A Fundamental of Animation: Squash and Stretch

One of the key questions to ask yourself as an animator provided by Frank and Ollie: would anyone else besides your mother like what you have done?

A Tribute to Ward Kimball

"We thought we were always going to be 21 years old. We thought we would always be putting goldfish in the bottled drinking water, balancing cups of water on the light fixtures, changing the labels on cans of sauerkraut juice. We were 21 years old, Walt was 30, leading the pack. Working there was more fun than any job I could ever imagine."
-Ward Kimball

Let's Review a Movie: Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Released in 1959 this was the film the Disney studio hoped would be another runaway blockbuster for them. Instead, while it was successful, the costs of making it were so high that the animation process would have to be totally revamped for the next feature.

Let’s Review a Movie: The Princess and the Frog (2009)

It’s February, the month of love, lust, and romance which means reviewing romance films. This time I’m looking at the company famous for its romantic couples and some cartoons about a mouse. (Poor Oswald doesn’t get any recognition.)

Let's Review a Movie: A Garfield Christmas Special (1987)

As a child of the 90’s watching the Garfield and Friends cartoon show was an early morning tradition growing up. So, it’s only fair that the big orange guy gets a review of his 1987 Christmas special.

Let's Review a Movie: Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)

My favourite month of the year is here so let’s have fun and review some holiday films. And since today is also Walt Disney’s 109th birthday we’re kicking things off with one of the studio’s adaptations of Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol.

Let's Review a Movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Oh my god what the hell happened with this movie? For all the problems I had with the recent Star Trek film at least that one has some good acting and potential to improve. This thing takes a beloved trilogy and tosses it through a meat grinder. For nineteen years they were supposedly looking for the perfect script and this was the result!?

Let's Review a Movie: Star Trek (2009) or how Star Trek XI is still holding up the odd numbers suck curse

It’s my first attempt at a review so let’s discuss a fandom that has over forty years of history and enough broken bases in it that people will be arguing over things until its hundredth anniversary. Gentlemen, ladies, and others welcome to my review of Star Trek.

Welcomes, Introductions, and All That Jazz

Hello and welcome to my little corner on the internet. As you can tell from the title of this blog posts here will deal with the world of cinema. This may include reviews of new films, classic films, filmmakers and, in future, videos of indie films. Please feel free to look and enjoy, but remember to turn off your cell phone and other electronic devices before entering the theatre.