By John Corrado Since their debut film Coraline in 2009, the Oregon-based animation studio LAIKA has not only been keeping stop-motion alive as an art form, but also pushing it forward in exciting ways. Across their subsequent films (ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings, Missing Link), LAIKA has been pioneering new techniques, building… Read More Movie Review: Wildwood
By John Corrado Director Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code, Warcraft) brings the British comic book series from 2000 AD to the big screen in his adult animated sci-fi film Rogue Trooper, which has the look and feel of a video game. Whether or not you find that to be a positive attribute will impact your… Read More #TIFF26 Review: Rogue Trooper (Midnight Madness)
By John Corrado In her debut feature Tangles, director Leah Nelson crafts an incredibly moving animated film that poignantly handles the devastating experience of Alzheimer’s and how it impacts a whole family. The film is an adaptation of author and illustrator Sarah Leavitt’s autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. At the start of the… Read More #TIFF26 Review: Tangles (Centrepiece)
By John Corrado The latest movie from Cartoon Saloon, the Irish animation studio behind beloved modern films like Wolfwalkers, The Breadwinner, Song of the Sea and The Secret of Kells, Julián is very sweet and charming story about a little boy who dreams of being a mermaid. The film centres around the titular Julián (voiced… Read More #TIFF26 Review: Julián (Centrepiece)
By John Corrado Illumination’s Minions & Monsters, this summer’s spinoff of the Despicable Me and Minions franchises, is now available on physical media, including 4K Ultra HD. This prequel is set during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and focuses on the Minions inadvertently becoming silent film stars. The main Minion this time around is James,… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Minions & Monsters (Collector’s Edition)
By John Corrado It’s hard to review Coyote vs. Acme without first talking about the long, strange journey that the film has been on to actually reach theatres. After it was completed in 2023, Warner Bros. made the controversial (and quite frankly shameful) decision to not release it, and instead permanently shelve the film as… Read More Movie Review: Coyote vs. Acme
By John Corrado The appeal of the Minions, those little pill-shaped yellow guys who speak gibberish and made their debut in 2010’s Despicable Me, is that they provide classic cartoon humour. As such, their giggle-inducing antics can be enjoyed across all languages, cultures and age groups, not unlike silent movies themselves. It’s fitting, then, that… Read More Movie Review: Minions & Monsters
By John Corrado Disney has just released the first trailer (and poster) for Gatto, the next film from Pixar following the soon-to-be blockbuster Toy Story 5. This trailer, which is really more of a teaser and will surely play in front of all screenings of TS5, reveals the first footage from the film, which is… Read More First Trailer for Disney and Pixar’s Gatto!
By John Corrado A brand new “teaser” trailer has just dropped for Wildwood. This is the latest stop-motion animated film from LAIKA, the studio behind modern classics like Coraline, ParaNorman and Kubo and the Two Strings. It’s no surprise coming from them that Wildwood looks visually stunning, with this entire trailer playing like a highlight… Read More New Teaser Trailer for LAIKA’s Wildwood
By John Corrado Here we have it, folks. The first trailer has officially been released for Coyote vs. ACME, the live-action and animation hybrid Looney Tunes film that got cancelled by Warner Bros. as a tax write off, before being sold to Ketchup Entertainment. The fact that this film is being released at all is… Read More First Trailer for Coyote vs. ACME!
By John Corrado The bond between a girl and her robot is explored in Space Cadet, a wonderful little Canadian animated film that serves as the directorial debut of DJ and musician Kid Koala. The film charts the parental bond between young space enthusiast Celeste, and the robot – a first generation “Guardianbot” – who… Read More Movie Review: Space Cadet
By John Corrado Pixar already took us inside the mind of an adolescent girl in both Inside Out movies, and now the studio’s latest film, Hoppers, follows a teenaged girl who puts her mind inside a robotic beaver. The result is an incredibly fun animated film that is totally zany and often very funny (including… Read More Movie Review: Hoppers
By John Corrado We just got a brand new trailer (and poster) for Toy Story 5. This is Disney and Pixar’s return to the world of their flagship franchise, which finds the toys facing a new adversary in the form of a tablet named Lilypad (voiced by Greta Lee), stealing Bonnie’s attention. Yes, this is… Read More New Trailer for Toy Story 5!
By John Corrado The Oscar-nominated French animated film Arco, which serves as the feature directorial debut of artist Ugo Bienvenu, imagines a future world where time travel is not only possible, but involves colourful jumpsuits that use rainbows and refracted light. The film opens in the distant future, with a boy named Arco (voiced by… Read More Movie Review: Arco
By John Corrado The main appeal of Charlie the Wonderdog, the first animated feature from British Colombia’s ICON Creative Studio, is getting to hear Owen Wilson voice an aging dog who gets a new lease on life. Wilson brings his usual laid-back charm to his portrayal of the titular “wonderdog,” so it’s no wonder (pun… Read More Movie Review: Charlie the Wonderdog
By John Corrado All You Need is Kill is an anime adaptation of Japanese author Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s graphic novel of the same name, which already provided the basis for Doug Liman’s 2014 time loop action film Edge of Tomorrow, starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. Where as Sakurazaka’s book and Liman’s film (also referred to… Read More Movie Review: All You Need is Kill
By John Corrado When Zootopia came out in 2016, it took a lot of people by surprise (myself included) with how sharp and relevant it was. Set in an anthropomorphic world of talking animals designed like a bustling metropolis, the Disney film delivered a timely message about stereotypes and discrimination between “predators” and “prey,” told… Read More Movie Review: Zootopia 2
By John Corrado Disney has just released the new trailer (and poster) for Hoppers, Pixar’s next original movie opening next year. This one follows a girl who has her consciousness put into a robotic beaver, to infiltrate the animal kingdom. The full cast list has also been unveiled, including Meryl Streep, making her Pixar debut!… Read More New Trailer for Pixar’s Hoppers!
By John Corrado Disney has just released the first teaser trailer (and a new poster) for Pixar’s Toy Story 5, the fifth film in the series that is set to arrive next summer. I’m guessing this teaser will play before Disney’s Zootopia 2 in a few weeks. Set to INXS’s “Never Tear Us Apart,” this… Read More First Teaser Trailer for Pixar’s Toy Story 5!
By John Corrado The titular “Bad Guys” are back in The Bad Guys 2, only now they are trying to be the Good Guys after doing time and swearing off a life of crime. This sequel to the 2022 DreamWorks Animation film finds the ragtag animal crew being pulled back in to do one last… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Bad Guys 2 (Collector’s Edition)