is-it-still-good – The Dot and Line

Movies

An Urgent Question About ‘The Black Cauldron’

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 Rebecca LongComments Off

IS IT STILL GOOD!?

Movies

An Urgent Question About ‘The Pagemaster’

January 13, 2020March 21, 2020 Rebecca LongComments Off

IS IT STILL GOOD!?

An Urgent Question About ‘Freakazoid!’

August 7, 2019March 21, 2020 Sean Fitz-GeraldComments Off

IS IT STILL GOOD!?

Movies

An Urgent Question About ‘FernGully’

July 2, 2019March 21, 2020 Charlotte DowComments Off

IS IT STILL GOOD!?

An Urgent Question About ‘ThunderCats’ (1985)

June 4, 2019March 21, 2020 Nicole OrtizComments Off

IS IT STILL GOOD!?

An Urgent Question About ‘SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron’

May 18, 2017March 21, 2020 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off

IS IT STILL GOOD!?

EDITORS PICKS

Behind the Scenes at AnimationFest 2019

By Elly Belle

The Savannah College of Art and Design is hosting a new kind of animation festival.

Obituary: ‘The Lion King,’ a Good Movie, Dies at 25

By John Maher

The reboot shouldn't exist. But if it helps a new generation deal with parental loss, maybe it'll be worth it. Maybe.

The 10 Weirdest Side Monsters on ‘Aaahh!!! Real Monsters’

By Kyle Kuchta

The best monsters weren't necessarily the leads.

How Stephen Hillenburg’s Background in Marine Biology Helped Influence ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’

By Nicole Ortiz

There are tons of little Easter eggs nestled in the series.

Twenty Years Later, ‘Princess Mononoke’ Is More Eerily Relevant Than Ever

By Rebecca Long

The year that marked the Miyazaki classic's two-decade anniversary was rife with oil spills and California fires. Can the movie's lessons save us from ourselves?

Sex, Violence, Monsters

By The Dot and Line

Harry Chaskin, Dan Lippert, and Justin Michael (of Batman: The Animated Podcast) just released “Monster Island,” a fun stop-motion short about two giant monsters—an ape and a dinosaur named Zog and Java, respectively. Upon watching the three-minute clip below, you will become acutely aware of the following: “Monster Island” is great because it understands monsters […]