Grace An's Cabbage Daddy is a nifty little delight that revels in wordplay. If you like words or have an interest in language, it'll probabl...

October is generally my favorite month of the year on the animation front, because it brings two big festivals with it. Animation is Film is...

The planet of Nu-Earth is covered in poisonous gas, along with lots of otherwise quite inhospitable terrain. To my eyes, it doesn't much loo...

I'm a big fan of going into a movie blind. It's fun to just jump in, not knowing what to expect, and being truly in the palm of the filmmake...

I'm covering the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) remotely this year (the fest wraps up its in-person activities on Sunday), s...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that, when I take a flight that has seatback screens and a swathe of entertainment options available ...

My husband and I have been deep in the throes of Spooky Season as of late. We try to start in August each year, and kick it into high gear i...

If you're a Very Online Person like me, you might immediately think of the hilarious Sylvanian Drama videos when you see the Calico Critters...

Each year, we normally get a few animated releases from the DC universe, including the occasional dip in multi-movie story arcs. It's a smar...

On paper, Raissa (Liza Soberano) and Jo (H.E.R.) don't read as the likeliest of friends. Raissa is studious, smart, dedicated. She's a "rock...

I've been fascinated by the prospect of Tom & Jerry: Forbidden Compass  since I first hear about it. This latest film in the series, which i...

Life is an ongoing act of discovery, creation, and (most interestingly) cartography in Fernanda Salgado's deeply touching Ana, en passant , ...

I keep starting and erasing and re-starting this review. It's hard to know how to begin. Sometimes, I watch a movie, and when I sit down to ...

This has been a particularly great year for animated movies of years gone by returning to the big screen. Alongside the expectedly excellent...

An elderly yakuza lies on a thin mattress on the floor of his prison cell, the cell that has been his home for decades. He can feel that the...

It's that time of year when various countries announce what movies they're submitting for the forthcoming Oscars. Pretty much every day now,...

I've only been on one cruise in my life, a weekend jaunt from LA down to Ensanada and back, and during those few days at sea, I drank a life...

Once destined to be a movie lost to history, a tax write-off for David Zaslav, Coyote vs. Acme is now finally making its way to the big scre...

Hollyshorts continues to unfold in Hollywood, with new sections also being added to the online selection each day. Today, I'm taking a look ...

For this second round of Hollyshorts coverage, I'm taking a look at the shorts playing in the Animation I block. So if you've bought access ...

Viva Kids has been having a great year, with a slew of strong titles in the first half of the year, and the fascinating-looking Tom and Jerr...

Hollyshorts is in full swing here in Hollywood, and I'm making my way through the huge lineup. I'll be doing multiple posts with my thoughts...

All Wishes Come True! is the latest animated megahit from China to make it to US shores, and it's maybe the ultimate "guys being dudes" movi...