Some animated experiments that bring well-established superheroes into a different place or time get a high rating, but Batman: Soul of the Dragon scored an average one, with 6.1 on Metacritic. The ...

Rafael Motamayor is an entertainment writer and critic for sites like Collider, Observer, Rotten Tomatoes, /Film, IGN, and more. He specializes in writing about horror and animation, and yearns for ...

CHICAGO - Animated movies exist both to comfort us and challenge us — sometimes at the same time. Despite the hurdles of the pandemic, 2021 delivered a great slate of animated features aimed at ...

CHICAGO - As just about any parent will tell you, family entertainment was a sanity-saver in 2021. So it’s a good thing there was so much of it! The Mouse House was a major contender this year, as ...

However, there were still a lot of great movies that were made specifically for streaming services in 2021. Our list this year runs the gambit from animated family films to sci-fi action flicks to ...

Outside of the beloved work by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, anime can get a bad rap among the hardcore cinema crowd. It also doesn’t usually carry the same quality connotations as a bonafide ...