Reviews / 27.11.2024

For a studio so often criticised for its reliance on rehashing the past, it's rather wild to consider Disney has only released four animated sequels in its almost 90 years of existence. Sure, there was that period in the 90s and early 00s when every successful animated feature received a subpar straight-to-video follow-up. However, in terms of theatrically released animated films, we've only had The Rescuers Down Under, Fantasia 2000, Ralph Breaks the Internet, and Frozen II. It's also crazy to remember a follow-up to the 2016 smash hit Moana wasn't even...

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Awards Season, Reviews / 18.11.2023

As their expansive year-long Disney 100 celebration finally begins to wind down, Walt Disney Animation Studios is set to deliver their 62nd feature-length animated feature almost nine decades after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs began one of the most enduring legacies in the history of cinema. Standing as a loving tribute to everything that makes Disney animation so uniquely magical, Wish is a beautiful gem. A wondrous throwback to classic animated musicals of the past, this is easily the best family film of the season. Through the use of that...

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Reviews / 16.06.2023

From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Cinderella to The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, love stories have been a staple of the animation genre ever since The Prince awoke Snow White with true love's kiss. However, Pixar has never been an animation studio that follows tradition. While they'd dabbled with romantic elements in films like WALL-E, Toy Story 4, Ratatouille, and, of course, the heart-shattering first ten minutes of Up, they've never delivered something one would inherently call a true romance film...

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Reviews / 24.05.2023

It's hard to truly quantify the impact of The Little Mermaid back in 1989. It reinvigorated a studio that was struggling to recapture the magic of decades past. It set the template for a new renaissance of animated musicals. And it delivered one of Disney's most treasured princesses whose popularity hasn't waned a drop in 33 years. It's rather surprising it's taken us this long to arrive at a live-action remake. Given the daunting task of staging a musical with 50% of the action taking place underwater, it's not...

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Reviews / 22.11.2022

In the middle of the hysteria around Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the hype over 20th Century Studios' Avatar: The Way of Water sits the seemingly forgotten child of Walt Disney Pictures. You've probably heard very little about Walt Disney Animation Studios' Strange World, which is rather ironic, given animation is literally the very medium that established Disney almost 100 years ago. And it's a damn shame too because it's a charming little wonder with a big beating heart and the studio's first genuine queer representation in one of...

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Reviews / 15.06.2022

In 1995, Andy got a toy from his favourite movie. This is that movie. With these two opening sentences, Pixar instantly establishes the initially confusing context behind Lightyear; a Toy Story spin-off that's not quite a prequel in the purest sense. These are not the adventures of the beloved toy voiced by Tim Allen over the course of four near-perfect films. It's an origin story of a character we have technically never met. It's the movie that inspired the toy in the movies that we know and love. While Lightyear can't quite...

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Reviews / 18.05.2022

Way back in 1923, Walt Disney and his animation partner Ub Iwerks got their start by producing a series of silent Alice Comedies short films featuring a live-action child actress inside an animated world. In 1988, Touchstone Pictures flipped this concept by blending cartoon characters into the real world in the masterpiece that was Who Framed Roger Rabbit. There are many who have longed for a Roger Rabbit sequel for the last 34 years. That blessed day may still come. For now, you've been granted the next best...

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Reviews / 01.04.2022

In the late 1980s and 1990s, Disney infused Broadway sensibilities into their animated feature films to spectacular results (thank you, Howard Ashman). It seems only fitting Disney+ is the streaming platform to deliver a film that plays like a charming love letter to Broadway and the kids who dream of seeing their name in lights. A gorgeous little gem that will speak to the soul of every theatre kid, Better Nate Than Ever is a real winner. Precocious 13-year-old Nate Foster (a phenomenal debut from Rueby Wood) is a major musical...

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Reviews / 08.03.2022

In their illustrious 27-year history, Pixar Animation Studios has intelligently covered many pertinent topics. From mental health and grief to environmentalism and the meaning of life, their bravery in tackling themes other animation studios wouldn't dare touch has always been one of their greatest strengths. It should come as no surprise to learn their latest effort, Turning Red offers a portrait of something we've never seen in animation before; the perils of puberty. Shrewdly utilising an ancient curse as a smart metaphor for the uncontrollable changes one's body experiences in...

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