Before The Blog…

Before the beginning of my main line animation news blog, I had always wanted to add to the commentary of the American animation industry... I started Kyle's Animated World back in February of 2012. I was still 19 at the time, and still learning about the ins, the outs, and the little things about the …

Photographic Animation

Nearly three years ago, an animation legend weighed in on the state of mainstream American feature animation. The legend in question was Gene Deitch, known for his work with the UPA in the 1950s, the Tom & Jerry cartoons that he was tasked to make in Czechoslovakia after MGM jettisoned their animation studio, and his …

Dark Cars: The ‘Cars 3’ Teaser and Its Unexpected Reception

I'm seeing it all over social media... "Wow, Cars took a dark turn..." "Lightning McQueen died?" It's no joke, though. The Cars 3 teaser is unlike many of Pixar's previous teasers, and in terms of the lighting and the aesthetic, the film looks unlike any previous Pixar film. Gone are the vibrant colors of the …

A Whole Other Ocean: A Full Review of ‘Finding Dory’

Arriving thirteen years after its magnificent, underwater predecessor, Finding Dory proved to be a worthy sequel and a very good film in its own right. Finding Dory's main strengths are in its development of Dory. I remember the cries and concerns when it was announced that the Finding Nemo sequel would focus heavily on the …

Disregarding the Clickbait: Real Talk on a ‘Monsters, Inc.’ Sequel

Monsters, Inc. turned fifteen today... Monsters, Inc. was actually the very film that got me into Pixar. I was ten, already a huge Disney fan, but for some reason didn't quite connect with the works of the hopping lamp just yet. I didn't pop in my Toy Story and Toy Story 2 VHS tapes as …

‘Borrowed Time’ and Frustration…

Borrowed Time has been shown at various film festivals since October of last year. It was directed by Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj, two Pixarians who made the short through one of the company's special programs that allowed them to use their pipeline. Five years in the making, Coats, Lhadj and a team that included …

Why Movies Like ‘Storks’ Give Me Hope for Animation… [ADD-ON]

The add-on to this article appears at the end... Warner Animation Group's latest film is entering its second weekend of release. The picture, mainly made by Sony ImageWorks up in Vancouver, cost a good $70 million to produce. Warner Animation Group farms the animation for their projects out to various studios. Storks is only their …

A Meandering Discussion on ‘The Good Dinosaur’, Continued…

In the previous ramble, I talked a lot about how The Good Dinosaur defies a lot of modern animation conventions, whilst going over the expectations that Pixar's films normally get. Now I want to dive more into the film itself... One of the things that makes The Good Dinosaur work so well amongst modern animated …

A Meandering Discussion on ‘The Good Dinosaur’

I always felt that Pixar was sort of a victim of their own success. Think about it. You dash out of the gate with your debut feature, which was innovative in the world of both animation and cinema. You follow that up with fifteen years of critically acclaimed box office smashes, each and every one …

‘The Jungle Book’, ‘The Lion King’ and the Future of Animation

Updates made to this article on September 28, 2016 following the announcement of a remake of 'The Lion King'... Original article follows, then the updated thoughts... The other day, I finally got around to watching Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book, which was made by Walt Disney Pictures and released earlier this year to unanimous critical …