Animation

Skydance Media Unites with Tencent, Entering the Asian Market

Pedro D'Avila Jan 26, 2018

Tencent, and Skydance Media are uniting forces for what may become the future of Chinese entertainment.

Coco (2017) Review: A Magical Odyssey of Death and Family

Phil Brown Nov 23, 2017

Coco is a Pixar movie. That means it has a formula. There’s a uniquely colourful world featuring an outcast who enters that world on an

An Inside Look at Game Design with Blocktober

Jenny Norman Oct 5, 2017

Level design can be an under-loved art form in gaming. But a new hashtag, Blocktober, aims to change that. Starting as a gamer/tech equivalent to

First 15: Cuphead

CGM Staff Sep 2, 2016

CGMagazine had some time to try out Studio MDHR’s classically animated game, Cuphead, at The Microsoft X16 event in Toronto Ontario Canada. Subscribe to our

Toronto’s Arc Productions Files For Bankruptcy

Cole Watson Aug 2, 2016

After the Canadian long weekend, Toronto’s Arc Productions has officially shut down. The news of the animation company’s bankruptcy was first announced by TorontoVFXJobs and

The Secret Life Of Pets (Movie) Review

Phil Brown Jul 8, 2016

The Secret Lives Of Pets is one of those movies that are pretty much entirely summed up by the title. Ever wondered what would happen

Inside Out (Movie) Review

Phil Brown Jun 18, 2015

After a flurry of movies in the 2000s that somehow managed to be crowd pleasing works of animated entertainment and almost audaciously ambitious films, Pixar’s

Inside Pixar And Out With Josh Cooley

Phil Brown Jun 17, 2015

They say that Disneyland is the most magical place on earth and to be fair, if you’re 7-years-old, that’s probably true. However, for adult children

Working as a One Man Team: An interview with Andrew Hlynka

Sabrina Biot Jun 10, 2015

The gaming industry in Canada is booming, and a large portion of it is made up of indie developers. Micro-companies with no more than five

The Boxtrolls Movie Review

Phil Brown Sep 25, 2014

Not all children’s entertainment should be bright and cuddly. Sure, that’s the Disney flavored tone that tends to dominate the genre, but it’s far from

Batman: Assault On Arkham Movie Review

Phil Brown Aug 15, 2014

DC Animations spate of bi (sometimes tri)-annual direct-to-home-video features began with Bruce Timm as an offshoot of his now legendary animated DCU. Once Timm was

How To Train Your Dragon 2 Movie Review

Phil Brown Jun 12, 2014

Generally speaking, Dreamworks’ thriving animation department has always been the poor relation to Pixar. The Shrek series became a parody of itself almost instantly and