Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay

2018 DC Entertainment/Warner Bros. Animation Directed by Sam Liu Produced by Sam Register/James Tucker Written by Alan Burnett Based on “Suicide Squad” created Robert Kanigher and Ross Andru Based on a story by John Ostrander and Gail Simone I’m beginning to think that people know me far too well. My boy Christofer Nigro hooked me […]

Batman: Gotham By Gaslight

Warner Brothers Animation/DC Entertainment Directed and Produced by Sam Liu Screenplay by Jim Krieg Based on the graphic novel “Gotham By Gaslight” by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola It’s a total mystery to me why Warner Brothers doesn’t turn over their live action movie division to the guys and gals that are in charge of […]

The Star

2017 Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation/The Jim Henson Company/Franklin Entertainment/Walden Media/Affirm Films Directed by Timothy Reckart Produced by Jenni Magee Cook Screenplay by Carlos Kotkin Story by Carlos Kotkin/Simon Moore Way back the 1970s I worked with a guy who had a favorite epithet he would give voice to when he was mad, upset or aggravated; […]

Heavy Metal

1981 Columbia Pictures Directed by Gerald Potterton Produced by Ivan Reitman Screenplay by Daniel Goldberg/Len Blum Based on original art and stories by: Richard Corben Angus McKie Dan O’Bannon Thomas Warkentin Bernie Wrightson Music by Elmer Bernstein Strictly for those of you weren’t around in the 1970’s here’s the thumbnail history of “Heavy Metal”, the […]

The Jungle Book

2016 Walt Disney Pictures Directed by Jon Favreau Produced by Jon Favreau and Brigham Taylor Screenplay by Justin Marks Based on “The Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling I am honestly not a fan of 3D at all. I consider it a novelty, a gimmick. Most of the time it’s distracting me from what I really […]

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

2014 DreamWorks Animation/Pacific Data Images/Bullwinkle Studios/20th Century Fox Directed by Rob Minkoff Produced by Alex Schwartz and Denise Nolan Cascino Screenplay by Craig Wright Based on “Peabody’s Improbable History” by Ted Key Music by Danny Elfman Edited by Michael Andrews There have been many time travel movies and TV shows I’ve enjoyed. “Doctor Who” “The […]

The LEGO Movie

2014 Warner Animation Group/Village Roadshow Pictures Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller Produced by Dan Lin and Roy Lee Screenplay by Phil Lord and Chris Miller Story by Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Phil Lord and Chris Miller Based on Lego Construction Toys Music by Mark Mothersbaugh Cinematography by Pablo Plaisted/Live Action Sequences by Barry […]

All-Star Superman

2011 Warner Bros. Animation/DC Comics Directed by Sam Liu Produced by Bruce Timm, Alan Burnett and Sam Register Written by Dwayne McDuffie Based on “All-Star Superman” by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster Music by Christopher Drake For a long time now I’ve been trying to figure […]

Rock & Rule

1983 Nelvana Directed by Clive A. Smith Produced by Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert Screenplay by John Halfpenny and Peter Sauder Cinematography by Lenora Hume Edited by G. Scott LaBarge Back in the 1980’s there were three notable animated movies that hit the theaters. Well, actually two of them as the movie we’re talking about […]

Hulk Vs.

HULK VS. 2009 Marvel Animation/Lionsgate Home Entertainment It’s taken me some time to finally get around to watching this one, I know. Especially since it’s been around for so long. I’ve been prompted by the long-awaited “Avengers” movie which will be hitting theaters in a week to devoting time to watching the animated Marvel superhero […]