Even if Monster Hunt were billed in America with "from Raman Hui, the supervising animator of everyone's favorite DreamWorks player, the Gingerbread Man, and co...
You have to give Max Landis credit for trying to breathe fresh air into Hollywood tropes through his genre-merging scripts, whether you believe they're effectiv...
It begins with the abduction of a girl. The scene is quiet and innocuous until it isn't—a car rolling up to a young girl to ask for directions as children play ...
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column foc...
Two worlds collide once young Kyuta (Shôta Sometani) and warrior Kumatetsu (Kôji Yakusho) meet in Mamoru Hosoda's The Boy and the Beast. The former was recently...
Depicting mental illness in film is hard for two reasons. One is the fact that actors are playacting. This may not be the case across the board—performances cou...
The world of Parkour meets teenage coming-of-age angst in Petr Oukropec's In Your Dreams!, and it's a welcome mixture. Whereas most sports inherently breed comp...
The kitchen sink's thrown against the wall with bathtub, toilet, and whatever else made of easily-shattered porcelain in the house following right behind—this i...
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column foc...
Ahead of the Academy Awards, we're reviewing each short category. See the Animation section below and the other shorts sections here.
Bear Story – C...
