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Grab your trench coat and your feline friend! (If you’re not a cat person, grab a friend who’s wild about cats.) The next indie-mation film we’ll be looking at is […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 12: ‘A Cat in Paris’

First things first: The third installment of DreamWorks’ much-loved How To Train Your Dragon franchise officially has a title! The conclusion to the movie trilogy will be called How To […]

DreamWorks previews How to Train Your Dragon 3 and more at Annecy Animation Film Festival

We get the theme in the first few frames: “We create our own demons.” Iron Man 3 starts with aspirations for the profound, but is self-conscious about it. Our narrator, […]

MCU Countdown #7: ‘Iron Man 3’

News has finally broken on the new Pixar short that will precede Incredibles 2 in theaters this summer. It’s called Bao, and will be the studio’s first short film helmed […]

Dumpling comes to life in first Pixar short helmed by female director

…for now, at least. After a lot of thought, Chelsea and Morgan have decided to put the podcast on hiatus. It was officially announced last Friday to all the staff and patrons […]

The Animation Addicts Podcast Waves “Goodbye”

There are some films that are near rites of passage for anyone who wants to call themselves a true fan of any genre. Whether you like them or not watching […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 11: ‘The Adventures of Prince Achmed’ Review

It’s was the end on an era! Chelsea and Morgan jump over to Sunnyside and review the movie, Toy Story 3! Highlights Main discussion: Toy Story 3 First recollections Love […]

Animation Addicts Podcast #169: Toy Story 3 – Chocolottie

Another week has come and gone and it is time for our next indie-mation club pick announcement! Get out your time machines and go back to the very beginnings of […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 11: ‘The Adventures of Prince Achmed’

There are few things we love more here at rotoscopers than a Studio Ghibli movie, and we hope you enjoyed watching Ponyo last month as part of Studio Ghibli Fest. […]

‘THE CAT RETURNS’ Studio Ghibli Fest Giveaway

As the calendar turns closer and closer to June 15, the world waits in anticipation for Pixar’s Incredibles 2. It’s been 14 years since director Brad Bird first introduced us to […]

‘Incredibles 2’ Trailer and Poster Give Fans What They’ve Been Waiting For

As much as I love the latest Disney or DreamWorks animated film, I get equally excited when I find smaller animated gems that I can champion. Last year I loved […]

[REVIEW] ‘Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero’

Attention anime fans! A new US trailer has been released for an upcoming anime film called Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms.This film is a debut for anime screenwriter Mari […]

‘Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms’ US Trailer Debuts

We’ve made it to the end of Phase One in our Marvel Cinematic Universe countdown! This culmination of the MCU’s first chapter finally unites the heroes that we’ve been introduced […]

MCU Countdown #6: ‘The Avengers’

*This is a user-submitted post by Amy Atherton* Growing up, animal animations were my happy place. Lady and the Tramp, 101 Dalmatians, and The Lion King dominated my movie-watching rotation. I was most enraptured, […]

[REVIEW] ‘The Animals of Farthing Wood’

*This is a user-submitted post by Jordan Hashemi-Briskin* I think all of us who were born between 1994 and 2000 can agree that, at the time, PBS was the go-to […]

[REVIEW]: ‘Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat’

Stéphane Aubier’s and Vincent Patar’s 2009 Belgian animation, A Town Called Panic, is an odd little film. It renders stop-motion animation in a hyper-active manic way, unlike any other film […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 10: ‘A Town Called Panic’ Review

Stéphane Aubier’s and Vincent Patar’s 2009 Belgian animation, A Town Called Panic, is an odd little film. It renders stop-motion animation in a hyper-active, manic way unlike any other film […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 10: ‘A Town Called Panic’

Famed Japanese animation film director, Isao Takahata, has passed away at the age of 82! Mr. Takahata (1935-2018) worked on many Japanese anime series including Heidi, Girl of the Alps, […]

