SOLO, Some 4 Months Later, and Other Things…

Yesterday, it was announced that current Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy is piloting the starship for another three years. All in the same week that Solo came to physical media. A controversial decision, but one that makes me happy... It's obvious. Kennedy's staying because numbers don't lie. Combined, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rogue One, and Star Wars: The Last …

10 Writing About Animation DON’TS

Sometimes when you read about animation, whether it's a review of a movie or a piece on the state of animation box office, you often see writers - who aren't quite entrenched in the medium and its rich history - walk into these tiger traps. They write things about animation that indicate that the perception …

‘Infinity War’ Appreciation

I love Avengers: Infinity War... Even though I consider Black Panther to be the best of this year's Marvel Cinematic Universe crop, I've really taken a liking to Avengers: Infinity War. It's just such a big, jam-packed, layered entry in the MCU that effortlessly manages to explore over twenty characters, many of which previously established through other films, …

2011: Life and Animation

I wanted to talk about a certain year in my life for some random reason... For a while, I had somewhat considered 2011 to be a downer year for feature animation. Why this specific, not-so-distant stretch of 365 days you ask? It just sort of came to mind... 2011 was a year of some firsts …

‘Yellow Submarine’ – An Animation Thesis

Fifty years ago, feature animation and popular music came together, and created something glorious. My next pick for "Animation Thesis" is, unlike the three films before it, something that the House of Mouse was never involved with in any way... Yet, the House of Mouse considering doing a remake of it at one point in …

Make Up Your Own Mind

Another year, another live-action Disney film that tried to do something a little different has possibly failed at the box office... Walt Disney Pictures' adaptation of Madeleine D'Engle's arguably-unfilmmable A Wrinkle in Time hit screens this weekend. Backed by vague and unconvincing trailers, the film seemed to get by on its director's pedigree and its refreshingly …

The Many Logos of Disney Home Ent.

I'm a long-time Disney VHS collector who is fascinated by the little details that differentiate tapes, from all the different eras of Disney's home media division. In a way, it's kind of odd... Walt Disney Home Video had a logo before Walt Disney Productions proper. Walt Disney's films, up until the mid-1950s, had been distributed …

Rottenfield

WARNING: Major spoilers for THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX ahead... I saw a "bad" movie and really enjoyed it... Yesterday, Netflix surprise-released The Cloverfield Paradox. The third film in the J. J. Abrams Twilight Zone-esque series of weirdo sci-fi tales, it was - for the longest time - aiming for a theatrical release last year. Delays kept …

When Computer Animation Stopped Being Exciting For Me

Days have passed. A lot of the recent, unfortunate news concerning Pixar has somewhat blown over, though many fans - such as myself - are still in some state of mental disarray. A rumor concerning John Lasseter's actual exit from The Walt Disney Company as a whole - leaving the top chairs vacant at Pixar, …

It’s Time to Stop: An ‘Incredibles 2’ Rant

First thing's first... This is not a rant about the existence of Pixar's Incredibles 2. I'm very much looking forward to the sequel to one of my all-time favorite films. Sorry if the title gave you a near jolt! No, this is more a rant about something that happens almost every time a popular Pixar …