GKIDS announced today it will bring INU-OH, the latest feature film from renowned director Masaaki Yuasa (Ride Your Wave, Keep Your Hands Off Of Eizokuen!), to cinemas nationwide starting August 12th. Featuring character creation from manga artist Taiyo Matsumoto (Tekkonkinkreet), who previously collaborated with Yuasa on the anime adaptation of Matsumoto’s series Ping Pong the […]
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INTERVIEW: Tim Miller And Jennifer Yuh Nelson Unleash “Love, Death + Robots” Vol. 3
May 20th, 2022 
Jackson Murphy Deadpool and Terminator: Dark Fate director Tim Miller also produced 2004 animated short Gopher Broke (which earned him an Oscar nomination) and the two Sonic the Hedgehog films. Jennifer Yuh Nelson earned an Academy Award nomination for directing Kung Fu Panda 2. She also co-directed 2016’s Kung Fu Panda 3. The two team-up for the […]
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GKids to Distribute Atsuko Ishizuka’s “Goodbye, Don Glees!”
May 19th, 2022 Jerry Beck GKIDS announced today it has acquired the North American distribution rights for Goodbye, Don Glees!. Produced by the acclaimed Studio Madhouse, the film is the first original feature from writer/director Atsuko Ishizuka, who previously directed the widely lauded series A Place Further Than The Universe. Goodbye, Don Glees! follows the story of three friends over […]
TRAILER: Netflix “Dead End: Paranormal Park”
May 19th, 2022 Jerry Beck The new trailer for Netflix’s animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park dropped this morning. Based on Hamish Steele’s horror-comedy graphic novels DeadEndia and web short Dead End, Dead End: Paranormal Park follows the adventures of Barney, Norma and magical-talking-dog Pugsley, as they balance their summer jobs at the local theme park haunted house while battling […]
INTERVIEW: Brandon Sawyer Puts The Boss Baby “Back In The Crib”
May 17th, 2022 Jackson Murphy Four years ago I interviewed Brandon Sawyer, who was executive producing the first Boss Baby spinoff series Back in Business. Now he returns as EP of the new, follow-up series The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib, debuting this Thursday May 19th on Netflix. Sawyer shares what drew him BACK to the iconic DreamWorks character […]
Calm Morning: “Adventures Through Storyboarding” at Academy Museum
May 16th, 2022 Jerry Beck Calm Morning: Adventures Through Storyboarding is the latest in a new series of special programs at the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California. On Saturday, May 28th, Pixar veteran Ronnie del Carmen will share the art of storyboarding in animation followed by an accommodative screening of Up (2009). The galleries open […]
INTERVIEW: “Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers” Elevates “Roger Rabbit” Effect
May 16th, 2022 Jackson Murphy Akiva Schaffer makes-up one third of the popular Lonely Island trio. He’s also the director of Disney’s new live-action/animated feature combo Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers, which premieres this Friday May 20th on Disney+. Turns out Chip and Dale were *actors* on the popular late ’80s/early ’90s Rescue Rangers series. 30 years later, they reunite […]
TRAILER: Skydance Animation’s “Luck”
May 13th, 2022 Jerry Beck Luck is an animated feature from Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation, and is directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Peggy Holmes (The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning, Secret of the Wings, The Pirate Fairy) with an original screenplay written by Kiel Murray (Raya and the Last Dragon, Cars 3, Cars). It stars Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, […]
REVIEW: Dreamworks “The Bad Guys”
May 13th, 2022 Martin Goodman While DreamWorks may not be able to summon the financial and technical resources that you-know-who possesses, that does not mean that they cannot produce a good film, and with their latest effort, The Bad Guys, they mostly succeed. Though the world-building is weird, and some character reversals are rather facile, this is one entertaining flick […]
Gkids To Release “The Deer King” in Theaters during July
May 11th, 2022 Jerry Beck GKIDS announced today it will bring The Deer King, the new feature from Japanese animation veterans Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji, to cinemas nationwide this July. Continuing their partnership with Fathom Events, fan preview events for The Deer King will play in cinemas nationwide on Wednesday, July 13th (Japanese language), and Thursday, July 14th (English […]
“Forward” Motion: The 15th Anniversary of “Meet the Robinsons”
May 10th, 2022 Michael Lyons Some movies blindside you, in a good way …a very good way. Meet the Robinsons is one of those films. Released just after Disney animation was emerging from several challenging years that saw disappointing box-office results with films like Home on the Range, and just before new leadership brought a new decade of successes, with […]
INTERVIEW: “Pompo The Cinephile” Director On Amazing Movie About Movies
May 3rd, 2022 Jackson Murphy Pompo The Cinephile is about young film fanatic and assistant, Gene, who gets the opportunity of a lifetime in Nyallywood when his boss, famed B-movie producer Pompo, selects him to direct a new movie she has written. Pompo’s film is a drama headlined by Martin Braddock, one of the most acclaimed male actors in the […]
