TikTok has always been a breeding ground for bizarre trends, but the viral ‘yarn doll makeup’ is leaving people deeply unsettled. The eerie TikTok trend involves wrapping the face in strings of yarn before painting […]
Out of all the categories at the Academy Awards, Best Animated Feature has historically been one of the most predictable. For nearly 20 years, it was basically a guarantee that if a Pixar movie was […]
Like The Wizard of Oz, Spirited Away, Over the Garden Wall, The Boy and the Heron, and countless fairy tales before them, the French animated movie Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds is about […]
The anime feature The Deer King, now streaming on Netflix, has a bunch of significant things in common with Studio Ghibli’s movie Princess Mononoke: Both movies’ plots concern a spreading corruption overtaking a country. Both […]
Following its victory in the Best Animated Feature category at the 2024 Oscars, The Boy and the Heron will finally be landing on streaming. The movie is set to arrive on Max, the streaming service […]
The Studio Ghibli filter is going viral on TikTok, with many people using it to see how they would look as an anime character in a Ghibli film. TikTok’s AI Studio Ghibli filter is going […]
Movies always provide an escape—provided you can head to a theater or at least put your phone down for two hours—but sometimes it’s about more than just watching a story that takes you out of […]
One of the best series on the internet is Letterboxd’s “Four Favorites.” The concept is simple: have someone in the movie-making industry — an actor, actress, director, screenwriter, etc. — name their four favorite films […]
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Imaginary friends are in. Ryan Reynolds and John Krasinski’s recent movie, IF, was all about them. And now, they’re back in a whole new way, gorgeously animated and full of heart. Netflix recently released a trailer […]
Ghost Cat Anzu is an intriguing conceptualization for an animated film, existing in a realm similar to Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away yet also standing as its antithesis. This French-Japanese co-production from Miyu Productions and Shin-Ei […]
Animated movies get a bad rap. Nobody ever thinks to give, say, Oppenheimer or The Godfather the cartoon treatment, no matter how much more you can do with a horse’s head without the laws of physics to bind […]
Following its victory in the Best Animated Feature category at the 2024 Oscars, The Boy and the Heron will finally be landing on streaming. The movie is set to arrive on Max, the streaming service […]
Netflix’s highly-anticipated Avatar: The Last Airbender (ATLA) live-action series recently released on Netflix. And, in celebration of its arrival, Nerdist talked with Avatar: The Last Airbender showrunner Albert Kim about the series, including the expansions […]
Folks who grew up watching Avatar: The Last Airbender have high-key been in distress since its series finale aired in 2008. Unlike other notable pop cultural phenomenons like HBO’s Game of Thrones, whose divisive ending […]
As fans dive into Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, they might start to feel the itch to revisit the cartoon. Of course, with eight live-action episodes and 61 total cartoon episodes, moments from the live-action’s […]
Target is offering an excellent promotion that allows you to save 50% on a massive selection of games, movies, and other awesome stuff (including the new Prince of Persia, the first great game of 2024!) […]
There’s no such thing as too much anime. At Polygon, we cover the latest and greatest Japanese animation has to offer, like the coolest upcoming premieres each season and the year’s best anime. With so […]
10. Ponyo At the bottom of our list, but certainly not lacking in charm, is Ponyo, a film that captures the simple, joyful spirit of childhood. This whimsical tale is reminiscent of Hans Christian Andersen’s […]
Hardcore movie fans are a demanding bunch. The performances must be jaw-dropping, the cinematography groundbreaking, and all the other tiny little pieces that make up a production perfectly in place before everyone will agree it was okay. […]