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The phenomenal success of Pixar studios has meant that audiences view it as a benchmark for family themed animation. It has also meant that when Pixar releases anything that is considered below par, a…
Directed by Geoff Marslett and co-written by Howe Gelb (who also features as an actor and provides the music for the feature) Quantum Cowboys is a trippy mix of animation, live footage and collage tha…
Within the space of almost two minutes, Jelena Sinik and Nicolette Axiak take viewers on an emotional journey of the impact of isolation in their powerful animated short film 101 Days of Lockdown, whi…
Filmmaker Lachlan Pendragon’s animated short An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It is a meta-comedy where a call centre employee gradually discovers (thanks to a mysterious ost…
Content Warning: This review contains discussions of sexual assault. In the nineties, if you wanted your fill of underground entertainment, then you’d slip on SBS on a late Saturday night. Amidst the…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Luca is representing a problem for Disney+. Ever since Mulan, Disney have declared that most if not all of their ma…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. I’ll make this short and sweet. Tom & Jerry is a bad movie. A very bad movie. Colour me not surprised that t…
2020 was one of the most significant years in modern cinematic history. Not because of an overwhelming wealth of great films, but because of the insane upheaval of how films were marketed, released an…
Powered by JustWatch An age has passed since we last saw The Croods (2013) on-screen. Its modest box-office take and rocky (pun intended) reception, not to mention countless production delays a…
This Thursday 22 October is World Wombat Day and what better way to celebrate than to see the fantastically colourful, adventure-packed Combat Wombat in cinemas NOW. Also available for home viewing on…
Powered by JustWatch Honestly never thought I would find myself saying this but after watching 2020’s Scoob! I much prefer the two early 2000s live-action films. At least they had Matthew Lillar…
Life sucks. Everything I write might as well start like that from now until… whenever this current state of the world ends. I spent my last week of social opportunity having a good final cinema day fo…