Did I have long stretches of happy grinning while watching Robot Dreams, even on my subsequent rewatches, when I knew what was coming? Yes, I did. An Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature ...

Animated films that explore the relationship between technology and nature have captivated audiences with stories that blend ...

The Wild Robot has been one of the biggest success stories of the year at the box office, recently earning $6.6 million during its seventh full weekend in theaters to claim the #4 spot, behind only ...

“It’s pure cinema,” Guillermo del Toro tells me via email, “affecting and gorgeous, and because it’s animation, it is absolutely a creation and not a re-creation.” The revered Mexican director and ...

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The Wild Robot, DreamWorks’ latest movie, proves that the departure in The Last Wish wasn’t a fluke, but the beginning of a new era. From director Chris Sanders (Lilo & Stitch, How to Train Your ...

Robot Dreams and Flow are both silent movies, with a lot of emphasis on the characters’ physicality and how they express themselves without words. Survival adventure Flow is very grounded in how real ...

The latest from the Spanish director ('Blancanieves') is a semi-silent cartoon about a dog and his robot companion set in 1980s New York. By Leslie Felperin Contributing Film Critic Effectively a ...

Six directors behind some of the most acclaimed animated films of the year discuss why they fell in love with movies, the threat of AI and how even cartoons "can express great truths." By Scott ...

DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot will now go on Sept. 27 instead of Sept. 20. The move comes in the wake of Paramount’s animated Transformers One parking on Sept. 20 (instead of Sept. 13) as the ...