A New DreamWorks Animated Film Finally Lives Up To Its Promise
A tale of two friends whose memory of a secret island fades, and the bold colors that recall their enduring bond.
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TV Reviews8.4/10
Dragons: Race to the Edge” Is the Best Small-Screen Chapter of the Franchise”
Netflix's Dragons: Race to the Edge ran 6 seasons and 78 episodes from 2015 to 2018, and its 8.4 TMDB rating proves it deserved more credit.
Movie Reviews7.4/10
Flushed Away at 20: Aardman’s CGI Experiment, and the Last DreamWorks Co-Production
Flushed Away (2006), Aardman's first CGI film with DreamWorks, voiced by Hugh Jackman and Kate Winslet — a sewer comedy review and its legacy.
Movie Reviews5.1/10
DreamWorks’ El Dorado Adventure Wastes Its Best Idea on a Third-Act Collapse
DreamWorks' 2000 flop The Road to El Dorado bombed with $76M against a $95M budget, then became a cult classic. A review of what works and what doesn't.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
DreamWorks sequel parks its prehistoric family behind a wall and lets the neighbours do the talking
The Croods: A New Age moves the prehistoric family into a walled paradise, aiming for tolerance but landing on real estate and condescension.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
Jim Parsons and Rihanna Share a Car
DreamWorks' Home (2015) put Jim Parsons and Rihanna in a flying car. A mixed review of the Boov invasion, its $386M gross, and the Netflix spin-off.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
DreamWorks took on Exodus and produced a musical that still divides viewers 28 years later.
The Prince of Egypt review: DreamWorks' 1998 animated Exodus epic, its all-star cast, the Moses and Rameses brother story, and why the songs hold it back.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
DreamWorks spun off its penguin sidekicks, and the gamble paid off
Penguins of Madagascar cost $132M, grossed $374M, and still lost money. A review of DreamWorks' spin-off, its villain, and the studio it closed.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
The Shrek Spinoff That Swashbuckles Its Way Through a Fairy-Tale Heist
Puss in Boots (2011): DreamWorks' Shrek spin-off with Antonio Banderas, a heist plot, and a rushed betrayal — a fun 90 minutes that never quite soars.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Antz at 28: A Sharp Political Fable Wrapped in a Star-Vehicle Comedy
Antz, DreamWorks' 1998 debut, sends Woody Allen's anxious worker ant through a colony coup. A sharp political fable wrapped in a star-vehicle comedy.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
The Suburban Backyard Satire in Over the Hedge Still Works, Even if the Film Pulls Its Punches
A review of DreamWorks' 2006 animated film Over the Hedge, starring Bruce Willis and Garry Shandling, a gentle con story about suburbia.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Review: A Legend That Holds, a Telling That Gets in the Way
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron review: DreamWorks' 2002 animated Western gets the horse right but lets Matt Damon's narration talk it to death. 5.2/10.