Charlie Brown Modernizes and Goes Back to the Future!
Director: STEVE MARTINO/2015
While this analogy won’t exactly hold up, the new The Peanuts Movie and i...
Disney great dead at 84
Dean Jones was beloved to the children of my generation. After starting in movies (playing small roles in films like Tea and Sympathy, ...
Can a Franchise Sidekick Become the Main Star?
Director: PIERRE COFFIN, KYLE BALDA/2015
Like DreamWorks Animation’s The Penguins of Madagascar, Universal wa...
(Insert Multi-ligual Minion Gibberish Gag Here)
DIRECTED BY KYLE BALDA, PIERRE COFFIN/2015
“You gotta serve somebody". Bob Dylan sang that in 1979. Minions ...
This Feature Spin-Off Rules The Comedy Roost!
DIRECTED BY ERIC DARNELL, SIMON J. SMITH/2014
I don’t know whether to call this a TV spin-off or a bigger fran...
Disney Goes Full Marvel!
DIRECTED BY DON HALL, CHRIS WILLIAMS/2014
Disney’s Big Hero 6, a computer-rendered whirlwind of futuristic action, color, technolog...
For Families, 3D Animated OZ Sequel Is A Trip Worth Taking
DIRECTED BY WILL FINN, DANIEL ST. PIERRE/2014 (U.S. theatrical release)
In a period of perpetual ...
A Delightful French Game of Bear and Mouse for All Ages
DIRECTED BY STEPHANE AUDIER, VINCENT PATAR/FRENCH/2014 (U.S. Theatrical release)
The charming animat...
Animated Squirrel Film Fails to Crack Up Viewers
DIRECTED BY PETER LEPENIOTIS/2014
After a prolonged season of amused-with-themselves animated studio films ...