• July 12, 2016
• Animation, At Home, Family

For starters, his voice is so distinct that it’s hard to separate the character from the actor. More problematic, though, is the fact that Oh feels like the cartoon-blob...

• July 12, 2016
• Animation, At Home, Family

Whyyyy? Why did this need to be made? And in 3d?? And, more importantly, would it turn into one of those über-hip, let’s-update-the-classic remakes – filled with modern-day lingo...

• July 12, 2016
• Animation, At Home, Comedy, Family

In small doses, as cute, globular supporting players in the Despicable Me films or shorts of their own, the Minions were entertaining. Watching their goofy, gibberishy antics for 90...

• July 12, 2016
• Animation, At Home, Family

Zootopia is kind of a genius metaphor for the United States, or your nearest metropolis, or really any place that will allow you to escape the confines of your...

• July 9, 2016
• Animation, At Home, Family

Comedian Louis C.K. voices Max, a plucky terrier who lurrrrrrrves his life with his doting owner Katie (voiced by Ellie Kemper). But when Katie brings home a new “brother”...

• June 17, 2016
• At Home

Back when I watched Finding Nemo for the first time, I was totally charmed by the film… but it was the blue tang that actually made me cry. Ellen...

• June 16, 2016
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Family

So it should come as no surprise that I think Finding Nemo is a visually stunning, joyfully heartwarming underwater romp that takes the best elements from its Pixar predecessors...

• August 20, 2015
• Animation, At Home, Family

Princess Rose (Sleeping Beauty) has spent her life trying to escape the curse of an evil witch which dooms her to prick her finger on the needle of a...

• June 29, 2015
• Animation, At Home, Comedy, Family

Steve Carell voices Gru, an increasingly irrelevant evildoer who aspires to be the biggest and best badass on the planet by shrinking the moon with a ray gun, and...

• May 30, 2015
• Animation, At Home

The Looney Tunes Musical Masterpieces collection is sort of like the Bugs Bunny version of Fantasia (influenced by fewer psychotropic drugs). As you probably remember, many Looney Tunes were...

• November 11, 2014
• Adventure, At Home, Family, Fantasy

It is five years after the events of How to Train Your Dragon (a film I loved so much, it topped my Best of 2010 list). Vikings and dragons now...

• November 7, 2014
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Family

Our scrappy hero Hiro is a smart but unfocused teen. He gambles with his creations on the robot-fighting circuit, while his idolized elder brother Tadashi excels in college. Just...