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How Gargoyles Made Serialized Cartoons the Norm
Gargoyles ran 78 episodes from 1994 to 1997 and earned a perfect 10/10. A look at the clan, the cast, and the serialized storytelling that outlived the show.
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Tag: Disney Animation
Movie Reviews5.9/10
Chicken Little: Disney’s First Fully Computer-Animated Feature, 21 Years On
Chicken Little (2005) was Disney's first fully computer-animated feature and the first mainstream Digital 3-D release. It grossed $314 million on mixed reviews.
Movie Reviews6/10
Treasure Planet at 24: The $140 Million That Bought a Black Hole, Not a Story
Disney's Treasure Planet cost $140 million and earned $109.6 million. A review of the 2002 flop's solar-sail world, voice cast, and father-son story.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
Atlantis: The Lost Empire Review: A Handsome, Cold Curiosity That Keeps Sinking
A review of Disney's 2001 animated adventure Atlantis: The Lost Empire, starring Michael J. Fox, with its Mignola design, lost language, and sunken script.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
Disney’s Hunchback Went Dark and Got Serious, and It Still Holds Up
A review of Disney's 1996 animated The Hunchback of Notre Dame, covering its dark Hugo source, Menken and Schwartz songs, Tony Jay's Frollo, and the gargoyles.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
Peter Pan (1953): Disney’s Boy Who Won’t Grow Up Still Flies
Disney's 1953 Peter Pan flies brisk and bright at 77 minutes, but its caricature and sagging middle keep it from landing. A look at the film.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
A Waitress, a Frog, and 1926 New Orleans
Disney's 2009 hand-drawn return, The Princess and the Frog, reviewed: a strong cast and beautiful bayou animation, but a script that sags.
Movie Reviews9.9/10
Pinocchio” at 86: Disney’s Sternest Moral Still Cuts”
Disney's 1940 Pinocchio turns a wish into a test: a wooden puppet must prove brave, truthful and unselfish, with a cricket as his failing conscience.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Lilo & Stitch: A Small Story With an Alien in It
Lilo & Stitch (2002) review: Disney's Kauaʻi-set sci-fi comedy about an orphaned girl and her alien 'dog,' with its ʻohana heart and messy Federation plot.
Movie Reviews7.4/10
Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon Builds a Rich Fantasy World, Then Struggles to Fill It
Raya and the Last Dragon review: a quest film with a great dragon, strong world design, and a structural problem it never solves. Score: 7.4/10.
Movie Reviews7/10
Disney’s funniest film is a box-office disappointment that found its audience anyway
Disney's 2000 comedy The Emperor's New Groove runs 78 minutes and wastes none of them, with Kuzco, Yzma and Kronk. A review.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
Wreck-It Ralph’s sequel swaps the arcade for the internet and loses its footing
Ralph Breaks the Internet review: the Wreck-It Ralph sequel is fast and funny, with Gal Gadot's Shank its best invention, but its friendship theme lands late