It’s always astounding when animation combines with truly creative visions and make for engaging works on artistic and thematic levels. Now, from DreamWorks, comes such an animated film that not only ...

Animation has a remarkable ability to take anything in life and give it a special unique interpretation. However, it’s at its most effective when it takes that interpretation and balances it out with ...

Peanuts typically knows how to make the little moments of life feel big, impactful, and thought provoking. But the name of this special is to present a potentially big event for one of the characters ...

A good word to describe animation is versatile. Being a medium that can make any idea imaginable happen so convincingly and allow for the strongest connection with characters of all kinds, it’s practi...

Certain topics can be rather complex, and politics are definitely no exception. Peanuts is probably the best franchise to give it a fresh childlike perspective, and this special does just that to an e...

There’s nothing like a classic Disney Animation fairytale musical, the kind of film where just about everything aligns to craft a memorable experience of story, characters, songs, and top notch visual...

The popularity and creative inspiration of animation tends to go through cycles. During its best eras, one example is an abundance of successful animated series. Within one of those good eras, the 201...

It’s hard to believe how much of a bygone era the Disney Renaissance has become. This string of high quality works of Disney Animation has left a significant mark in motion picture history with most o...

Cinema under the best execution can be a powerful form of expression capable of reaching out to the widest possible audience by bringing to life the most inspiring stories imaginable told through very...

If people were to ask me what I consider to be the biggest selling point of the Peanuts franchise, it would be its sheer relatability. Through starring a cast largely consisting of kids taking in litt...

A lot of movie musicals of the 20th century have one thing in common; their song scores were the result of the talents of one particular songwriter team, Richard and Robert Sherman. When certain score...

Sometimes it’s interesting how things work out in the world of cinema. There’s an ongoing clash between creative filmmakers and business minded executives running the studios. The very existence of th...

Some could make the argument that Peanuts specials are at their best when they’re faithful to the comic strips they’re based on. In a manner similar to a special released the previous year, this speci...

One thing I like just as much as a great Disney film is the story of how those films came to be. I tend to get that through behind the scenes bonus features on physical media releases, as well as book...

Considering the crew behind the Peanuts specials had brought the stage musical, “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” to animation, it makes sense that they’d give that treatment to another Peanuts themed...

It’s rather remarkable how big the Peanuts franchise has been, even in its early years. In fact, after the comic strips being in print for over a decade, and during the early years of the animated TV ...

When looking at the history of Disney Animation, as opposed to a completely golden streak in line with its reputation, they’ve often fluctuated between high periods and low periods. As the world chang...

In the large landscape of animated TV series, you’ll be hard pressed to find a show as acclaimed and beloved as Avatar: The Last Airbender. The epic story with heavy themes, memorable and endearing ch...

There’s some legit intrigue going into this Peanuts special based on an early story arc from the original comic strips about two principal characters, Linus and Lucy, moving away. A franchise known fo...

In an era where Disney Animation struggles to pull off strong works that can live up to its revered legacy, this film comes along to stand out from all the others. While the release would endure a shi...

When Wish was first announced, I remember being absolutely excited by its potential to not just be a great Disney Animation film, but also quite possibly the Disney film to end all Disney films. A fil...

Being hit hard financially by the effects of World War II, Walt Disney Animation Studios had to press on through being cautiously economical with animated features. Unable to craft the grand ambitious...

For a good number of years, Walt Disney Animation Studios was on a roll with great film after great film under creative management with encouragement of the filmmakers’ visions, clear respect for lega...

From the late 2000s all through the 2010s, Walt Disney Animation Studios had new creative leadership that gave the artistic staff a new sense of creative morale enabling them to craft a long line of a...

Any work from Peanuts that makes it to feature length status instantly grants it intrigue. This franchise has always been made popular by bringing fresh deep insights along with clever wit to everyday...

The late 1980s saw animation slowly grow a new sense of popularity and appreciation, the likes of which had never been seen before, and Disney-style animation was no exception. After years of trying h...

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As the Disney studio did what they could to survive the financial hardships of the 1940s during and after World War II, they turned out animated features that by nature were quite unusual from their e...

In addition to being this reviewer’s favorite Pixar film, there’s something extra noteworthy about Inside Out.  Its general premise allows it to successfully adapt to the modern cinematic landscape wh...

Some of the things I love most about animation include its ability to craft immensely imaginative worlds and abstract ideas so convincingly, and bringing an emotional response to what’s basically movi...

As Walt Disney is revered to have had a special touch when it comes to craftsmanship of animated films, you can imagine how challenging it must have been for the staff of the animation studio to craft...