I didn't want to see Toy Story 3 when I first heard about it, especially as it was to be 3D. The first two films were so perfect, I didn't think Pixar could match them; I thought that it was Disney milking a lucrative franchise. And I was going off…
Just over 2 years ago, I wrote about the meagre offering of regular animated superhero series on free-to-view television in this country. With the recent the school summer holiday, where cartoons are used to pacify the kids for a while in the morning, I thought it was time for a…
I’m sure I loved the Adam West Batman TV series when it was repeated during my youth, with the colourful characters, the silliness, the catchphrases and action. However, I have to confess that I don’t have any love for it any more – I now think it’s silly and stupid…
I try to see all the animated superhero films that come out (although there is quite a lag time to arrival in the UK: we still haven't received Green Lantern and Superman/Batman); I think this was the best film of them all so far. It had a good story, good…
Monster Vs Aliens is not the greatest CGI animated film to make it into cinemas but it is the first to blow my mind with 3D, and it is this that brings all the joy to the enjoyment of the film. Much like Mark Kermode, I was unhappy that the…
It came as a surprise, reading this Newsarama review of the first episodes, to discover that the US is getting Wolverine and the X-Men a few weeks after it has started airing over here in the UK. I’m so used to most programmes starting over there and us having to…
I can't see how this was proposed as an idea: let's do a Batman version of The Animatrix, an anime anthology of separate but linked short stories about and around Batman. It's not a natural choice, is it? There's nothing organic about the process. And, after the excellent Batman: The…
As a fan of superheroes and cartoons, I tend to feel cheated here in the UK. Unless I pay a subscription to Sky or Virgin, I can’t get the cartoon channels, particularly Cartoon Network and its Toonami section. Terrestrial channels occasionally get some cartoons but never the really good ones.…