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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…
Despite being the home of heavy-hitter animated films like Happy Feet and Mary & Max, there’s precious few Australian animated films being produced. There’s a fairly good reason why too: it’s bloo…
On January 20th, 2020 Netflix made the announcement to the world that they had acquired exclusive worldwide streaming rights to the Studio Ghibli film library – unless you lived in Canada, Japan or th…
“Why is this kids movie so scary?” my 5-year-old son Raiden, asked as we were about two thirds through Spies in Disguise. I had to think deeply about an answer. I thought back to the countless kids’…
Directed by Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan, The Addams Family stars Oscar Issac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, and Nick Kroll as Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, and Uncle…
Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee (also the sole screenwriter), Frozen II stars Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell as Elsa and Anna, returning three years after the events of Frozen a little older an…
In the continuing battle between streaming services and cinemas, there's one director who has continually pushed out films that have demanded a cinema viewing: Wes Anderson. From his auspicious d…
In 2004, Australian animator Adam Elliot won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for his 2003 clay-animation film Harvie Krumpet. Enriched by the critical success of the short, Elliot set a…
To the CHILDREN OF AUSTRALIA In the hope of enlisting their sympathies for the many Beautiful and frolicsome creatures of their fair land; Whose extinction through ruthless destruction is surely be…
Laika Studios fifth film, Missing Link, is clear evidence of the natural evolution of stop motion animation that made the studio a force to be reckoned with ten years ago with their debut film, Corali…
The grand imagination of Will Ferrell and his son was brought to life in 2014's much loved The Lego Movie. What could easily have been a feature length advertisement for little plastic blocks inst…