Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

Beloved animated series gets a baffling meta makeover

"...Nineties, when Disney cornered the market on halfhearted straight-to-video animated sequels? Then how they moved on to CG-driven live-action..."

May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Finding Nemo

We're happy sweet, funny Nemo is back onscreen – 3-D or no.

"...not a secret that the success or failure of animated comedies relies heavily on the voice casting of the..."

May 30, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Quest for Camelot

"...tagging along with their youngsters to see this new animated feature need not fear the experience. The new Warner..."

May 15, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spirited Away

Spirited Away, about a young girl who is trapped between the real and the ghost-worlds, melds bits of Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz with Eastern-angled spookiness and an outré sensibility that borders on the indescribable.

"...Miyazaki. If you haven't yet seen any of the films (among them the great Princess Mononoke and the greater..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Oscar Shorts 2020

Best of the Oscar animated and live-action shorts

"...Catch all the Oscar-nominated Animated and Live-Action short films in one package (you'll have..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review

The Last Airbender

M. Night Shyamalan's live-action film is based on a popular animated series on Nickelodeon, and although the movie retains the series' mythology, it loses all its humor and suspense.

"...from the imagination of James Cameron but, rather, the animated Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Replete with its..."

July 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2008

Another compilation of old and new animated spectacles guaranteed to rot your eyeballs.

"...tour of cartoon masturbation, defloration, and any and all animated aberrations calculated to induce titillation and/or bowel elimination, is..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Doogal

A clunker if there ever was one, Doogal is so mind-numbingly incoherent that parents and children alike will stare dazedly at the movie screen wondering what the heck is going on.

"...Frank Passingham. What hath Shrek wrought? The ground-breaking 2001 animated film broke the mold, subverting the traditional Disney formula..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fat Albert

Bill Cosby's animated kids get a live-action makeover.

"...going to have to come up with more appealing films than Fat Albert, this new feature-length adaptation of his..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cartoon Noir

"...noir in the title may give this anthology of animated shorts a certain continental flair, but it isn't exactly..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Macross II: Lovers Again

"...to fork over their hard-earned dollars to see these films. Macross II: Lovers Again is no exception to this..."

July 9, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Richard Linklater's Memories of the Moon in Apollo 10½

The filmmaker's childhood in space race-era Houston recalled through Austin-made animation

"...best known for his ambitious and often experimental live-action films like Slacker and Boyhood, but he's also pushed boundaries..."

March 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Racing Stripes

Just as the titular zebra, Stripes, is not really a horse of a different color, this kids picture is not a movie of a different stripe.

"...really a horse of a different color, this partially animated kids picture is not a movie of a different..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Incredibles

Animated take on the superhero genre overflows with wonderfully silly shenanigans and knowing insight into modern parenting.

"...Directed by: Brad Bird. An order-of-magnitude leap forward in animated storytelling, this seriocomic take on the superhero genre deftly..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Luck

Animated adventure is a bright if undemanding pleasure

"...disaster, provide plenty of the simple laughs in this animated adventure. Which is good, because the comedy will be..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Addams Family

Your favorite creepy neighbors are back, and kid friendly

"...After six TV shows and three films, the genteel and ghoulish Addams family still have that..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

When Marnie Was There

Will this ghost story be the final film from animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli?

"...of rich, passionate cinema the world over. Studio Ghibli’s films, and particularly those helmed by Miyazaki, have consistently been..."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kung Fu Panda 2

In this visually enticing sequel, the panda voiced by Jack Black is tasked with finding inner peace.

"...it: Jack Black is perfectly cast as the portly, animated panda Po, the Dragon Warrior who keeps the peace..."

May 27, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Battle for Terra

An animated tale of a peace-loving race of creatures known as Terrians, who are invaded by alien humans.

"...goes up against the big boys in this futuristic, CG-animated tale of a peace-loving, pseudo-religious race of tadpole-esque creatures..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Monsters vs. Aliens

In this animated film, a misfit band of monsters unleashed from quarantine defend Earth from an alien invader.

"...rather boldly stated that he intended to only release films in 3-D from then forward, making the studio’s Monsters..."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

"...premiere, and when the film in question is an animated adventure from DreamWorks, well, the theatre really ought not..."

July 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation Two

"...its title, enthusiastically offering a seemingly endless parade of animated atrocities that are sure to make all but the..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Page Two: Scratching the Surface

Festival films, the Austin Music Awards, and the truth about South by Southwest

"...March 9-Saturday, March 17. There will be around 200 films shown. A SXSW Film pass – for Film only..."

March 2, 2007 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...1/2: A Space Age Childhood, Richard Linklater's Austin-produced and -animated story of growing up in the shadow of NASA...."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Disney gets a lot of the bugs out of their arcade franchise

"...2012's Wreck-It Ralph was a 3-D animated feature filled with buggy coding. It seemed like such..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

La Leyenda del Chupacabras

Dark animated tale may be too frightening for children

"...The fourth in a series of animated Leyenda films from Mexico’s Anima Estudios, La Leyenda del..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wild Life

An animated spin on Robinson Crusoe

"...This Belgian animated film is one strange bird. (No disrespect intended to..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

17th Annual Animation Show of Shows

Don Hertzfeldt's “World of Tomorrow” caps this mostly nifty program

"...I say bully for any opportunity to see animated shorts on the big screen; there aren’t very many,..."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cars 2

This Pixar sequel pops on the screen, but the story line is stuck in neutral.

"...Directed by: John Lasseter and Brad Lewis. Pixar’s new animated feature, Cars 2, vrooms onto the screen with turbocharged..."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Year of the Fish

Year of the Fish is an animated fairy tale for adults that transposes the story of Cinderella to a Chinatown massage parlor.

"...to look at, Year of the Fish is an animated feature that pops off the screen like a goldfish..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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