Like the classic animated Disney movies from decades ago — “Bambi,” for example, or “Dumbo” — “Happy Feet” isn’t afraid to get a little serious, a little dark. It isn’t afraid to mix in some substance ...

Viewers weary of the increasing similarity of most animated films have a tonic at hand in "Happy Feet." Likely to be affectionately dubbed "March of the Penguins: The Musical," George Miller's long-in ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Director George Miller has made a career of depicting extreme worlds, ...

When filmmaker George Miller's CG-animated musical "Happy Feet," about singing and dancing Emperor penguins, finally reaches theaters Nov. 17, most in the audience won't know how devilishly tough and ...

Plans to develop an Australian digital animation studio to rival Peter Jackson's Wellington-based Weta have come to a sputtering end with Babe director Dr George Miller holding a fire sale of the ...

Whenever a new animated children’s movie comes out, my mom and I always make a point to see it together. She gets to pretend I’m 8 years old again, and I get to watch funny little cartoon critters on ...

The Australia-based studio has worked on 'Happy Feet,' 'The Lego Movie' and dozens of other projects. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor The streaming company added that it “will continue to work with many ...

How can a movie about dance be so flat-footed? Warner Bros. PicturesBo (center), with two baby Emperor penguins, busts a move in the animated sequel 'Happy Feet Two.' The original 2006 film "Happy ...

Box-office hit 'Happy Feet', which has penguins dancing in Antarctica, won the Academy Award for best animated feature. The film beat rivals 'Cars' and 'Monster House.' 'Happy Feet' was a box office ...

Happy Feet won. Does it matter? The sad fact is, it may. I won’t deny that Happy Feet was a well made, entertaining film. I liked it personally. It does qualify under the definition of an animated ...

The animation powerhouse Pixar may be responsible for some of the greatest kids' movies to hit the silver screen in more than a decade, but the company could also be indirectly blamed for a few of the ...

Before 2006, no major-studio CG-animated pic had flopped. This year, only three of the 15 toons in release were standout hits. And only one of those three came from one of the many new production ...