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It’s funny how films are often released with similar themes or types of characters at a similar time for seemingly no reason. In a given year, we’ll get two “Attack […]

[REVIEW] ‘Penguins’ and ‘Penguin Highway’

Behind all of your favorite animated films, there are hundreds of people working to bring these stories to life, but few people, even the most dedicated fans, will ever know […]

Interview With Howard Jones: ‘Early Man’ VFX Supervisor

Think your family is weird? Well, Metro-Goldwin-Mayer is here to prove otherwise, as they have released the teaser trailer of their animated take on The Addams Family! In this teaser, […]

‘The Addams Family’ Get Creepy and Kooky in New Teaser Trailer

Disney is gearing up for the launch of its upcoming streaming service, Disney+, by announcing original content from all areas of its vast portfolio. Among the studios in on the […]

Disney+: New ‘Toy Story’ Shorts Coming from Pixar

Tonight Disney unveiled much of the slate coming to Disney+, its upcoming streaming service. Among the slew of new projects is a big surprise for animation fans: a new Phineas & […]

Disney+: New ‘Phineas and Ferb’ Movie to Debut During Service’s First Year

Following the recent finalization of Disney’s acquisition of Fox, Mickey and the gang have a lot of new pals to welcome to the family, and that includes The Simpsons. Tonight during […]

Disney+: ‘The Simpsons’ to Stream Exclusively, Welcomed to Disney Family

After serving ten successful years at Walt Disney Animation Studios, Wreck-It Ralph director Rich Moore has departed the studio and is now joining Sony Pictures Animation for new creative opportunities. […]

‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Director Rich Moore Departs Disney to Join Sony Animation

Disney+, the new streaming service from The Walt Disney Company, races toward its upcoming launch. While an official debut date has yet to be announced other than “late 2019,” the […]

Disney+ Reveals More Programming, Including ‘Monsters, Inc.’ Series

It is time! Well, almost. Disney dropped a bomb this morning with a new trailer for its upcoming remake of The Lion King. It’s got a lot of new footage and […]

New ‘Lion King’ Trailer Dazzles with Visuals, Wows with Music

Now that Walt Disney Animation Studios is back on their feet with sequels thanks to Ralph Breaks the Internet and Frozen II, the studio has wisely chosen their next canon […]

Disney Announces ‘Chicken Little 2’ for 2021

The plot and voice cast for the upcoming Warner Animation Group animated film, Scoob, has been announced by sources including Deadline and Zoinks, is it surprising! It seems that the […]

‘Scoob’ Plot + Voice Cast Announced!

(This is a user-submitted post by Jordan Hashemi-Briskin) I have come to notice that, besides the natural sciences (biology, chemistry, geology, or astronomy), history—be it of the world as a […]

[Series Review]: ‘Liberty’s Kids’

On the midnight of March 20 (via The Hollywood Reporter), The Walt Disney Company completed its long-awaited acquisition of 21st Century Fox‘s entertainment assets. This purchase, first proposed in December […]

The Disney-Fox Merger is Complete

In Mary Poppins Returns, everyone’s favorite British nanny is back–this time getting to work on another set of Banks children. But while the movie is delightful and charming, are the […]

‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Blu-Ray Review: Not Quite Practically Perfect

I must admit when I signed on to review Wonder Park, I was very hopeful it would be a under-the-radar film I could really champion. It looked like it might be […]

[REVIEW] ‘Wonder Park’

Believe it or not, it is time again for another exciting season of Ghibli Fest from our friends over at GKIDS. For the last few years we have had the […]

[GIVEAWAY] ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ Tickets

Aren’t you proud of us for not making the headline anything including the words “whole new world”? Today Disney unveiled the most significant sneak peek yet into the upcoming live-action […]

Full Trailer for Live-Action ‘Aladdin’ Gives First Listen of Songs

Are you ready for some serious space adventure? Are you ready to drink blue milk? Are you ready to wait 3+ hours to get in to the not-that-big-but-way-detailed Star Wars: […]

[NEWS] Disney Parks’ ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’ Lands Get Opening Dates

