The Complications of the Animated Oscar

The Oscars and animation... The nominations are now out, and once again it's the same old predictable game. There are nine Best Picture nominations, as a tenth slot is inexplicably missing. All of the films on there are filmed with real-life cameras on real-life sets with real-life people, or films that have a lot of …

Conflicted on Nominations

The time is almost near... The nominations for the 89th Academy Awards ceremony will be out soon... I've talked a great deal about the Best Animated Feature category in the past, but this year - more so than any past year - I'm a bit conflicted about two mainstreamers. Now, before we go any further, …

2016’s Animated Oscars… Hard to Predict?

The Oscars... The Best Animated Feature category... Who is in the running? I think this year, we don't have too many definite answers. This is a bit premature, because four more major animated features are left, one of which comes from the on-a-roll Walt Disney Animation Studios. The features are Warner Animation Group's high-flying comedy …