January 30, 2022
Adrienne Reese
Slamdance 2022 Film Festival - Creating a stop-motion piece is a feat in and of itself, and to create one with as interesting a story as there is animation technique is an accomplishment -- writer/director Brad Hock has done just that with his short film Oldboy's Apples. Screening at the 2022 Slamdance Film Festival, Oldboy's Apples is [...]
April 30, 2021
Scix Maddix
This looks like a doodle in a 7th grader's notebook after watching Yellow Submarine. When a 14-year-old hits a late puberty and first finds Reddit while browsing through his parent's old albums they don't listen to anymore, he's going to start doodling. This movie is that doodle. It wants to be a clever [...]
February 14, 2021
Miranda Riddle
Operating in a perfect, seamless loop that can be repeated on itself endlessly, 9-minute animated short Opera took three years of blood, sweat, and animated tears to reach our screens. Critically acclaimed Korean animator Erick Oh, one of the minds and artists behind such beloved films as Pixar’s Inside Out, selected an extraordinary team of [...]
November 9, 2019
Norman Gidney
Warner Bros Pictures has landed a multi-film pact with Locksmith Animation, the UK CG feature studio, to co-develop and distribute its slate of pictures. The deal was announced today by Toby Emmerich, Chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, and Courtenay Valenti, President of Production and Development at Warner Bros., and Sarah Smith and Julie Lockhart, [...]
April 1, 2016
Norman Gidney
LOS ANGELES, April 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation and The Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company, today announced that they are taping into the horror market with Walt Disney Animation Studios' newest feature-length animated film franchise 'N Zombies. THE FOLLOWING WAS AN APRIL FOOLS ARTICLE WRITTEN AS SATIRE. ENJOY! The new 'N Zombies [...]
January 8, 2016
Mike Hansen
It isn't hell, but it sure ain't heaven either, "Hell and Back", brought to us by the same team that created "Robot Chicken" boasts an all-star cast of voices and lush animation and art direction. The bummer is that someone forgot to write any jokes to laugh at. Augie, Curt, and Remy are three stoner [...]
December 28, 2015
Mike Hansen
Remy, Augie and Curt have been best friends since birth, and their summer jobs aren't working out as well as they'd hoped. Their curiosity and stunted intelligence unleashes The Blood Oath of Beezlebub – a legendary myth that proves its power as the The Devil drags Curt kicking and screaming to Hell. The guys must risk everything to save their [...]
DRAWING MONSTERS, documentary on the creator of Hellboy — Shockfest 2022
OLDBOY’S APPLES–The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree–Slamdance 2022
Röckët Stähr’s DEATH OF A ROCKSTAR Is Like A Middle School Reddit Rebel’s Notebook Doodling, Fantaspoa 2021
OPERA Is An Animated Masterpiece–SLAMDANCE
Locksmith Animation Signs Deal with WARNER BROS. PICTURES
Anna and Elsa ‘N Zombies Announced by Disney Animation
Uncle Mike Reviews: “Hell And Back”
Go To “Hell And Back” With Mila Kunis
DRAWING MONSTERS, documentary on the creator of Hellboy — Shockfest 2022
OLDBOY’S APPLES–The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree–Slamdance 2022
Röckët Stähr’s DEATH OF A ROCKSTAR Is Like A Middle School Reddit Rebel’s Notebook Doodling, Fantaspoa 2021
OPERA Is An Animated Masterpiece–SLAMDANCE
Locksmith Animation Signs Deal with WARNER BROS. PICTURES
Anna and Elsa ‘N Zombies Announced by Disney Animation
Uncle Mike Reviews: “Hell And Back”
Go To “Hell And Back” With Mila Kunis
DRAWING MONSTERS, documentary on the creator of Hellboy — Shockfest 2022
OLDBOY’S APPLES–The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree–Slamdance 2022
Röckët Stähr’s DEATH OF A ROCKSTAR Is Like A Middle School Reddit Rebel’s Notebook Doodling, Fantaspoa 2021
OPERA Is An Animated Masterpiece–SLAMDANCE
Locksmith Animation Signs Deal with WARNER BROS. PICTURES
Anna and Elsa ‘N Zombies Announced by Disney Animation
Uncle Mike Reviews: “Hell And Back”
Go To “Hell And Back” With Mila Kunis