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Whether or not you’re a Marvel or comic book superhero fan, pretty much everyone paying the vaguest amount of attention to the entertainment industry this year has heard about a […]

MCU Countdown #19: ‘Avengers: Infinity War’

An iconic 1980s heroine is returning to the small screen with an all new look in DreamWorks TV’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. The series focuses on the adventures […]

First Images of ‘She-Ra and the Princesses of Power’ Released

Sterling K. Brown and Evan Rachel Wood are in talks to star alongside Anna and Elsa in the kingdom of Arendelle as voice actors for Frozen 2. Brown and Wood […]

Sterling K. Brown, Evan Rachel Wood in Talks to Join Voice Cast of ‘Frozen 2’

I bet in 2012 when the first Hotel Transylvania was released nobody could have predicted it would be the start of a franchise debuting its 3rd movie in 2018. The […]

[REVIEW] ‘Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation’

It cannot be denied Marvel Studios remarkable ability to craft commercially and critically pleasing films. They have proven time and again, whether it be individual superhero movies or team-ups, they […]

MCU Countdown #18: ‘Black Panther’

Our friends at GKIDS are back with a new entry for Studio Ghibli Fest! Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece Princess Mononoke is coming to theaters July 22, 23 & 25th. You will […]

‘Princess Mononoke’ Giveaway

It’s been an incredible weekend for Disney and Pixar’s latest animated film Incredibles 2. The long-awaited sequel officially became the highest grossing animated film of all time in North America, […]

‘Incredibles 2’ breaks box office records for animation and films not rated PG-13

I must admit I am normally not much of a fantasy fan. I find the stories can often get lost in the settings and lore making what should be exciting […]

[REVIEW] ‘Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms’

Balto is the story of a half-wolf half-dog hybrid who is treated as an outcast in the town of Nome, Alaska. However, that scorn is changed when Balto is called […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 21: ‘Balto’ Review

The teaser trailer for the upcoming animated film, Wonder Park, has debuted. Produced by Paramount Animation in conjunction with Nickelodeon Movies and Ilion Animation Studios, Wonder Park tells the story […]

‘Wonder Park’ Teaser Trailer Debuts

The term ‘Based on a True Story’ in films can certainly be applied in a loose sense, in that the backbone of the real life events are certainly there, but […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 21: ‘Balto’

Since the first Iron Man film, I have been a big fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Through ups and downs, there hasn’t been a movie I’ve found unwatchable or […]

MCU Countdown #17: ‘Thor Ragnarok’

Pixar has just released the first image from new, eight-minute short film Purl, which will be debuting at the SIGGRAPH conference in Vancouver this August. Pixar’s lead short film producer […]

New Pixar short ‘Purl’ to debut at SIGGRAPH

Disneytoon Studios Closes its Doors

Before Peter Jackson propelled The Lord of the Rings franchise to unimaginable heights with his live-action trilogy in the early 2000s, an earlier attempt was made by director Ralph Bakshi […]

India-Mation Club Week 20: ‘The Lord of the Rings’ (1978) Review

Ready for a trip to Middle-earth? Our next indie-mation film is the animated film The Lord of the Rings, directed by Ralph Bakshi and released in 1978. This high-fantasy movie […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 20: ‘The Lord of the Rings’ (1978)

In their efforts for diversity, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has sent out a record-breaking 928 invitations to join the Oscar-granting organization, including 158 individuals in the animation […]

The Academy Invites 158 New Members in Animation and VFX

*This is a user-submitted post by Jordan Hashemi-Briskin* When I was a little boy, Oliver & Company was one of my favorite Disney animated classics; it still is, truth be […]

[Opinion] Why ‘Oliver & Company’ Should be Considered Part of the Disney Renaissance

*This is a user-submitted post by Ernesto Chacon* John Lasseter, the man who served as the creative force behind the Pixar films Toy Story, Cars, Monster’s Inc., Up as well as […]

Disney and Pixar’s John Lasseter Leaving at the End of This Year Following Missteps

After The Amazing Spider-Man 2 fell short of expectations in 2014, the last thing anyone wanted was another Spider-Man reboot – unless it involved the Avengers, of course. It once […]

MCU Countdown #16: ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’

Following a premiere event with a hefty price tag the night before, Pixar Pier opened to applause on Saturday morning, drawing in thousands of early morning goers and leaving the […]

[THEME PARKS] ‘Pixar Pier’ Now Open to ALL Fans! (with VIDEO)

This week the Walt Disney Company announced Jennifer Lee and Pete Docter as new chief creative officers of Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Animation Studios, respectively. The two will split […]

Jennifer Lee, Pete Docter named new creative heads of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios

I feel like every time I have gone into a movie from the ‘Jurassic Park’ franchise I have known exactly what I was getting myself into: Hopeful idealist wants to […]

‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Finally Moves the Plot Forward

Did you love the recent anime hit film Your Name? Well, if you did than GKIDS has just the film for you called Fireworks! Coming out on a special release […]

‘Fireworks’ Giveaway

The First Epic Look at ‘The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants’

In the past couple of years, Walt Disney Pictures announced a slew of live-action remakes of its beloved animated classics, and now one by one they are starting to come […]

Teaser trailer offers first look at Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’

One of the lesser-known films helmed by animation legend Chuck Jones is the 1970 fantasy film The Phantom Tollbooth, based on the 1961 book by Norton Juster. The story concerns […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 19: ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ Review

It’s here. The 14-year wait for a sequel to Disney and Pixar’s hit animated film The Incredibles is over, and it’s finally time to discover what happens next to the […]

‘The Incredibles’ Then and Now: Revisiting the Super Family After Over a Decade

Most people know Chuck Jones from the work he did with Warner Bros. on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, but he helped direct and produce some pretty great […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 19: ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’

This review contains minor spoilers. You’ve been warned. After 14 years of waiting and campaigning, campaigning and waiting, fans of Pixar’s The Incredibles are very excited. Brad Bird has finally delivered […]

[REVIEW] ‘Incredibles 2’ – The Wait is Over!

Walt Disney’s last words were “Kurt Russell.” So legend says, anyway. What the studio executive was trying to say about him, no one knows. Russell was a teenage actor for many […]

MCU Countdown #15: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’

New ‘Looney Tunes’ Series Coming in 2019

All good things must come to an end, and we will be seeing DreamWorks’ most-acclaimed franchise go out with a bang. That movie is How to Train Your Dragon: The […]

‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ Teaser Trailer Prepares You for an Emotional Finale

[BLU-RAY REVIEW] ‘Peter Pan’ Walt Disney Signature Collection

With the recent passing of famed director and animator Isao Takahata, this month at Ghibli Fest our readers have the real treat to experience one of his most delightful films, […]

‘Pom Poko’ Giveaway

After a foray into the worlds of superheroes and Ninjago, Warner Animation Group is taking us back to the Lego Cinematic Universe’s building blocks with a sequel to its 2014 […]

Everything is still awesome in the teaser trailer for ‘The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part’