Tag Archives: Animation

Film Review – Toy Story 4

Posted on June 30, 2019 by

The Toy Story trilogy, as it was up to this point, consisted of three flawless masterpieces of animated family viewing which are rightly revered. We didn’t need a fourth instalment, or so we thought. Pixar however had other ideas. The … Continue reading →

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Film Review – The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Posted on February 12, 2019 by

As “awesome” as the first. Yes, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s unlikely 2014 triumph is repeated in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. Like that first film, this is no mere corporate commercial, but a hilarious, subversive, satirical joy. … Continue reading →

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

Posted on February 2, 2019 by

The law of diminishing returns applies to How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, the third and final entry in the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, based on the books by Cressida Cowell. The good news is said … Continue reading →

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Film Review – Spider-Man Into the Spider-verse

Posted on December 15, 2018 by

Given the sheer number of recent Spider-man reboots, the question has to be asked: do we really need another Spider-man? These reboots are just one of many jokes made at the expense of the webslinger in the animated Spider-man Into … Continue reading →

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Film Review – Ralph Breaks the Internet

Posted on December 8, 2018 by

The original Wreck-It Ralph was a terrific film that took me quite by surprise when I first saw it. I went in with low expectations and came out elated, which was especially wonderful because I had just endured a glut … Continue reading →

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Film Review – Incredibles 2

Posted on July 15, 2018 by

Brad Bird’s The Incredibles is my favourite Pixar film. It is also the only Pixar film other than Toy Story which I thought could benefit from a sequel. Now Bird has finally revisited his masterpiece, the big question can finally … Continue reading →

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Film Review – Isle of Dogs

Posted on April 11, 2018 by

Fans of Wes Anderson’s uniquely eccentric oeuvre will find plenty to enjoy in Isle of Dogs, his second foray into stop-motion animation following Fantastic Mr Fox. Essentially a story about a boy’s search for his lost dog, the twist here … Continue reading →

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Film Review – Loving Vincent

Posted on October 17, 2017 by

Giving new meaning to the term labour of love, Loving Vincent is a visually mesmerising but dramatically tepid animated film, examining the events surrounding the death of celebrated painter Vincent Van Gogh. Starting with the positives, the film is an … Continue reading →

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Film Reviews – Despicable Me 3/Cars 3

Posted on August 5, 2017 by

I recently caught up with a couple of family movie “threequels” – Cars 3 and Despicable Me 3. Since neither proved much to report home about, I am being lazy and dealing with both in the same review. In the … Continue reading →

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Film Review – The Red Turtle

Posted on July 4, 2017 by

Tonight I finally caught up with The Red Turtle, the only animated film from the 2016 Oscar nominees that I had yet to see. A French/Belgian co-production with Japanese Studio Ghibli, directed by Dutch animator Michaël Dudok de Wit, this … Continue reading →

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