Tag Archives: CGI

Movie Review: Yogi Bear

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Dan

What is it with Ghostbusters and classic cartoon revivals? First there was Bill Murray in Garfield, and now Dan Aykroyd in Yogi Bear. What’s next? Harold Ramis as Penelope Pitstop? Actually Aykroyd does a damn good Yogi impersonation in this … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray review: The Princess and the Frog

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Dan

I’ve said it before, but there is too much CGI in modern kids entertainment. In itself I don’t object to CGI animation. In fact some of the finest films of all time were computer generated – specifically every single film … Continue reading →

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A Lament to Stop Motion

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Dan

The history of children’s TV is pretty much littered with poor quality cartoons. Bland, badly animated, derivative pap churned out in factory like conditions by an industry that doesn’t respect it’s consumers. I’m sure some will denounce me for a … Continue reading →

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Blue Ray review: Wall-E

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Dan

I must admit that I’ve seen Wall-E before. In fact the movie was the first film both my kids saw at the cinema. It made quite an impression on Evan in particular. When we were watching Hannah Montana at the … Continue reading →

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