• November 2, 2007
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Comedy

I don’t know anyone who was more excited to see this movie than I was. I love animated films. Anything by Pixar or the folks at Fox animation –...

• February 8, 2006
• Action, At Home, Drama, Family

Bambi II (yikes, what a wretched title) is a harmless, straight-to-video story that  feeds off nostalgia for the classic original, while offering some new characters. Luckily, it is so...

• October 17, 2005
• Animation, At Home, Family

OK, I’ll allow you to pick up the limited edition of this one at the store as it is packaged with a Winnie-the-Pooh plushie. Pooh is actually wearing a...

• June 19, 2005
• Action, Adventure, Animation, At Home

What I hate about modern Disney movies is the relentless, shove-it-down-your-throat merchandising that comes with every release. Buy the soundtrack! The Happy Meal! The action figures! The t-shirts! The...

• November 10, 2004
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Family

It seems like there was a moment of head scratching when The Polar Express tanked. It was as though all the CG wizards and Hollywood bigwigs just couldn’t believe...

• November 23, 2002
• Animation, At Home, Family

Remember that time when a nice girl named Belle was held prisoner by a gruff beast named Beast?  And he was bitter and ate sloppily and had all sorts...

• May 28, 2002
• Animation, At Home, Drama, Fantasy

Well. What was I expecting, really? Before the screening began, a guy from Cinema Seattle came out and hollered, “Are you ready for Tamala?” and we were all like,...

• September 29, 2001
• Action, Adventure, Animation, At Home

When bored, rule number one is to never look at your watch. Time will crawl. But you can’t help it, can you? Even if it feels mentally like ages,...

• June 24, 2000
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Family

I’m a huge fan of the Wallace and Gromit clay-animated short films from Nick Park and Aardman Animation, so I, like many so-called adults I know, was really looking...