Tag: animation
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How to Train Your Dragon, the animated 2010 version
How to Train Your Dragon now has a live action version in theaters. But I’d never seen the animated version from 2010. Since it’s currently available on Max, it seemed like a good time to find out why this film is so popular. There are spoilers ahead.
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Nimona: Animated adventure with a heart
Nimona is a shape-shifting outsider, voiced by Chloë Grace Moretz, in this animated feature on Netfix. NImona frightens people because she’s different and she struggles to find a way to fit in.
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Spirited Away, a first look at Hayao Miyazaki’s work
The special A Night at the Academy Museum that aired when the long-awaited Academy Museum in Hollywood opened had all sorts of highlights. The one that really caught my eye was the gallery devoted to Hayao Miyazaki. He created beautiful, award winning animated films I’d never heard of.
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The Mitchells vs the Machines save the world from robots
The Mitchells vs the Machines is an animated madhouse of mayhem about a family that must save the world from robots who intend to send every human into outer space. This funny story of technology taking over the world is streaming on Netflix.
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Review: Over the Moon
Over the Moon is an animated musical fantasy from Netflix. We’re used to seeing this sort of thing from Disney. While I don’t think the Netflix animation equaled the splendor of, say, Coco, the look and colorful cheer of Over the Moon is enough to make you happy.
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Review: Undone
Undone is different. It’s animated, but it’s about adults and adult problems. It’s beautiful to look at with creativity bursting through every frame. It seems to be a story about time travel or the space time continuum, but it’s really a story about mental health.