We’re a month away from the 96th Annual Academy Awards. One of this year’s most interesting categories is Best Animated Feature. Each of the five nominees has a legitimate chance of winning. Let’s break it down: Hayao Miyazaki won the second Best Animated Feature Oscar ever awarded for 2002’s “Spirited Away”. Many thought he might […]
The five nominees for the Critics Choice Award for Best Animated Feature are the same five up for the Academy Award. The Critics Choice winner will be announced on March 13th and the Oscar winner will be named on March 27th. I’ve had the chance to interview makers of all five nominees for Animation Scoop. […]
This year’s Best Animated Feature race is fairly wide open. Major animation houses Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Laika and newcomer Netflix are represented among the nominees for the Best Animated Feature Critics Choice Award. The prize will be handed out during the 3-hour live ceremony Sunday January 12th at 7pmET on The CW. Among the six […]
Director Jeremy Clapin discusses his fantastic new Netflix animated film ‘I Lost My Body’ in this Animation Scoop Q&A. ———————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews of new releases. And altogether he has seen […]
The Fall Movie Season is, once again, providing dozens of potential awards hopefuls. But does this mean every film that came out in the first eight months of 2019 has absolutely no shot at the top prizes? Here are the best case scenarios for nominations: “AVENGERS: ENDGAME” Best Bet: Best Visual Effects Possibility: Best Supporting […]
Six major animated movies have been released so far in 2018: “Early Man” (from Aardman and Lionsgate), “Gnomeo & Juliet” follow-up “Sherlock Gnomes” (Paramount), Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs” (Fox Searchlight), Disney/Pixar’s “Incredibles 2” (now the highest-grossing animated movie of all-time), Sony’s “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation” and WB/DC mash-up “Teen Titans Go! To the […]
This week’s “The LEGO Batman Movie” is the first of an anticipated 16 mainstream animated movies set to be released this year. Here’s a look at the lineup: Feb. 10 – “THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE” Studio: Warner Bros. Voice Cast: Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Zach Galifianakis Story in a Sentence: The miniature version of The […]