I don’t know if anyone was exactly hungering for a film version of Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, but this one from directors Chris Miller (Shrek the Third) and Phil Lord is a well-rendered and fairly entertaining CGI effort that might literally make you hungry.
Read More Andy Samberg, animation, Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Bruce Campbell, Chris Miller, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, David, DVD, family, James Caan, Neil Patrick Harris, PG-, Phil LordThe film 9 was originally presented as a graduating student short film by Shane Acker. The story of 9 follows a group of nine animatronic, tweed-covered puppets that have been brought to life by a “brilliant” scientist at the brink of humanity’s extinction. Why this is done or what is the bringer of such chaotic [...]
Read More 9, adventure, animation, DVD, Jeremy, PG-13, Sci-Fi, Shane Acker, Tim BurtonOnce while I was in the 5th Grade, I wrote a story about a pair of kleptomaniacal chimpanzees who escape from the San Diego zoo and, after a series of adventures, end up flying around in a raft kept aloft by two parachutes filled with wind. When Pixar made Up, a tale of an old [...]
Read More adventure, animation, DVD, Ed Asner, family, PG-, Pixar, Up, willThat my interest in this CGI kid-flick franchise has even been mild is mainly thanks to the somewhat off-kilter casting of Ray Romano, Denis Leary and John Leguizamo, and so it’s to my pleasant surprise that their presence is not the only reason I enjoyed the third entry as much as I did.
Read More action, adventure, animation, Carlos Saldanha, comedy, David, Denis Leary, DVD, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, John Leguizamo, Josh Peck, Mike Thurmeier, PG-, queen latifah, Ray Romano, Seann William, Seann William Scott, simon peggMonsters vs Aliens starts out where most Disney fairytales leave off-a wedding. Susan Murphy (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) is about to marry the weatherman of her dreams Derek Dietl (Paul Rudd). But alas, it seems that no one ever told the couple that it is bad luck for the groom to see the bride in [...]
Read More Amy Poehler, animation, DVD, Ed Helms, Fantasy, Hugh Laurie, Jeffrey Tambor, John Krasinski, Kiefer Sutherland, Monsters vs Aliens, Paul Rudd, PG-, Rainn Willson, Random Girl, Reese Witherspoon, Sci-Fi, Seth Rogen, Stephen Colbert, Will ArnettCoraline is a collaboration between author Neil Gaiman and master animator Henry Selick. Big names in their respective fields, these stars come together here to create one of the most startlingly different pieces of animation I have seen in years.
Read More adventure, animation, blu-ray, Coraline, DVD, family, Fantasy, Henry Selick, Neil Gaiman, PG-, SpookTo simply say that Waltz with Bashir is just another war documentary would be an understatement of sizzler-sized proportions. Writer, director, and fellow interviewer Ari Folman‘s roto-scoped documentary (think A Scanner Darkly) examines painful yet sometimes beautiful accounts of the Lebanese invasion of 1982. The interviews held are all proposed by Folman in his attempt [...]
Read More animation, Ari Folman, biography, blu-ray, documentary, drama, DVD, Jeremy, R, Waltz With Bashir, warBolt (voiced by John Travolta) is a sheltered Hollywood dog, the star of his own TV show with his best friend Penny (Miley Cyrus). Trouble is, he thinks he really IS a super-dog, so when he gets separated from the studio and left to fend for himself on the other side of the country, he’s [...]
Read More animation, Bolt, comedy, Disney, DVD, family, John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, PG-, willIgor is a mediocre kid ‘toon take on the beloved Frankenstein sidekick, made a little more interesting by funny voice work from John Cusack as the title hunchback and Steve Buscemi‘s splendidly sarcastic delivery as an immortal rabbit who doesn’t want to live. In the kingdom of Malaria, Igors like Cusack go to Igor school [...]
Read MoreFor help writing my review of Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who!, I turned to the grandkids, Jack (age 8 ) and Abbie (age 7). Abbie told me that she liked the backgrounds and designs. Jack loved the animation, and I enjoyed it all. It was especially nice to watch great animation without the gimmicky [...]
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