Robots are often used in animated movies to cast light on uniquely human quirks, which helps explain why they are central to so many classic movies. Some of the best animated movies ever focus on ...

Robot Dreams and Flow are both silent movies, with a lot of emphasis on the characters’ physicality and how they express themselves without words. Survival adventure Flow is very grounded in how real ...

“The Wild Robot” has a lot to say and its own way of saying it. It’s a big-studio animated feature that has its own look, feel and identity, wrapped around an unusual story with ample humor and plenty ...

A new trailer has been released for DreamWorks' upcoming animated film The Wild Robot. With stunning animation, adorable character design and a tear-jerking score, it's already a strong contender for ...

Other animated contenders in the best feature category are ‘Kung Fu Panda 4,’ ‘That Christmas,’ ‘Ultraman Rising’ and ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.’ By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief ...

DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot will now go on Sept. 27 instead of Sept. 20. The move comes in the wake of Paramount’s animated Transformers One parking on Sept. 20 (instead of Sept. 13) as the ...

The Wild Robot—an animated hit starring the voice of Lupita Nyong’o—is coming soon to streaming video on demand on Peacock. Rated PG, The Wild Robot opened in theaters on September 27 before pivoting ...

The animated adventure "The Wild Robot," based on Peter Brown's 2016 children's book, is set to sweet mode, as if it was a preinstalled factory setting. It's heartwarming the way a latter-era Coldplay ...

Six directors behind some of the most acclaimed animated films of the year discuss why they fell in love with movies, the threat of AI and how even cartoons "can express great truths." By Scott ...

“It’s pure cinema,” Guillermo del Toro tells me via email, “affecting and gorgeous, and because it’s animation, it is absolutely a creation and not a re-creation.” The revered Mexican director and ...

Do androids dream of electric sheep? A better question: What if their R.E.M. cycles were filled with the same wish-fulfillment scenarios and sweaty-palm nightmares that the rest of us have, as ...