As a cat-lover, I have to admit to having an issue with the way felines are portrayed in the Paw Patrol universe, but aside from that, I really can’t find anything wrong with PAW PATROL: THE DINO MOVIE. Make no mistake, this is an animated flick aimed directly at those among us whose age is… Read More »
THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS
It’s been too long since we’ve had a new film about the hero of Bikini Bottom, and THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS is the perfect holiday present from the fine folks who have been animating him since 1999. This time out, SpongeBob longs to be a swashbuckler and finds himself caught up in a… Read More »
HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS – Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews Interview
Click here to listen to the interview. Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews have been friends and collaborators (L.I.P.S and LAKE MICHIGAN LAKE MONSTER) for a very long time. That, and their particular sense of humor is something that becomes apparent very quickly when speaking to them, as I did via Zoom on March… Read More »
MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE — Signe Baumane and Dagmara Diminczyk Interview
Click here to listen to the interview. I have been looking forward to Signe Baumane’s next animated film ever since I saw last one, ROCKS IN MY POCKETS in 2014. MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE was worth the wait, so was speaking with Baumane again along with Dagmara Diminczyk on June 6, 2022, The film follows… Read More »
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: TRANSFORMANIA
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: TRANSFORMANIA is a relentlessly obvious and overplayed exercise in draining the last dregs from a moribund franchise. Let me put it this way. Adam Sandler, not known for discriminating taste in projects, took a pass on this material that continues the saga of Drac, the vampiric proprietor of the titular establishment that caters… Read More »
THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE ON THE RUN
There has always been an archly hallucinogenic element to Spongebob Squarepants. I don’t mean the conceit of a sentient aggregate life form living in a pineapple under the sea. No, Spongebob has used it to tackle the existential from time to time while also being deliciously silly and being unapologetically full of heart. One need… Read More »
A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX
By the end of Rodney Ascher’s A GLITCH IN THE MATIX, you may well be questioning the definition of reality. That, of course, is part of his point. Bur far from a light-hearted romp about the fringe-ish theories that posit our living in a computer simulation, Ascher is interested in more than the Mandela Effect,… Read More »
ABOMINABLE
ABOMINABLE is a sweet, if unremarkable, movie. With a plot that offers little in the way of novelty and characters who are as familiar to fans of contemporary animated films aimed at kiddies as Harlequin was to fans of the commedia dell’arte, it does boast some fine animation and a mythical creature that is undeniably… Read More »
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
Just when you thought the Spiderman franchise might have finally run its course of endless reboots comes SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, a film that that reinvigorates both animation and the super-hero origin story. Told in a wry, raucous style, it dares to explore complicated themes of family ties and personal responsibility while slyly poking fun… Read More »
2017 Mammoth Lakes Film Festival — Shira Dubrovner Interview
Shira Dubrovner left behind a successful career in the film business to return to Mammoth Lakes and, eventually, to found the Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, now in its third year (May 24-28) It was one of the things I asked her about when we spoke on May 18, 2017, but it wasn’t the first. That… Read More »
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