Despite all of the crumby Summer blockbusters, 2009 was a good year for movies, but even more so, it was a great year for animated movies. Pixar gave us another classic with Up, Wes Anderson entered animation with Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Disney returned to the traditionally animated musicals that made them what they are.

It was such a great year for animation in fact, that for only the second time in history, the Best Animated Feature Oscar contains five nominees (as apposed to the usual three).

And yet, with five nominees for Best Animated Feature in one of the best years of animated features, there is one film that is tragically and shamefully absent from the Oscar race: Ponyo. Read more

The latest animated classic from master filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, Ponyo, is now available on DVD and Blu-ray! Read more

This Tuesday, March 2nd, will see new DVD releases of four of Hayao Miyazaki’s films. Read more

The real Animal House.

Fantastic Mr. Fox is a 2009 stop-motion animated film directed by Wes Anderson, who is known for directing such live-action films as The Royal Tenenbaums. Fantastic Mr. Fox is Wes Anderson’s first forray into animated cinema, but how well does Wes Anderson transition into the medium? Read more

No shirt, no shoes, hard shell, no service.

District 9 is a sci-fi film produced by Peter Jackson, and is the feature film debut for director Neil Blomkamp District 9 is based on a previous short film by Blomkamp that came about after Peter Jackson’s Halo adaptation fell through. So how does District 9 hold up as a sci-fi film? Read more

Imagine that.

The Imaginarium of Doctor  Parnassus is a film by Terry Gilliam, who is probably most famous for his work on Monty Python (particularly, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, one of the funniest films ever made). The film stars the late Heath Ledger in his last major film role, and Christopher Plummer. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a film about the power of the imagination, but does the film have the power to captivate the imagination?

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You probably recall I wrote a very recent blog about all of the great animated films coming to DVD and Blu-Ray this March (you can read it here), well, add another film to that lineup, as Disney’s The Princess and the Frog will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on March 16th! Read more

Yes, it has happened. It has finally happened. For only the second time in history, an animated film has been nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards! Read more

If there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from.

Where the Wild Things Are is a 2009 film adaptation based on the children’s book of the same name. The book, widely considered one of the greatest children’s books ever made, was only nine sentences long. As such, the film had to take a lot of liberties with the story. But did it pay off? Read more

Yes, James Cameron’s sci-fi epic, Avatar, has out-grossed Cameron’s previous film, Titanic, to become the highest-grossing film in history. Read more