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Posts Tagged "DreamWorks Animation"

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Monsters vs Aliens *** (2009, voices Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Paul Rudd, Kiefer Sutherland, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Amy Poehler, Ed Helms) – Classic Movie Review 4344

DreamWorks’ 2009 animation is pretty well done and very jolly if not their finest – and it’s certainly not in the Monsters, Inc. gallery of greatness. Pixar’s pioneering 2001 work is still superior. There are plenty […]

Sep, 11

Madagascar *** (2005, voices of Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer) – Classic Movie Review 1560

DreamWorks Animation’s likeable and appealing but very modest 2005 computer-animated comedy unsurprisingly had a mixed reviews but the public loved it and it was a surprise blockbuster box office hit, spawning two sequels so far. It was a very […]

Aug, 17

Antz **** (1998, voices of Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman) – Classic Movie Review 1557

Directors Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson find an ingenious way to find new work for old Woody Allen – as the cartoon voice of an ant! Allen voices neurotic ant Z-4195, a New York Central Park […]

Aug, 17

Shark Tale *** (voice of Will Smith, Robert De Niro) – Classic Movie Review 1556

Will Smith voices Oscar, a young little fish working as a whale cleaner, in this pacey and amusing Oscar-nominated 2005 animated feature from DreamWorks Animation, the makers of Antz and Shrek. But Oscar is involved in the […]

Aug, 16

Mr Peabody and Sherman **** (2014, voices of Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Stephen Colbert) – Movie Review

Mr Peabody and Sherman is not only the first film based on the 1959-64 TV series Rocky and His Friends since 2000, but the first fully-animated film ever based on Rocky and Bullwinkle. I expect […]

Feb, 06

Shrek ***** (voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz) – Classic Movie Review 435

Once upon a time, there was an ornery green ogre named Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers), who lives in a swamp. His nice quiet life is invaded first by a motor-mouth donkey (Eddie Murphy), then […]

Nov, 22

The Croods **** (2013, voices of Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Cloris Leachman) – Movie Review

Highly recommended to all but the most cynical among us (you know who I mean), The Croods is a lovely, quirky delight with a sweet heart and loads of laughs. Thin on story, the good-natured, […]

Mar, 19

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