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REVIEW: Missing Link (2019)

virginiakublawi | Apr 13, 2019 | 0

I love animation. Some people prefer hand-drawn animation, some studios believe the general audience prefers CG animation, and to others still, it’s all just “cartoons.” Regardless, animation is a passion of mine and has produced some of my favorite films. Stop-motion animation is under-utiliz...

REVIEW: Shining Resonance: Refrain (2018)

andrewrodriguez | Jul 16, 2018 | 0

The Japanese role-playing game genre has been a niche one on Western shores since the earlier days of its prevalence when publisher Square-Enix (formerly known as Squaresoft) began localization of its Final Fantasy franchise in 1990. Since those days, the JRPG genre has boomed into a multifaceted on...

REVIEW: Bolt (2008)

virginiakublawi | Jul 5, 2018 | 0

Disney’s Bolt was their first animated feature made entirely under the supervision of chief creative officer John Lasseter. Bolt was originally called American Dog and set to be directed by Chris Sanders of Lilo and Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon fame. In its original form, American Dog w...

REVIEW: Lilo & Stitch (2002)

virginiakublawi | May 17, 2018 | 0

“Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” Atlantis: The Lost Empire wasn’t Disney’s only shot at science fiction in the early 2000’s. In fact, the next two films to come out of Walt Disney Feature Animation, Lilo & Stitch and Treasure Planet, were both di...

REVIEW: Mulan (1998)

virginiakublawi | Apr 11, 2018 | 2

“The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.” If The Hunchback and Notre Dame was too dark for Disney’s audience and Hercules was too silly, I think it fair to say that they found a happy medium with Mulan. The film re-tells an ancient Chinese legend about a woma...

TRAILER: The Wild Robot (2024)

virginiakublawi | Sep 10, 2024 | 1

Today, DreamWorks Animation SKG dropped the final trailer for The Wild Robot, the latest film written and directed by Chris Sanders. Sanders is known for being a writer on some of Disney’s biggest movies from the 90s, like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, and Mulan, and he has direct...