TV Reviews10/10
Hilda Reviews: Netflix’s Animated Tale Earns a Perfect Score
A blue-haired girl leaves her enchanted forest for a walled city of trolls and gnomes, in a quiet triumph of animation.
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Tag: animation
Movie Reviews5.1/10
‘Trolls World Tour’ Chases a Map of Genres Without Stopping to Explore Any of Them
A sequel of trolls and strings, wherein Poppy and Branch chase a queen of Hard Rock, yet the tale never settles into memory.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
Mary and Max Review: Letters Across an Ocean Carry Hoffman and Collette’s Sad, Brave Friendship
A tale of letters betwixt two souls, one a child and one a man grown old, whose friendship crosses an ocean without ever meeting.
TV Reviews8/10
MAD’s Sketch Comedy Runs 123 Episodes Across Four Seasons
A retrospective look at MAD, the Cartoon Network parody show that mixed claymation, stop motion, and computer animation across 123 episodes.
TV Reviews7.9/10
The Venture Bros. Review: Failure, Clones, and the Joy of Being Stuck
A review of The Venture Bros., Adult Swim's parody of superhero cartoons, ending its long run on October 7, 2018.
TV Reviews7/10
Madagascar: A Little Wild Reviews Madagascar’s Heroes as Children at the Central Park Zoo
A look back at Madagascar: A Little Wild, the animated prequel series following Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria as children at the Central Park Zoo.
Movie Reviews3.7/10
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Review: A Bloated, Unfunny Mess
A fat cat swaps places with a prince and finds ruin, and the tale is but a jest without a soul.
Movie Reviews3.4/10
Thirteen Years On, The Smurfs 2 Still Wastes Its Talented Voice Cast
A sequel that grows too loud and thin, wasting a cast of many voices upon a tale that never finds its true heart.
Movie Reviews4.9/10
Hook Abducts Wendy’s Daughter in Disney Sequel Return to Never Land
A skeptical girl must learn to believe in Neverland once Hook abducts her, in this modest sequel to the 1953 Disney classic.
TV Reviews7.7/10
Blue’s Clues Changed Kids’ TV by Making Viewers Feel Like They Were Part of the Story
A retrospective on Blue's Clues, the animated children's show starring Steve Burns and Donovan Patton, and its enduring influence.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
‘The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part’ Adds Rex Dangervest but Loses Focus
A sequel of bricks and dread, wherein Emmet, Lucy, and the Master Builders battle a devouring queen and her horde of monstrous shapes.
Movie Reviews7/10
A Girl Saves a Cat and Ends Up in a Kingdom Where Nothing Is Quite What It Seems
A shy girl saves a cat and enters a kingdom where she must believe in herself before turning fully into a cat.