SNAPSHOT After becoming friends with the skittish fly who got caught in his lovingly homemade web, a very happy Lucas the Spider decided that he was hungry. Lucas turned to his new friend to find out what spiders eat. Without betraying personal safety, the fly took the sweet arachnid on Continue Reading
Animation
The short and the short of it: The animated love of Mobile attraction
If you think back to when you really felt the first stirrings of attraction to someone, probably the first thing that springs to mind how desperately you wanted to be with them every single chance you got. It didn’t matter which obstacles stood in your path; you were going to Continue Reading
Join Remy in the kitchen: Go Side by Side with Ratatouille
SNAPSHOT A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family’s wishes, and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary Continue Reading
Saturday morning TV: The Peter Potamus Show
Launching in September 1964 as a companion program to The Magilla Gorilla Show, The Peter Potamus Show is, like many of the Hanna-Barbera animated shows, a vehicle for multiple characters to get their moment in the Saturday morning TV sun. While early promotional materials listed the program as Peter Potamus Continue Reading
Not quite Disney princesses but Mickey Mouse and the Simpsons now have a lot more in common
Nothing says warm and family-friendly like The Simpsons right? They’re practically neighbours to all that is pure and wholesome, and well, Disney-esque; OK possibly not, but with Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox done and dusted, with Tinkerbell’s glitter dust naturally, they do now share the same owner as Buzz Continue Reading
Meet the adorable twosome of Rilakkuma and Kaoru
SNAPSHOTStarring Lana Condor, Rilakkuma and Kaoru is the story of a costume bear and its roommate Kaoru, and the short but sweet time they spend together. (synopsis via YouTube (c) Netflix) Isn’t there anything more enjoyable than an adorable piece of anime with some deliciously-dark threads woven through it. Unlike Continue Reading
Think your family is weird? Get ready for an all-new animated Addams Family
SNAPSHOTGet ready to snap your fingers! The Addams Family is back on the big screen in the first animated comedy about the kookiest family on the block. Funny, outlandish, and completely iconic, the Addams Family redefines what it means to be a good neighbor. The movie centers on the family Continue Reading
What if there’s not a villain? Wall-E as sociological storytelling (video essay)
2008’s WALL-E is on the surface a delightful film about two robots falling head over heels in garbage-strewn love. Pretty simple and straightforward, right? Well, yes … and no. As Pop Culture Detective aka Jonathan McIntosh (sponsor him on Patreon) explains, the film is actually considerably more complex than that, Continue Reading
Toy Story 4: Another trailer, another poster, more Forky!
SNAPSHOT When a new toy called “Forky” joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy. (synopsis via Bleeding Cool) Is it possible, and I am, of course, asking for a friend, to have too much Continue Reading
There’s a bird in there! Finding Nemo side by side and avian dentist chaos
Finding Nemo is a gem of an animated film for a whole host of compelling reasons – emotionally-resonant characters, a beautifully-realised narrative full of themes of love, commitment, sacrifice and belonging, gorgeous visuals … and some of the best slapstick comedy you will see anywhere. Case in point is “The Continue Reading