(courtesy IMP Awards) Yes, my friends, I put up a Christmas in July tree. Well, to be fair, it’s a plain white tree that sits on a table in our loungeroom all year round and which is bedecked in Christmas ornaments in July and December (and yes, just into February Continue Reading
Animation
The short and the short of it: Fast and different is no bad thing in Lazy Bloom (Graine De Paresse)
(courtesy TheCGBros) TheCGBros Presents Lazy Bloom (Graine De Paresse) [in which] in a small peaceful world, lives a people of lazy creatures called the Blobs. One day their calm is broken by the birth of Zip, a hyperactive blob. He will try to fit in this world despite his differences. Continue Reading
Boldly going where no Starfleet person has gone before … Star Trek: Prodigy S1 and S2
(courtesy IMP Awards) Season 1Thanks to the raw viewing immediacy that streaming offers, it doesn’t take much for any would-be watcher of a series to be left far behind, very quickly. There is, simply out, way more content than there are hours in the waking day, and by a considerable Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Friendship takes flight in Wings
(courtesy YouTube (c) Gothfrog) SNAPSHOTIn this story of kindness, friendship, and the fear of being left behind, a friendship takes flight as a mouse that wants to fly and an injured bird cross paths. [This is the] final film [by Gothfrog] from the School of Visual Arts (SVA); they directed, Continue Reading
“Sometimes to survive, we must become more” … The Wild Robot debuts second trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTFrom DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation – Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot. The epic sci-fi adventure story follows the journey of a robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited Continue Reading
“I’m gonna keep you from ruining my creation no matter what!” All the bonkers hyperactivity of Exploding Kittens
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTTom Ellis is GodCat – he may look like a chunky house cat, but he’s actually God trapped in that body. The eternal conflict between Heaven and Hell reaches epic proportions when both God and the Devil are sent to Earth – in the bodies of chunky Continue Reading
Movie review: Inside Out 2
(courtesy IMP awards) Regardless of what else it might be, and the sequel to 2015’s Inside Out is a great many brilliantly well-done and, it must be said, not as finely executed things, Inside Out 2 feels like a great big hug from some much-loved, incredibly emotional friends. That was Continue Reading
You’re welcome! Moana 2 drops its first teaser trailer, ready for high sea adventures new
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTAfter receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana (voiced by Aulixʻi Cravalho) journeys to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she has ever faced. Disney’s Moana 2 is written and directed by animation filmmaker Dave Derrick Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Fun with baby krakens in Stowaway
(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
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