Animated movies

Pixar tackle dinosaurs and psychology in two newly announced films

Pixar announces not one but TWO new feature length animations.

How we all learnt to love cartoons

For the longest time animation was simply perceived as something for kids, and wasn’t taken seriously by adults. If an animated film did in anyway achieve the hallowed ground of ‘appealing to kids and grownups alike’ it was considered a pretty rare thing. Today, animated films about toys are getting Oscar nominations and reviewers like to deal out their opinions based on one neat bit of criteria: is it any good?

WIN: STAR WARS™: THE CLONE WARS™ Vol 2 Season 2 on DVD

Revisit a galaxy far, far away… with the action-packed animated adventures of STAR WARS™: THE CLONE WARS™ on DVD. To celebrate the release on 21 March we have the Volume 2 Season 2 DVD to give away! Competition ends 29 April 2011.

Short Film of the Week: The Incident at Tower 37

Animated short The Incident at Tower 37 qualified for the 2011 Oscars – and it was been released for free online yesterday (World Water Day). It follows the lone steward of a water processing station which siphons every drop of water from a once-pristine lake. When two unexpected guests arrive, the tower’s operator learns the high cost of his ignorance…

WIN: 3 x Metalocalypse Season 3 DVD!

Competition closed. Winners: E Kalinowska, P Wakefield, P Batten

Puss in Boots Teaser Trailer

The most recent offering from DreamWorks created to keep studio heads in caviar and Cristal.

Short Film of the Week: The Terrible Thing of Alpha 9

The Terrible Thing of Alpha 9, directed by Jake Armstrong, is a madly cool animated short film that will make you gulp back your man tears in a testosteroneous way. Are you ready for our monstrously cute short film of the week?

Yogi Bear

If you’re looking for some kind of ‘bears shit in the woods’ joke, you’re going to have to go elsewhere. Yogi Bear is re-interpreted in this 3D CGI feature, a below-average kids film that is somewhat redeemed by its cute moral tale about the environment. Save the world, man.