How The LEGO Movie 2 Deconstructs Toxic Masculinity Phil W. Bayles February 27, 2019 Analysis, Features, Opinion Nobody expected The LEGO Movie to be anything more than a 90-minute commercial for the bricks it was based on. But, in a move that has quickly becoming their trademark, directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller...
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Review Phil W. Bayles January 30, 2019 Reviews With the How to Train Your Dragon movies, the talented folk at DreamWorks Animation have proven themselves capable of rivalling even the mighty Pixar. Now The Hidden World is here to bring the trilogy to a...
How to Train Your Dragon’s Refreshing Approach To Disability Phil W. Bayles January 28, 2019 Analysis, Features, One Off The How to Train Your Dragon movies are far and away the best work DreamWorks Animation have ever produced. For one thing, they’re simply gorgeous to look at, bursting with vibrantly designed creatures and...
Your Week In Film: Dracula, Dragons, Damian Lewis and more! Stephen O'Nion December 9, 2016 News, Reviews 1. Jimmy Kimmel is komming to host The Oscars Mr. Jimmy Kimmel is our host for the 2017 Academy Awards. Honestly though, this is not an announcement to overwhelm us with feelings of any kind; Kimmel is a...
Adults and Animation – The Growing Acceptance of Animation Amongst Grown Ups Conor Morgan August 3, 2014 CEL Mates, Features, Independent Without a doubt, you will have heard the song Let It Go from Disney's animated film Frozen in the past few months. If you're saying you haven't, then you're lying - since its release in December, it's been...
How To Train Your Dragon 2 – Review Christopher Preston July 3, 2014 Reviews Dragons really are the myth du jour. Daenerys Targaryen’s beastly brood continues to incinerate all of HBO’s competition, while Smaug, Tolkien’s monstrous kleptomaniac, is looking to drag another $1bn of...
Are DreamWorks Secretly The New Kings Of Animation? Calum Baker May 27, 2014 Analysis, Features, Opinion 2 Comments Let's face it: DreamWorks Animation has never been a marquee-topper in the same vein as Walt Disney, Pixar, or even overseas houses Studio Ghibli and Aardman. They've never broken a billion. They rarely win...