Feeling Animated

July 29, 2021

Film Review: Enchanted (2007)

Amy Adams shines in Disney's crowd-pleasing self-parody, but how does the rest of it hold up?

July 14, 2021

First Thoughts on The Garden of Words / Kotonoha no Niwa (2013)

This brief, poetic Shinkai feature may centre around a rather problematic relationship, but there's no denying the beauty of its rain-soaked vision of Tokyo

June 16, 2021

First Thoughts on It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012)

Don Hertzfeldt's debut feature makes for a good companion to Soul, exploring existentialist themes and celebrating the beauty of the mundane.

June 4, 2021May 31, 2021

First Thoughts Combo: Soul (2020) and Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

I've been waiting to see these for ages, but I've finally caught up on the Disney and Pixar canons (for now at least).

May 30, 2021June 14, 2021

Film Review: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Somehow, I've broken the site record for longest article once again, so move over Anastasia – this technical marvel is one of the most important films in animation history!

May 17, 2021

First Thoughts on The Tragedy of Man / Az ember tragédiája (2011)

Marcell Jankovics delivers a classic of Hungarian animation, 23 years in the making

April 18, 2021May 17, 2021

First Thoughts on The Secret of Kells (2009)

I finally complete Tomm Moore's "Irish trilogy" with Cartoon Saloon's evocative debut feature

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021

Feeling Animated’s Fourth Anniversary

Dedicated to the following artists, all of whom have passed away since January 2020 (artists honoured on the previous anniversary post are not included): Károly Gesztesi, Brice Armstrong, Zsolt Richly, Kobe Bryant, Ron McLarty, Ron Haddrick, Yoshisada Sakaguchi, Jason Davis, Hisashi Katsuta, Kazuhiko Kishino, Luis Alfonso Mendoza, Atsushi Ii, Hiroshi Masuoka, William Dufris, Juan Padrón, Paul Haddad, Keiji Fujiwara, Danny Goldman, Ann Sullivan, Gene Deitch, Fred Willard, Ian Holm, Kelly Asbury, Malcolm Terris, Hubert Gagnon, Mel Winkler, Katsuhisa Hattori, Roberto Draghetti, Norm Spencer, Joe Ruby, Kōsei Tomita, Sue C. Nichols, Marge Champion, Kirby Morrow, Ken Spears, David Lander, Doug Crane, Tuck Tucker, Hal Holbrook, Cloris Leachman, Larry King, Jim MacGeorge, Dale Baer, Ron Campbell, Christopher Plummer, Shūichirō Moriyama, Masako Sugaya, James Levine, Jacques Frantz, Yasuo Ōtsuka and Mark Elliott. Each of these men and women contributed greatly to the world of animation – they will be sorely missed, and fondly remembered.