Posts Tagged ‘Pixar Animation Studios’
Episode 36 – Onward
In this episode of the podcast, we review Disney-Pixar’s latest animated film, Onward. We also discuss our go-to content for when we’re sick at home, as well as our current quarantine media obsessions. At the end of the show, we review the independent comedy Don’t…
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Film Review – Incredibles 2
It’s hard to come to grips with the fact that it took fourteen years for Disney/Pixar Animation Studios to release a sequel to the critical and box office hit The Incredibles (2004). But here we are with Incredibles 2 (2018) helmed once again by writer/director…
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Film Review – Early Man
Meh. It’s okay. Look, Aardman Animations has long been a high benchmark for quality stop-motion hand crafted animation. From their very earliest works like the incredibly funny Oscar winning short Creature Comforts (that’s the one with the zoo animals giving interviews to an unseen documentary…
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Interview – Harley Jessup – Coco
Spencer interviews production designer Harley Jessup from the animated adventure Coco.
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Film Review – Coco
It’s a careful balancing act, making a movie that both celebrates a heritage in an entertaining fashion and yet doesn’t trivialize that same culture. It’s an especially tricky balance when creating an animated kid’s movie which usually trade in generalities or quickly referenced stereotypes. Representation…
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Film Review – Cars 3
For a long time Pixar had an unimpeachable record. Can you think of a company of any kind, not just a movie company but any company, that had a track record as impressive as theirs for their first dozen years or so? The Toy Story…
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Film Review – Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
It has taken 20 years, but Dreamworks Animation has finally brought Captain Underpants to the cinematic world. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is based on immensely popular novel series by Dav Pilkey. Thanks to the rise of Pixar, animated movies have become a Trojan horse at…
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Film Review – The Boss Baby
A searing indightment of the current political process, a trenchant character study, and an enlightening profile of a Real Estate magnate with no political experience rising to the highest office in the country, the new documentary about Donald Trump entitled Boss Baby…
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