Animation

When I first asked my girlfriend this question, she said “Danny what the hell, get out, I’m trying to teach first grade virtually, get out of the room!” “Perfect,” I said, “let’s ask them too!”…

How the gentle wind, Beckons through the leaves, As autumn colors fall. Dancing in a swirl, Of golden memories, The loveliest lies of all.   October came to a close this last weekend, which means…

Megamind was so underrated when it first came out and it still feels that way today. I can understand why: DreamWorks tends to make pretty juvenile films that target kids with potty humor. Megamind was a breath…

Back in 2005, American cartoonist Matt Furie created the popular webcomic, Boy’s Club. A re-creation of his halcyon days with his college roommates, Boy’s Club was composed of deadpan comic vignettes of 4 anthropomorphic humanoid…

Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…

It’s been pretty well established that Inside Out, Pixar’s fifteenth theatrical release, is a knockout masterpiece. The Atlantic praised the film as an example of Pixar “once again at the top of its game, telling…

Fire, given by a mysterious figure, creates a hole in the world through which something terrible enters and leaves the world burned and overrun by strange insect figures.   Nick Kush: David Lynch may never make…

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…

It’s very easy to lose yourself in a great movie. This is even truer when movies join together to form a movie universe: a movieverse. Regardless of your opinion of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU),…

With nothing to do on a Tuesday afternoon in the land of quarantine, I sat down to watch A Goofy Movie (1995) to celebrate its 25th anniversary. It’s always been a favorite of mine, if for no…

Pinocchio (1940) celebrates its 80th anniversary this year, which is astounding to me. It’s staggering to think that animation has been around for well over 80 years at this point, let alone Disney being relevant for a similar…

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…

Six years after the original, Frozen II has arrived onto the scene to great success. The film boasts the largest opening weekend ever for an animated film. With over $350 million dollars worldwide, Frozen II is well on…

As someone who pines for the days of hand-drawn animation, I’ve watched for updates on Sergio Pablos’ Klaus like a hawk. Pablos, a former Disney animator, has worked on this film for the better part…

It’s safe to say that The Little Mermaid is a monumental accomplishment for Disney and its animation studio. The film began a new collection of films in what is now known as the Disney Renaissance…

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…

It’s been a while since I last watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), but I genuinely don’t remember it being as funny as it is. I rewatched it today thinking that I would have to…

The Lion King (2019) is a polarizing movie. I personally have not seen the movie yet, but I also don’t plan to. I don’t feel that I need to pay to see a movie that I…

It has been nine years since Toy Story left us in a proverbial puddle of tears with Toy Story 3. Generally speaking, it was considered the perfect ending to a perfect trilogy. But as Luke…

Hakuna Matata: words that have stuck with us for the past 25 years. The phrase may translate as literally meaning “no problem”, but most of us just remember it as being the catchphrase of Timon…

Some stories start at the end. My time at the 59th Krakow Film Festival is one of those stories. This is the place where I saw a mass of films ranging from feature-length documentaries to animated shorts.…

I’m not one to be negative, but Illumination Entertainment really takes the cake for worst film studio ever created. They create some of the cringiest content I’ve ever seen. The only film Illumination halfway did…

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…

I’m not mad, March, just disappointed. The third month of the year is when we start to see the summer movie season pop through the ever-warming climate. There’s normally a few blockbusters that rear their…

With Endgame coming down the pipeline and millions of tickets getting sold at a rate faster than one person can create another curious meme of Ant-Man crawling up Thanos’ ass — to those still waiting in…

As far as the movie calendar goes, February is like the first person of the opposite sex to show you some genuine interest and charm after a messy break-up. Your previous suitor (January) was messy,…

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…

When it comes to classic fairy tale romance, Disney is king. But they’ve shown there’s more to love than princesses falling for princes. Some of their greatest love stories come from forgotten places, so we’re…

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…

2009 was a renaissance year for animation. Disney, Miyazaki, and Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon brought hand-drawn magic back into theaters; Pixar’s Up became the second animated film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar; but most importantly, Coraline…