Studio Ghibli Icon, Isao Takahata, Dies at 82

Roughly a year ago, I wondered, “What is Wes Anderson up to?” It had been a long time since 2014’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, a movie I love, and I wanted to […]

‘Isle of Dogs’ Review: The Dogs Are Good

Welcome to our fifth entry of Rotoscopers’ MCU Countdown! It’s an exciting time to be a Marvel fan. Black Panther shattered records a few months ago, Avengers: Infinity War is just weeks away, and […]

MCU Countdown #5: ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’

When it was first published in 1952, Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White was popular with both children and adults. In addition to its literary awards, The New York Times called […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 9: ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Review

In a surprise move, The Walt Disney Company CFO Christine M. McCarthy announced in a call to shareholders that the House of Mouse is adapting the popular Disneyland ride “It’s A […]

Disney Making “It’s A Small World” Into A Movie

A fair is a veritable smorgasbord and so is the animated film Charlotte’s Web! Based on the beloved children’s novel by E.B. White, 1973’s Charlotte’s Web tells a sweet story […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 9: ‘Charlotte’s Web’

We finally finished reviewing the Disney Renaissance! Morgan and Chelsea take on Walt Disney Feature Animation’s Pocahontas! Highlights Main discussion: Pocahontas (1995) It wasn’t Lion King. “How do we win […]

Animation Addicts Podcast #168: ‘Pocahontas’ – It’s the Magical Leaves

After three movies set firmly on Earth, Thor dramatically increases the scale of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in one stroke by taking us to Asgard, and revealing that the “gods” […]

MCU Countdown #4: ‘Thor’

The Barbie movies are an interesting phenomenon. On the surface, they are clearly made for little girls who play with Barbie dolls by Mattel Toys. The pink to purple palate […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 8: ‘Barbie as Rapunzel’ Review

One of the unfortunate results of the lame Disney sequels of the ’90s is they created a stink upon anything that is direct to DVD or not given a wide […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 8: ‘Barbie as Rapunzel’

Iron Man 2 marks the first sequel in what was to become a long line of sequels, three-quels, and intertwining crossovers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I personally feel […]

MCU Countdown #3: ‘Iron Man 2’

*This is a user-submitted post by Eli Sanza* An animated sci-fi comedy called Final Space premiered on cable recently. It was originally a web series created by indie filmmaker Olan Rogers in […]

[Review] ‘Final Space’

*This is a user-submitted post by Jordan Hashemi-Briskin* With the exception of Alan Alexander Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh stories, the tales of Helen Beatrix Potter are easily the most popular and revered […]

[Review]: ‘The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends’

Based on the book by Diana Young, this small Australian and American venture became a core part of many childhoods, alongside Don Bluth classics and Richard Rich’s The Swan Princess. […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 7: ‘FernGully: The Last Rainforest’ Review

Henry Selick, best known for directing critically acclaimed stop-motion films like The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach, is back on the animation scene with his first […]

Henry Selick to Helm Stop-Motion Animated Feature ‘Wendell and Wild’

It’s not the original but it’s so extreme. Toon Disney’s An Extremely Goofy Movie is on the docket for today. Beware: Chelsea Rants. Highlights Main discussion: An Extremely Goofy Movie First thoughts […]

Animation Addicts Podcast #167: ‘An Extremely Goofy Movie’ – So Extreme

What Iron Man brought to the screen was a character with problems – an imperfect, though extraordinary, man who’s problems we could relate to, even if his solutions were […]

MCU Countdown #2: ‘The Incredible Hulk’

Indie-Mation Club Week 7: ‘FernGully: The Last Rainforest’

Twenty years ago, Oscar-winner (and today internet favorite) Nicolas Cage was so close to becoming the next Man of Steel. Cage, a major Superman fan (to the point of naming […]

Nicolas Cage to Finally Play Superman (in the ‘Teen Titans Go!’ Movie)