Animated Movie Reviews

Kung Fu Panda (2008) Movie Review

“Kung Fu Panda” is the story of a fat (is there any other kind?) panda that dreams about being an awesome kung fu warrior, and when given the chance, rises to the occasion. In-between those moments, we get plenty of fat jokes at the panda’s expense, and enough cartoon kung fu violence to, possibly, convince [...]

June 11th, 2008 | Nix | 2 comments | Read More

Gumby: The Movie (1995) Movie Review

You may approach Gumby: The Movie with some trepidation, and rightly so. After all, that little green glob of clay might represent a memorable period in your early television watching days. And who would ever want to stain such a sacred viewing landmark? The good news is this Gumby revisit does not replace the Play-Do [...]

May 8th, 2008 | Dan MacIntosh | 0 comments | Read More

Kite Liberator (2008) Movie Review

The original “Kite” was a controversial, yet fascinating exercise in style and mood. Thematically similar to Luc Besson’s near-classic “Le Femme Nikita,” which was, at its core, a remake of the classic tale ‘Pygmalion,’ “Kite” explored the dark and seedy subjects of child abuse, emotional deconstruction, sexual perversion and revenge. The ugly thematic [...]

May 5th, 2008 | Gopal | 1 comment | Read More

Princess (2006) Movie Review

Given the enduring popularity of Eastern style anime and manga, Denmark probably isn’t the first country to spring to mind when considering adult themed animation. Step forward then Danish director and comic book creator Anders Morgenthaler, whose “Princess” is easily one of the most challenging, thought provoking and entertaining examples of the form in recent [...]

March 28th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 comments | Read More

Karas: The Revelation (2007) Movie Review

When I previously reviewed “Karas: The Prophecy,” I noted that it was a visually spectacular film that suffered from a criminally underdeveloped plot and slap-dash execution. There were so many good parts to what made up the first film: the brilliant conceptualization of near-future Tokyo, the virtually seamless melding of traditional, hand-drawn cell animation [...]

October 27th, 2007 | Gopal | 0 comments | Read More

Stolen Life (2007) Movie Review

The latest project from Nanoflix Productions is a full-length feature film that uses the AG Engine, the latest in a computerized animation process, widely called Machinima, to bring to life what has been hailed as a film-noir-esque, science fiction. This “future-noir” mystery, set on, and in, a lonely asteroid in deep space, weaves a [...]

September 29th, 2007 | Jodie Bass | 0 comments | Read More

The Invincible Iron Man (2007) Movie Review

If you enjoyed Marvel’s initial ventures into direct-to-DVD animation with “The Ultimate Avengers” and its sequel, then the company’s third offering, “The Invincible Iron Man”, will probably go straight into your DVD collection. And why not? It’s everything you could possibly want from your comic book movie, animated or otherwise, filled with healthy doses of [...]

February 3rd, 2007 | Nix | 1 comment | Read More

Karas: The Prophecy (2006) Movie Review

“Karas: The Prophecy” is, bar none, the most visually spectacular animated feature I have ever seen. It is also the most idiotic, poorly constructed, convoluted, and pointless film I have ever seen. It is a triumph of technical skill, meticulous attention to detail and computing horsepower; and the melding of CGI and hand drawn animation [...]

December 5th, 2006 | Gopal | 2 comments | Read More

Renaissance (2006) Movie Review

As computer processing power has increased over the years, we’ve seen more and more creative integration of CGI into film. For the most part, the technology has been restricted to rendering ever more convincing F/X for sci-fi and fantasy films. However, over the past few years we’ve seen the technology being used as the very [...]

October 18th, 2006 | Gopal | 0 comments | Read More

Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther (2006) Movie Review

“Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther” is the sequel to Marvel’s first line of animated direct-to-video superhero franchise, “Ultimate Avengers”, which pitted a team of superheroes led by a resurrected World War II supersoldier named Captain America against alien invaders. That same alien menace returns in “Rise of the Panther”, this time in the [...]

August 14th, 2006 | Nix | 0 comments | Read More

A Scanner Darkly (2006) Movie Review

It’s odd when you realize that the novels and short stories of Philip K. Dick have been adapted to the screen almost as frequently as that of Stephen King or John Grisham. Odd because, unlike the pulpier writing of both King and Grisham, Dick’s stories are quite cerebral and, in the most traditional Hollywood [...]

July 20th, 2006 | Brian Holcomb | 0 comments | Read More

Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (2006) Movie Review

“Ultimate Avengers: The Movie” is apparently Marvel Comics’ first salvo at the direct-to-video market, having conquered theaters with one successful comic book movie after another. The plan, it seems, is to release one major DTV animated movie every year or so, using the Ultimates comic book line as source material. (For those who don’t know, [...]

February 17th, 2006 | Nix | 0 comments | Read More