The Lovely Lupita Nyong’o on ‘The Wild Robot’ and the Power of Animation as Cinema

September 25, 2024 Mike Manalo

We have a huge one for you today, everyone! With Dreamworks’ new animated classic, The Wild Robot debuting this week, the Oscar race for Best Animated Feature has never been tighter. A huge part of why this movie is a masterpiece boils down to the wonderful work of Academy Award winning actress Lupita Nyong’o, who brilliantly voices the titular “Wild Robot,” ROZZUM-7134 — aka “Roz.”

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Getting Wild at ‘The Wild Robot’ Press Conference

September 23, 2024September 23, 2024 Mike Manalo

On Friday, one of the year’s best films will be hitting theaters. Dreamworks’ The Wild Robot, from director Chris Sanders, has been garnering terrific reviews (including one from myself) over the past few weeks, and it’s no secret why.

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NOC Review: ‘The Wild Robot’ is a Future Animated Classic for the Ages

September 8, 2024September 9, 2024 Mike Manalo

Wow! Every year the Best Animated Feature race at the Oscars gets more and more difficult, and this year’s will definitely be a doozy. It’s hard to top a film like Inside Out 2. But I truly believe Dreamworks and writer/director Chris Sanders have managed to do just that with a beautiful, artistic triumph about love and parenthood called The Wild Robot.