Martin Goodman

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Animation Scoop’s resident Movie Reviewer, Martin Goodman is a veteran writer specializing in stories about animation. He lives in Anderson, Indiana.

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REVIEW: “The Spongebob Movie: Search For Squarepants”

If it weren’t for Paramount executives deciding to give the film a full-feature treatment rather than a streaming release to Netflix, we might have missed theater-sized entertainment.

The Life and Times of “Gerald McBoing Boing”

Gerald McBoing Boing remains a defining moment in the history of animation. This week is the 75th Anniversary of its release.

REVIEW: Dreamworks “The Bad Guys 2”

“It’s not the action, it’s the distraction.” Animated movie buffs will find a joyful surfeit of both in the new DreamWorks flick The Bad Guys 2, a sequel to the 2002 hit that surpasses it in almost every way. Every primary and a few secondary characters return in a snappy heist film that has enough […]

REVIEW: Pixar’s “Elio”

It has been a tough grind for once-vaunted Pixar. After their “Golden Age” (1995-2010, excluding anything related to talking cars), Pixar has been inconsistent at best (Soul, Inside Out 2, and Turning Red) to substandard at worst (Onward, Lightyear, and Elemental). In this way, they somewhat resemble their partner/distributor Disney, which has seemingly forgotten how […]

REVIEW: “Hitpig!”

Berkeley Breathed is back in animation, and his many fans are the better for it. The mildly eccentric cartoonist behind the famous Bloom County comic strip was known to animation fans for his 1991 special A Wish For Wings That Work: An Opus Christmas Story. In 2000, Breathed made a nine-minute short for Nickelodeon, Edwurd […]

Martin Goodman

Editor

Articles By Martin Goodman

REVIEW: “The Spongebob Movie: Search For Squarepants”

The Life and Times of “Gerald McBoing Boing”

REVIEW: Dreamworks “The Bad Guys 2”

REVIEW: Pixar’s “Elio”

REVIEW: “Hitpig!”

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