The Iron Giant (1999)Director: Brad BirdScreenwriters: Tim McCanlies, Brad BirdStarring: Eli Merienthal, Harry Connick Jr., Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel, Christopher McDonald, John Mahoney, Cloris Leachman, M. Emmet Walsh, James Gammon Brad Bird’s feature directorial debut deserves to be spoken about in the same breath as the greats of animation. After 25 years, technology may have […]
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The Lion King (1994)Directors: Roger Allers, Rob MinkoffScreenwriters: Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton Starring: Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Niketa Calame, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Robert Guillaume, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings, Madge Sinclair, Frank Welker Along with the Oscar-nominated Beauty and the Beast, The
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The Boy and the Heron (2023)Director: Hayao MiyazakiScreenwriter: Hayao MiyazakiStarring: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Takuya Kimura, Shōhei Hino, Ko Shibasaki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Jun Kunimura In 2013, Hayao Miyazaki released The Wind Rises, widely reported to be his final film before retirement. A year later, When Marnie Was There came out along with
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Modern parents might well wince at the humour and innuendo. As with all animated films, many jokes are intended for the adults, sailing over the heads of the younger audience members. Who Framed Roger Rabbit pushes that to its limit. Jibes about sexual proclivity, prostate problems, and alcoholism can all be found in abundance. “Bitch” and
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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022)Directors: Peter Baynton, Charlie MackesyScreenwriters: Charlie Mackesy, Jon CrokerStarring: Jude Coward Nicoll, Tom Hollander, Idris Elba, Gabriel Byrne The BBC and Apple TV+ animated children’s story book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is 2023’s all-star offering in the Oscars’ Animated Short category,
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The Sea Beast (2022)Director: Chris WilliamsScreenwriters: Chris Williams, Nell BenjaminStarring: Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Dan Stevens It’s no surprise that The Sea Beast has been Netflix’s most successful animation to date, or that it has been given the Oscar nod for Best Animated Feature. It is the classic combination of adventure,
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There’s a fair amount of nightmare fuel in this particular kid’s movie, from Snow White’s escape through a psychedelic dark forest to pretty much every scene with the Evil Queen. The moment where she takes a magic potion to alter her appearance to fool Snow White, transforming into an old crone in a cloud of
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Hercules (1997) Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker Screenwriters: Ron Clements, John Musker, Don McEnery, Bob Shaw, Irene Mecchi Starring: Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, James Woods, Danny DeVito, Rip Torn, Bobcat Goldthwait, Matt Frewer, Hal Holbrook, Barbara Barrie, Paul Shaffer Following their latest attempt to get their dream project Treasure Planet off the starting blocks (which
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The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022) Director: Loren Bouchard, Bernard Derriman Screenwriters: Loren Bouchard, Nora Smith Starring: H. Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Kristen Schaal, John Roberts When it comes to animated sitcom films, audiences want the same show they love but more cinematic. This can bring together the two contradictory goals of TV (stability)
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The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) Directors: Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe Screenwriters: Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe Starring: Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Michael Rianda, Eric André, Olivia Colman, Fred Armisen, Beck Bennett, Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, Charlyne Yi Between Into the Spider-Verse and The Mitchells vs the Machines, Sony Pictures Animation are in a
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