 17, 2020

    Onward, a movie I had no expectations for, but I went to see it anyway because it comes from Pixar. It turned out to be a great decision for two reasons: there’s a hilarious short …

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    ‘Weathering with You’ Shines Brightly as a Delightful Successor to ‘Your Name’

    by Alessandro Louly January 29, 2020
    by Alessandro Louly January 29, 2020

    3 years ago, in 2016, Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name shook both the Japanese box office and the U.S. box office. The film was universally lauded and broke Japanese box office records. Seriously, if you have …

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    ‘Frozen II’ Breaks Away from Its Predecessor

    by Collin Willis November 30, 2019
    by Collin Willis November 30, 2019

    Walt Disney detested the idea of sequels. This is why, despite their profitability, there were no official Disney animated sequels produced until after his death. But even after his death, sequels weren’t something that Disney …

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    Don’t Sleep on ‘Abominable’ — It’s One of The Better Animated Movies of 2019

    by Olaf Lesniak October 18, 2019
    by Olaf Lesniak October 18, 2019

    Earlier in the year, we saw the release of Missing Link. Not being a Laika animation fan, I decided to skip its run in the theaters. I didn’t see the film, and neither did you …

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    Film Review – The Lion King (2019)

    by Olaf Lesniak July 23, 2019
    by Olaf Lesniak July 23, 2019

    If you’ve seen someone on the internet hate on the live-action Disney remakes raise your hand in the air. Yes, at this point we’re all familiar with the criticism, and for reasons many of us …

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    Film Review – Toy Story 4 (2019)

    by Jen Seggio June 29, 2019
    by Jen Seggio June 29, 2019

    Toy Story 4 — the sequel we didn’t need but everyone asked for. And here we are, kicking off the summer with what people have joked would never come to fruition for a decade. Look, I’m …

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    Film Review – Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019)

    by Chris van Dijk May 24, 2019
    by Chris van Dijk May 24, 2019

    As the title “Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” suggests, this animated feature has the Caped Crusader meeting the famous foursome of mutant, ninja turtles. The reaction to such a premise will differ on whether …

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    Film Review – Missing Link (2019) [Video]

    by Nick Kush April 18, 2019
    by Nick Kush April 18, 2019

    How frustrating must it feel to consistently deliver quality, yet see each film struggle at the box office? That’s the feeling that Laika Studios has felt for quite some time as their stop motion animation …

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    Film Review – How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

    by Sean Coates February 23, 2019
    by Sean Coates February 23, 2019

    It can be very frustrating as a die-hard film fan living in Australia. Distribution in the land down under is all over place and waiting for films you desperately want to see requires a lot …

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    Film Review – The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

    by Collin Willis February 8, 2019
    by Collin Willis February 8, 2019

    Everything is still awesome. While the long-awaited The Lego Movie sequel doesn’t completely capture the magic of its predecessor, it sets a standard for what animated sequels should be. This movie sits among the likes …

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    Film Review – Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

    by Collin Willis November 25, 2018
    by Collin Willis November 25, 2018

    Brand Recognition: The Movie fits as an alternate title for this film. I am going to start off this piece by trying to process all of the logos and icons that are thrown at the audience …

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    Film Review – Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (2018)

    by Nick Kush November 15, 2018
    by Nick Kush November 15, 2018

    Commercialism and name recognition exist, so we were bound to get another Grinch-centric movie at some point after Ron Howard‘s How the Grinch Stole Christmas slowly faded away from the collective memory of the casual moviegoer. (It has certainly …

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    Film Review – Smallfoot (2018) [Watch]

    by Nick Kush October 2, 2018
    by Nick Kush October 2, 2018

    Every year has an animated film that sells its cast to the high heavens in the promotional material while simultaneously angering voice actors everywhere. Seriously Smallfoot, you couldn’t look around for true professionals in this field? …

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