(courtesy YouTube (c) Birdbox Studio) SNAPSHOTThe Badger, The Rabbit, and Billy is an amusingly introspective animation by Birdbox Studio about an older badger gently encouraging a young rabbit to take the first steps on a journey to find himself. Before the badger could finish, however, another bunny named Billy happily danced around and letting them know Continue Reading
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Festive holiday short review: The Boy & the Octopus
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTThe film follows the journey of a child who discovers a curious octopus has attached to his head during a seaside vacation. After returning home, the boy forms a true friendship with the octopus by introducing his new companion to his life on land – harnessing the power Continue Reading
Festive short film review: An Almost Christmas Story
(courtesy IMDb (c) Disney+) SNAPSHOTAn Almost Christmas Story (produced by five-time Academy Award® winner Alfonso Cuarón & directed by David Lowery) is inspired by the true events of a tiny owl rescued from the New York City’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in 2020. The short’s trailer reveals Moon, a curious Continue Reading
Shaun the Sheep goes charitably festive: The Knit Before Christmas support Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day
(courtesy Aardman) SNAPSHOTAs the woolliest day of the year approaches on Thursday 12th December, our favourite Mossy Bottom Farm residents can be seen preparing for the big day. With snow falling, festive tunes playing and Christmas decorations at the ready, Timmy’s excitement grows, and the barn calendar shows the woolliest day Continue Reading
Happy Christmas ads to all! John Lewis, Aldi Australia, Barbour, M & S Christmas Food, Sainsbury’s + Deutsche Telekom
(via Shutterstock) Yes, yes, I know, I know, Christmas os commercialised, we’ve lost the true spirit of the season etc etc blahedy-blah-blah and on and on … But honestly? I love Christmas ads. The good ones anyway. Sure, they’re trying to get you to buy something but they are often Continue Reading
Scary haha! Triple animated Halloween specials review – Family Guy, Sing and Bad Guys
(via Shutterstock) Get ready to be scared! Or amused! Or both? Being animated specials aimed mostly, but not exclusively – see special #1 for example – at kids, the scares, such as they are, are lighthearted and funny, the perfect way to celebrate Halloween if, like this reviewer, you are Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The joyful remembrance of Run Totti Run
(courtesy IMDb (c) Shad Lee Bradbury) SNAPSHOTA young boy and his dog in the rice fields of Cambodia encounter an unmoving obstacle that will bring their love to light in this endearing story between best friends. [Directed by] Shad Bradbury [who] has worked in animation for over 20 years. He Continue Reading
The short and the Christmas in July short of it: The life-transforming, cocoa-sipping revelations of Hey Deer!
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTHey Deer! Short Animated Film about an adorable, cocoa-drinking deer who is eager to tidy and shoveling in front of his house every day. However, there is a suspicious earthquake every night which causes the mess day by day and make unbearable our fella’s life. Between two cups Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Happily ever after takes some work to pull off in The End
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTThe End is an award-winning animated film about Hilderose, a determined princess who must go back in time and save her Happily Ever After when her gallant knight and fiancé Sir Maximilian dies on the day of their wedding. Voice Acting by Samantha Cooper and Will AkanaScore by Continue Reading
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