“Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom” Review
The Shaun the Sheep movies by Aardman Animations are always such a charming showcase of stop-motion animation at its finest that it seems the woolly adventures can do no wrong.
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“Forgotten Island” Review
While many animated films adopt a frenetic pace to keep up with a young audience, Forgotten Island earns its energy-drink-fueled pace with a film about the importance of memories and
“Lesbian Space Princess” Review
The freedom of queer filmmaking has reached a point where we could use an animated picture as blunt and vulgar as Lesbian Space Princess. This isn’t a cute, sci-fi coming-of-age
“Coyote vs. Acme” Review
Delayed and nearly canceled, there’s a poetic nature to how Coyote vs. Acme‘s story reflects a troubled release, given that it’s about a corporation silencing voices. But even without that
“Minions & Monsters” Review
The many movies of the yellow, gibberish-spewing creatures from Despicable Me have served up cute vignettes of cartoon silliness, but rarely kept pace as a feature film. This has been
“Toy Story 5” Review
I sat in the theater Saturday morning with a host of families, preparing to watch the fifth Toy Story film in a franchise that has been going strong for 30
“Animal Farm” (2026) Review
Kids can handle reading Animal Farm. Sure, it’s a dark book, and children are not going to directly trace the allegory to Stalin’s rise amid World War II, but the
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” Review
While oxygen doesn’t seem to be a problem with this space-bound adventure, there is no breathing room for a movie this bloated with the Nintendo stuff. Rather than further develop
“Hoppers” Review
Hoppers seems like the type of animated movie that would write itself. In the early exposition of explaining robot animals used to study animal habits, the inquisitive Mabel (Piper Curda)
“Arco” Review
From its Ghibli-esque tale of environmentalism to its unmistakably French art style, Arco is a colorful swirl of influences so potent that it honestly surprised me it wasn’t based on