Animated Movie
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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
It brings me absolutely no joy to report that “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” is fine. That’s probably more…
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Migration
As some of you may have noticed, there has been a distinctly avian-related theme to the animated feature films that…
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The Peasants
Here’s the first thing you need to know about the animated romance “The Peasants”: It is abundantly and often times,…
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The Tiger’s Apprentice
At first glance, the existence of “The Tiger’s Apprentice” would seem to be a grand advance for the cause of…
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Orion and the Dark
DreamWorks and Netflix’s “Orion and the Dark” does the Pixar Thing better than most recent Pixar movies. It so blatantly cribs…
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They Shot the Piano Player
Spanish filmmaker Fernando Trueba, who co-directed “They Shot the Piano Player,” first encountered the work of the film’s subject, Brazilian…
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Stopmotion
The conceit of a tortured and socially maladjusted artist whose obsessive pursuit of their craft pushes them into madness with…
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Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate
The original “Megamind,” released in 2010, was a fresh, funny, and heartwarming animated film with wildly imaginative visuals and A-list…
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Kung Fu Panda 4
Did the world really need another “Kung Fu Panda” movie? The trilogy ended in satisfying fashion in 2016 with the…
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Chicken for Linda!
I missed Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s animated French escapade “Chicken for Linda!” when it premiered at last year’s Cannes,…
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