Martin Goodman

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Animation Scoop’s resident Movie Reviewer, Martin Goodman is a veteran writer specializing in stories about animation. He lives in Anderson, Indiana.

Articles By Martin Goodman

Disney
"Zootopia 2" restores Disney to the pinnacle of animated filmmaking. Read our review here.
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Nickelodeon
If it weren’t for Paramount executives deciding to give the film a full-feature treatment rather than a streaming release to Netflix, we might have missed theater-sized entertainment.
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Cartoon Research
Gerald McBoing Boing remains a defining moment in the history of animation. This week is the 75th Anniversary of its release.
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DreamWorks

“It’s not the action, it’s the distraction.” Animated movie buffs will find a joyful surfeit of both in the new DreamWorks flick The Bad Guys 2, a sequel to the 2002 hit that surpasses it in almost every way. Every primary and a few secondary characters return in a snappy heist film that has enough […]

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Disney

It has been a tough grind for once-vaunted Pixar. After their “Golden Age” (1995-2010, excluding anything related to talking cars), Pixar has been inconsistent at best (Soul, Inside Out 2, and Turning Red) to substandard at worst (Onward, Lightyear, and Elemental). In this way, they somewhat resemble their partner/distributor Disney, which has seemingly forgotten how […]

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REVIEW: Disney’s “Zootopia 2”

"Zootopia 2" restores Disney to the pinnacle of animated filmmaking. Read our review here.