Tag: DreamWorks
REVIEW: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
I’ve always wondered why people don’t often discuss DreamWorks Animation’s hand-drawn animated films. Maybe it’s because the studio itself so rarely promotes them, or perhaps they got swept up in all the other traditionally animated movies of the day. Aside from The Prince of Egypt, all ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Shrek (2001)
Today I’d like to look at one of the most influential animated movies of all time, the original Shrek. Shrek’s popularity spawned a movie franchise, TV specials, video games, toys, and even an entire sub-genre of imitators. However, the movie’s success wasn’t a foregone concl...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Prince of Egypt (1998)
The Prince of Egypt was DreamWorks SKG’s second film release and their first traditionally animated movie. In 1998, a faith-based, $60 million epic was quite a gamble for the fledgling animation studio. Simon Wells, Steve Hickner, and former Disney story artist Brenda Chapman would direct the fil...
Read MoreAntz vs. A Bug’s Life
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about DreamWorks and the vast variation in quality amongst their output. Unlike Disney, Pixar, or even Studio Ghibli, DreamWorks animation isn’t really talked about as a whole very much. In fact, outside a new movie coming out, I don’t hear much abo...
Read MoreREVIEW: Abominable (2019)
DreamWorks Animation is one studio that’s always interested me, but not always for the better. They’ve made some of my favorite movies, namely The Prince of Egypt and the How to Train Your Dragon and Kung Fu Panda franchises. However, triumphs like these are vastly outnumbered by their stinkers ...
Read MoreYou Should be Watching: The Road to El Dorado (2000)
Welcome back to You Should Be Watching, the home of lost and forgotten movies and TV shows. This week, we’re blazing a trail through Central America to find the City of Gold with Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Kline in DreamWorks’ The Road to El Dorado. The film was a bona fide box office bomb at...
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