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Sept. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires
Princess Mononoke
Japanese animated feature is packed with an environmentally aware storyline, breathtaking animation, and clever dialogue penned for this American release by Brit fantasist Neil Gaiman and delivered in English by a slew of American actors.
"...Princess Mononoke is the most successful piece of Japanese animation ever (grossing over $150 million dollars in Japan alone,..."
Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Richard Linklater's Memories of the Moon in Apollo 10½
The filmmaker's childhood in space race-era Houston recalled through Austin-made animation
"...and Boyhood, but he's also pushed boundaries as an animation director with Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly. Now..."
March 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Now Streaming in Austin: Coming Undone With Minnow Mountain
Resurrecting Rotoscoping for the Amazon Prime mindbender
"...Rotoscoping is dead, they said. Creating animation by drawing over live-action footage is too complex, too..."
Nov. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos
First animated Mexican movie to receive wide release in the States
"...every bit as goofy-smart as one would hope. The animation team at Huevocartoon Producciones has done a splendid job..."
Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
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.
"...you're missing out on the most magnificent combination of animation and storytelling (and these days the two are too..."
Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Prince of Egypt
"...work with enough purity of spirit to pass into animation's holy ground. Indeed, The Prince of Egypt accomplishes extraordinary..."
Dec. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki
Behind the scenes as the Studio Ghibli mastermind returns to film
"...writer, director, co-founder, and spiritual sensei of the Tokyo-based animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli (depicted in 2015's The Kingdom of..."
Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Cracking the Mighty Coconut
Inside the Austin animation studio
"...sand, an animated short, and the beginnings of an animation company...."
July 22, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Head of the Class
Spike & Mike sets aside its sick and twisted ways (for now) with New Generation Animation
"...to Spike & Mike, the touring three-ring-circus anthology of animation – sick, twisted, and otherwise – that used to..."
Dec. 4, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Macross II: Lovers Again
"...been exposed to the rich, colorful art of Disney animation and Warner Bros. cartoons for too long. I don't..."
July 9, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce
How to Climb a Minnow Mountain
The Austin animation studio resurrecting Rotoscoping with Richard Linklater
"...Last November, he was in the offices of the animation studio he co-founded, Minnow Mountain, when he mentioned that..."
Sept. 4, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
"...nobody loved, comprised as it is of part computer-graphic animation (the backgrounds and monsters, which is lovely and challenging)..."
July 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Boxtrolls
The third time isn't the charm for this animated film from the studio that gave us the magical Coraline and ParaNorman.
"...is decidedly not the charm for the Portland, Oregon-based animation studio Laika. Unlike its two previous releases – the..."
Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Croods
Animated cave dwellers are stealth charmers.
"...And not the crack-your-teeth, cloying kind of sweet: DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods is a spirited and eye-popping stealth charmer...."
March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Spriggan
"...to be seen to be believed. The frenzied, realistic animation (by the team who also made Akira) pulls out..."
Nov. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Jay Hardwig
Shrek
Animated comic gem.
"...Aside from the computer-generated work coming out of Pixar's animation studio lately (Toy Story 2) and the ground-shaking triumph..."
May 18, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Missing Link
More than just fuzzy fun in this latest stop-motion wonder
"...to subvert those standards. Instead, this delightful stop motion animation doesn’t need to subvert anything, instead finding the wonder..."
April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Kubo and the Two Strings
Sublime animated movie is disguised as kids' fare
"...sublime Neil Gaiman adaptation Coraline in 2009, the Laika animation studio has distinguished itself as the ne plus ultra..."
Aug. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Rango
Watch out, cartoon critters: There’s a new sheriff in town, and his name is Rango.
"...Tom and Jerry. In Rango, Verbinski opts for pure animation but again goes against the grain by making it..."
March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Ten Commandments
This family-oriented adaptation of the Book of Exodus is the inaugural film in a planned franchise of crudely animated Bible stories.
"...Bible stories, using a crude form of three-dimensional computer animation. One can only hope that the future entries in..."
Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Finding Nemo
We're happy sweet, funny Nemo is back onscreen – 3-D or no.
"...of course, with the rapid-fire advances in computer graphics animation, it's not just the voices that need to mesh,..."
May 30, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Metropolis
"...by: Rintaro. If your experience thus far with Japanese animation (anime) has been limited to late-afternoon brushes with the..."
Feb. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Fantasia
"...was for it to be an ongoing work, pairing animation and classical music to create something called a “concert..."
June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Space Jam
Dexterously mixing live action and animation, Space Jam tosses NBA champ Michael Jordan onto the 2-D court with the entire Looney Tunes gang and the opposing Monstar team of cartoon characters from another planet.
"...piece of film entertainment. Dexterously mixing live action and animation, the movie tosses NBA champ Michael Jordan onto the..."
Nov. 15, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Behind the Scenes on Netflix’s New Austin-Made, Mexico-Set Anime
The many hands of Powerhouse Animation make light work of Seis Manos
"...obsession that has led to his company, Austin-based Powerhouse Animation, unleashing their new show Seis Manos on Netflix last..."
Oct. 11, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
The Titmouse That Roared
Chris Prynoski on Venture Bros., tech, and more
"...for one of the most subversive and ubiquitous of animation companies in America – Titmouse...."
Aug. 12, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Cars 3
Third times not a charm for this franchise
"...may be the least-loved of all of the groundbreaking animation studios’ movies so far, but the kiddie set continues..."
June 16, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Belladonna of Sadness
This transgressive animated film from 1973 Japan has been recently restored. Blending gorgeous, watercolor-infused Japanese landscapes with Western influences like Art Nouveau and Expressionism, the film tells the sexually outré and hallucinogenic story of two lovers in a feudal village.
"...so by the combination of both abstract and realistic animation styles. Attempting to put the past behind them, Jeanne..."
May 13, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
The genius dog and his adopted human son return for these animated adventures in time travel.
"...since come a long way from the original’s crude animation – and even cruder treatment of historical figures like..."
