(courtesy YouTube (c) BYU’s Center for Animation – Student Films) SNAPSHOTAfter discovering a baby kraken aboard their ship, two bumbling pirates try to kill it. But as their incompetent attempts escalate, they only throw themselves further into disaster. [Stowaway is] an award-winning short animated film created by quarantined students during Continue Reading
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Movie review: Thelma the Unicorn
(courtesy IMP Awards) When your 11-year-old niece, who fancies herself as a nascent YouTuber, and who has the personality and presentation chops to deliver on her aspirations, says via snappily-recorded video that you need to watch and review the new Thelma the Unicorn film, you can’t, of course, say no. Continue Reading
Star Wars-n’t? Rebuild the Galaxy – a fun fresh alternative take on that galaxy far, far away …
(courtesy First Showing (c) Disney+) SNAPSHOTLEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy is a “four-piece” animated special. The entire Star Wars galaxy gets completely mixed up when an ordinary nerf-herder, Sig Greebling (voiced by Gaten Matarazzo), unearths a powerful artifact called the Cornerstone found within a hidden Jedi temple. He finds Continue Reading
Something borrowed, something Bluey: why we love a TV wedding (curated article)
(courtesy IMDb (c) Ludo Studio) Article via Liz Giuffre , Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney via The Conversation There is nothing like a wedding episode. Bluey’s first 28-minute special, “The Sign”, was the ultimate wedding television. Full of family, and family-friendly, the wedding between Bluey’s godmother Frisky Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The reality-bending truth of Regular Rabbit
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTThe good name of a seemingly regular rabbit falls victim to an unstoppable tide of disinformation. [YouTube intro] This Regular Rabbit short is created and 3D-animated and written and directed by animation filmmaker Eoin Duffy – originally from Ireland, now based in Vancouver, BC. You can see more Continue Reading
Movie review: Robot Dreams
(courtesy IMP Awards) Humanity is anchored and defined by its relationships. While romantic love steals much of the showy, relationally performative limelight, it is friendship that often sustains us and endures long beyond the flashy pop and fizz of eros, giving us a sure point of return in the chaotic Continue Reading
Find your rhythm and sparkle on … Thelma the Unicorn drops a funny, colourful and heartfelt trailer
(courtesy First Showing (c) Netflix) SNAPSHOTThelma is a small-time pony who dreams of becoming a glamourous music star. In a pink and glitter-filled moment of fate, Thelma is transformed into a unicorn and instantly rises to global stardom. But this new life of fame comes at a cost. Thelma the Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Getting used to the world with Plum
(courtesy ESMA 3D) SNAPSHOTWhen Plum hatches from his egg, the little dinosaur is not ready for the universe in which he was born. Carefree and mischievous, he roams around, watched by a dragonfly. However, his innocence is shattered when he makes a terrible discovery about his world … (courtesy YouTube Continue Reading
The Easter short and the short of it: Happy Easter has a lot of madcap fun subverting the festive event
(courtesy official Facebook page) SNAPSHOTTheCGBros Presents Happy Easter by ESMA (team: uliette AUDUREAU, Maho CLAQUIN, Titouan COCAULT, Yann COUTARD, Franklin GERVAIS, Sophie TERRIERE, Xinlei YE, Nathan EINHORN, José VICENTE, Tristan LE BOZEC, Yoann PONCET). In the storefront of a chocolate factory, the Easter Bunny gets an unexpected visitor as a Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The heartwarming patience of The Soup
(courtesy official John Torres Instagram page) Introducing The Soup, a heartwarming animated short film that invites viewers into the enchanting world of a dedicated robot farmer. Our story revolves around this hardworking character who possesses an extraordinary knack for patience, as they embark on the meticulous journey of creating a Continue Reading