*This is a user-submitted post by Jordan Hashemi-Briskin* At the risk of stating the obvious, Home on the Range is quite possibly the most divisive film in the Disney canon. Since its […]

[OPINION] In Defense of ‘Home on the Range’

Ralph’s getting an upgrade from 8-bit to gigabit as he and Vanellope journey to the Internet in Ralph Breaks the Internet. The sequel to the Disney’s 2012 animated film Wreck-It Ralph, […]

‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Blu-ray Review: A Not So Groundbreaking Release

This summer, winter is coming. Rovio Animation and Sony Pictures have released the first teaser trailer The Angry Birds Movie 2, the sequel to Rovio’s own feature adaptation of their […]

Winter is Coming in ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’ Teaser Trailer

According to Slashfilm, new details of the upcoming animated Netflix adaptation of Green Eggs and Ham have been released! Based on the children’s book of the same name by Dr. […]

Cast and Plot of ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ Released!

‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Coming to DVD & Blu-ray in March

Holy cowabunga! Two of pop culture’s most-popular crimefighting franchises are colliding together in one epic crossover! Warner Bros. Animation and DC have teamed up with Nickelodeon to bring the Caped […]

‘Batman’ and ‘Ninja Turtles’ Team Up in Animated Crossover Movie

Good Morning America got an exclusive sit-down interview with Annie Potts, the voice of Bo Peep in the Toy Story films, and also surprised us with a new Toy Story 4 clip! […]

New ‘Toy Story 4’ Clip Hints Fate of Bo Peep & Andy’s Other Toys

Frozen fans, your moment is finally here. Disney finally unleashed the first official teaser trailer for this November’s hugely anticipated sequel, Frozen 2. Frozen 2 Trailer From the first moments […]

The ‘Frozen 2’ Teaser Trailer is Here!

In the midst of early promotion for Disney’s live-action Aladdin remake, something was distinctly missing: Will Smith as the iconic Genie of the lamp. But now, your wish is Disney’s command… […]

Will Smith’s Genie Finally Revealed in New ‘Aladdin’ Sneak Peek

Get ready for a new era of Pixar stories. Short films have always been an important part of the Pixar legacy. Since the studio’s beginnings, shorts have been used as […]

Pixar to Launch ‘Spark Shorts’ on Disney+, Watch the First One Now

Illumination’s Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch is out now on Blu-Ray, DVD, and the extra 4K ULTRA HD and 3D Blu-Ray options. The third of Illumination’s Dr. Seuss adaptations, The Grinch […]

[BLU-RAY REVIEW] ‘Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch’

Adventure Time may be over on Cartoon Network, but soon you’ll be able to revisit them any time, with a complete box set! And that’s not all! In addition to […]

‘Adventure Time’ the Complete Series is Coming to DVD!

Hosted by ASIFA-Hollywood, the 46th Annie Awards took place last Saturday on February 2, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse came out as the big winner of the night. Sony Pictures […]

‘Spider-Verse’ Wins Big at the 46th Annie Awards

Lotus Entertainment will soon be revealing Mosley, a new independent animated feature from the combined talents of Huhu Studios in New Zealand and China Film Animation. Via Variety, the first […]

Trailer for New Zealand-Chinese Animated Feature ‘Mosley’ Gets Released

We are well into the new year and Disney Animation aficionados will most likely know what this year’s big tentpole animated extravaganza is: Frozen 2. While details have been scarce […]

Frozen 2 Update: ‘The Rock’ To Voice Sven?

*This is a user-submitted post by Dan Siciliano* Okay, Disney fans, pop quiz: What was Walt Disney’s favorite film he worked on? Some say it’s Bambi, some say it’s Pinocchio, some […]

Looking Back 70 Years – ‘So Dear to My Heart’

Tra-La-Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! The waistband warrior and his troublemaking creators are back for another awesome season of The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants. DreamWorks Animation and distributor Netflix have released the trailer […]

The Epic Trailer of ‘The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants’ Season 2

‘Zootopia’ Land Coming to Shanghai Disneyland