‘Arlo The Alligator Boy‘ is the directorial debut of Ryan Crego, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Clay Senechal. It is a Netflix musical adventure that utilizes 2-D animation. Arlo (Michael J. Woodard) is a young boy living in the swamplands who also happens to be part alligator. After he expresses a desire to know…
Basil Rathbone. Jeremy Brett. Robert Downey, Jr. These are some of the names you might associate when it comes to television or film adaptions of Sherlock Holmes. As the record-holder for most adaptions as a fictional character, every Sherlockian knows that the Baker Street Detective did not only join his friend and colleague Dr. Watson…
It is official. Disney has closed Blue Sky Studios, the animation film company behind such titles as Ice Age, The Peanuts Movie, Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who, and Robots. This is truly the end of an era for one studio that was putting out some original content. In this video, I rank their feature…
Jonathan Young teams-up with Ninja Brian for the “Best Band in the Universe,” a single from Young’s upcoming music album Starship Velociraptor. Known for his many covers of band, movie, and cartoon songs, this one is an original with an animated music video. Simon Macko aka Shoocharu did the animation of the music video. It…
Singer and musician Jonathan Young released his brand new single “Jetpack Race” ahead of his new album Starship Velociraptor. He performs the song with the band Galactikraken, “the Best Band in the Universe” and “NOT just Jonathan Young pretending to be several aliens from the future.” First off, I got to mention the music video,…
‘Tom & Jerry‘ is a live-action/animation crossover comedy directed by Tim Story. To create the voices for the classic cartoon characters, they used archival recordings from original voice actors William Hanna, Mel Blanc, June Foray, plus additional work from Frank Welker. It was made by Waner Media and released on HBO Max. Alley cat Tom…
Besides StudioJake, there are a ton of excellent pop culture commentary YouTube channels out there to add to your subscription list. These guys and gals are at the forefront of the entertainment industry to bring you the finest videos from their perspective. In no particular order, here are Twelve Pop Culture YouTube Channels To Add…
Written and directed by Ross Venokur, ‘Charming,’ is a CGI animated film produced by Vanguard Animation in 2018 and was released in the United States in 2020 on Netflix. Prince Philippe Charming (Wilmer Valderrama) was cursed as a child with being attractive to every woman he encounters after his father the King (Jim Cummings) breaks-up…
‘Alien Xmas‘ is a Christmas kids movie streaming on Netflix. The stop-motion film is directed by Stephen Chiodo, who also co-wrote the book it is based on with Jim Strain. Santa Claus (Keythe Farley) tells young elf children the story of X (Dee Bradley Baker), who was sent to Earth by Z (Barbara Goodson), the…
‘A Whisker Away‘ is the English title for the Japanese anime film ‘Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu’ (‘Wanting to Cry, I Pretend to Be a Cat’). It is directed by Junichi Sato and Tomotaka Shibayama, being produced by Studio Colorido. Its English dub was done by Netflix, who released the movie internationally. This review…
Tim Burton’s ‘A Nightmare Before Christmas’ is one of the most beloved holiday movies of all time. It has interesting characters, excellent stop-motion techniques, a dynamite soundtrack, and a plot that keeps you on the edge of your seat. An ongoing debate among fans is whether it is a Christmas or Halloween film. I attempt…
Ah, the early 2000s! During the transition into the twenty-first century, kids everywhere would wake up and watch their favorite Saturday morning cartoons! As previously stated, they would wait to hear their favorite theme songs come on to introduce these shows. From traveling to Townsville to the Watchtower to space and beyond! Here Are My…
European production company Dreamin’ Dolphin Film brings us the CGI animated movie ‘Latte and the Magic Waterstone,’ directed by Mimi Maynard, Regina Welker, and Nina Wels. It made its premiere at the 2019 Schlingel International Film Festival and was released in the United States on Netflix. Latte (Ashley Bornancin) is a hedgehog who lives in…
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender‘ showed Aang and his friends go on amazing adventures. They learned new things, encountered dangerous enemies, and met some new friends. It captured our hearts and minds, defining a whole generation. Nickelodeon brought us some pretty cool heroes and villains in this series. Check out the episode of Comics, Cartoons, and…
‘Kipo And The Age Of The Wonderbeasts‘ is an animated series produced by DreamWorks Animation, Studio Mir, and Netflix. It is based on the 2015 webcomic Kipo from Radford Sechrist, who also served as executive producer for all ten episodes of the show. 200 years after a cataclysmic event. most of humanity lives underground while…
‘Steins;Gate 0‘ follows an alternate timeline than the first series based on the video game franchise. The series is directed by Kenichi Kawamura and written by Jukki Hanada. It was produced by the Japanese entertain company White Fox and dubbed into English by Funimation. The plot diverges from the first series at the moment Rintaro…
Based on the children’s book by Lois Lowry, ‘The Willoughbys‘ is a computer-animated children’s’ movie directed by Kris Pearn, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Mark Stanleigh. The film was made by Bron Animation and released widely on Netflix. Narrated by a neighborhood Cat (Ricky Gervais), he tells the story of the Willoughbys. Their family…
Known in Japan as ‘Eien to jidou shuki ningyou’ and directed by Haruka Fujita and Taichi Ishidate, ‘Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll‘ is a spin-off from the anime television series Violet Evergarden. The movie premiered at the AnimagiC 2019 convention in Germany and was released widely in Japan in September 2019. SDI…
‘Violet Evergarden’ is an anime television show from Kyoto Animation based on a series of light novels written by Japanese author Kana Akatsuki. The series was dubbed into English by SDI Media and released in the United States by Netflix. Violet Evergarden (Erika Harlacher) was raised as a child soldier in the midst of war.…
‘Onward‘ is an urban fantasy animated film from Pixar Studios and Walt Disney Pictures. It is directed by Dan Scanlon and produced by Kori Rae, two well-known fixtures of Pixar. In a world of mythical creatures, the elves, centaurs, cyclops, and other creatures use to practice magic, but after technology advances, the world becomes simpler…
‘Frozen 2‘ is a Walt Disney Pictures sequel directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee. The animated film had the highest all-time worldwide opening for an animated film and it was Walt Disney Animation Studios’ highest-grossing film of all time. King Agnarr (Alfred Molina) and Queen Iduna (Evan Rachel Wood) tell their daughters a story…
The 2010s saw amazing leaps forward when it came to animated films. Several movie studios stepped up their game over the decade to produce some high-quality content. Now, there were some mediocre features, but for the most part, we got some amazing films that were mind-blowing. For the 2010s, Top 10 Best Animated Films Of…
Klaus is an animated Christmas comedy film written and directed by Sergio Pablos in his directorial debut. It was produced by Sergio Pablos Animation Studios and had a limited release in theaters before being streamed on Netflix. Spoiled brat Jesper (Jason Schwartzman) is the son of a local Postmaster General. He is sent off to…
Ahead of Toho and Bones Studios releasing ‘Boku no Hīrō Akademia Za Mūb’ also known in English as the film sequel My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising, it was announced that the movie would introduce two new villains. According to a press release from Funimation, “A pair of brand new villains have been revealed for My…
For 2019’s Batman Day, I wanted to highlight a piece of forgotten history from the Dark Knight of Gotham. Prior to moving forward with Bruce Timm’s futuristic take on the Caped Crusader, Batman Beyond, Warner Bros. Animation was going to move forward with a very different animated series possibly titled ‘Batman: No Man’s Land.’ According…
