Author Archives: Charlie Pugh

Best Animated Feature Academy Award nominees and wins. Ranked from Worst to Best. 104-96.

While animated features have had a long history of being nominated and winning Academy Awards since the 1930s, mostly in the Best Animated Short and Music categories, it wasn’t until 2001, where, in response to the huge popularity of Aardman’s Chicken Run, where a new category, Best Animated Feature, was created to give these filmsContinue reading “Best Animated Feature Academy Award nominees and wins. Ranked from Worst to Best. 104-96.”

Franchise Articles.

Marvel Films from 20th Century Fox (2000-2024) X-Men (2000) Although the X-Men, a group of people with supernatural abilities fighting against human prejudice and radicals within their own ranks, had been around since 1963 as created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, it wasn’t until the highly successful 1992 animated series from Fox Kids, thatContinue reading “Franchise Articles.”

Current Film Reviews (2024)

The Bikeriders Directed by: Jeff Nichols Written by: Jeff Nichols Starring: Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist and Norman Reedus Music by: David Wingo Rated: 15 In 1973, photographer Danny Lyon (Mike Faist), interviews a Midwestern woman named Kathy Bauer (Jodie Comer), for research on biker gang culture for his nextContinue reading “Current Film Reviews (2024)”

Classic Film Reviews (2024)

The Matrix (1999) Directed by: The Wachowskis Written by: The Wachowskis Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving and Joe Pantoliano Music by: Don Davis Rated: 15 A computer hacker named Thomas A. Anderson (Keanu Reeves), has his world completely turned upside down when a mysterious cloaked stranger named Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), givesContinue reading “Classic Film Reviews (2024)”