We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Animated movies have expanded the possibilities of cinematic storytelling for generations, from weaving timeless fairy tales to envisioning ...

Whilst certainly not a blanket rule, animation has typically been seen as a medium aimed at families and younger audiences. Given that children often have shorter attention spans, it's rare to find ...

Go from a rat-run kitchen to an ant colony to the inside of a child’s mind with these animated gems. A good animated movie combines stunning visuals with stellar storytelling; it’s as ...

In its near century-long history, the Academy Awards have displayed a proclivity towards certain movies and performances above others. For instance, the Oscars have an obsession with biopics and their ...

2025 has been a great year for movies, and while plenty of fantastic live-action movies are getting all kinds of buzz, animated films are often left out of the conversation. The medium of animation ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

The Iron Giant (Vin Diesel) in The Iron Giant looks down at a collage featuring Mr. Fox (George Clooney) in Fantastic Mr. Fox, Shōtarō Kaneda (Mitsuo Iwata) in Akira, Beast (Robby Benson) and Belle ...