Writers/directors Mark Burton and Richard Starzak are masters at storytelling—even with no dialog to speak of! Shaun the Sheep plays on the numerous connotations of sheep (being easily led, counting sheep to go to sleep, and fluffy wool, for instance) for chuckles. But the theme running through this feature is weighty, such as how boring […]
The Minions are some of the most lovable creatures in children’s movies. Illumination Entertainment, directors Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin, writer Brian Lynch, and musician Heitor Pereira deserve high praise for making a film that is truly entertaining, uplifting, and insightful about human beings, with all accompanied by delightful music from the sixties.
From the clever title to the animation, the script, and the actors, Inside Out is a positive tale about how to deal with emotions. The primary thought coming through is that negative emotions like sadness, anger, and fear are healthy and need to be expressed in order to get the “bad” that’s inside neutralized or
I was put off by Home right from the beginning by the “language” invented for the aliens from another planet, called the Boov. It slaughters the English language by messing with the grammar, e.g., “I needs help. You are arresting (arrested). Can I come into the out?” I’ll be interested to hear what children actually