One of the most comforting parts of Christmas, a season dedicated to making us feel like everything is gloriously and perfectly right with the world, is settling down to watch the slew of new and old Christmas specials, TV shows and movies at our disposal. Most people will have favourites Continue Reading
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The short and the short of it #Halloween redux: A Night in Camp Heebie Jeebie
SNAPSHOTDuring a stormy night in Camp Heebie Jeebie, the ghost stories shared by a group of Jeebie Scouts become all too real. Happy Halloween! (synopsis via Vimeo) Yes, yes Halloween has shambled off this festive mortal coil for another year but it’s hard not to take one more scary detour Continue Reading
#Halloween movie review: Happy Halloween Scooby-Doo!
Isn’t it scary being chased by monsters? You might think that question has an obvious answer, especially if you’re Scooby-Doo (Frank Welker) or Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) and hiding from supernatural-looking trouble in the Mystery Machine is far preferable than actually facing it, but if you’re Velma, the brains of the Continue Reading
Go epic with Raya and the Last Dragon
SNAPSHOTLong ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when an evil force threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, that same evil has returned and it’s up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down Continue Reading
Weekday pop art: If all the fictional world was Polly Pocket
SNAPSHOTNowadays kids have iPads, Netflix, and the Internet to keep them entertained. But back in the 90s, there were few things more exciting than getting hold of the latest Polly Pocket. To recreate that feeling for 2020, our team has imagined what would happen if Polly Pocket decided to ‘do Continue Reading
Do you want to Wish Upon a Snowman? You can, with Olaf’s help, very soon
Frozen‘s Olaf is beyond adorable. Voiced with pizzazz and a cheeky but heartfelt sense of fun by Josh Gad, the snowman sprung to life is in, many ways, quite beyond his role as undeniable comic relief, the heart and soul of Disney’s animation powerhouse. Rather fittingly then Disney is going Continue Reading
Movie review: Missing Link
Among the great animation houses of our time, there are four nearest and dearest to this reviewer’s heart – Pixar, Aardman Animations, Studio Ghibli and Laika, who have gifted us with the inestimable delights of Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings, and most recently, Missing Link. Laika, Continue Reading
Magical vocals: Remembering Disney voice actress Verna Felton
SNAPSHOTTim Nydell of Saturday Morning Rewind pays wonderful tribute to legendary voice actress Verna Felton (1890-1966), whose distinctive timbre was featured in such classic Disney films as Dumbo, Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, and The Jungle Book. Felton also portrayed the original Pearl Slaghoople (Wilma Continue Reading
All systems go for Star Trek: Lower Decks! The captain even has a super clean chair
SNAPSHOTDeveloped by Emmy Award winner Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty, Solar Opposites), Star Trek: Lower Decks, a new half-hour animated comedy series, focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford, and Tendi have to keep up Continue Reading
Welcome the new guardian of the ocean: Isaura stands ready to fight for the vitality of the underwater world
SNAPSHOT“Isaura is a resilient and resourceful young girl living in a coastal village in Mozambique. After risking her own life to save a turtle, she is rewarded with a powerful and ancient talisman that allows her to breathe underwater and communicate with turtles. As bearer of the talisman, she becomes Continue Reading