Trailer: Big Hero 6

Walt Disney Animation's latest animated feature Big Hero 6 is coming to NZ theatres on Boxing Day and it looks freakin' awesome! Based on a lesser-known Marvel comic character, this superhero flick, about a young tech-geek prodigy and his cuddly inflatable robot buddy, looks to combine all the slam-bang blockbuster action we've come to expect from the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Pixar's gorgeous state-of-the-art CG animation and smart, all-ages humour (the city design looks stunning). Fatso will be hosting previews in Auckland and Wellington on December 21 -- stay tuned to find out how to win tickets. In the meantime, check out this fantastic trailer below:

Trailer: The LEGO Movie

Okay I'm so DONE. The LEGO Movie trailer is here. The Hollywood machine that's obsessed with turning every established toy/board game into a movie will delight us next year with this feature-length version of the popular brand, which believe or not was first manufactured way back in 1949 (thanks Wikipedia). However before we prematurely declare "RIP Hollywood", the dudes tasked with directing this project offer a little hope that it'll be a wee bit more than a blatant toy commercial: Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who did Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street, two movies which definitely did not suck and were surprisingly good and funny.
For those who need to jump on the LEGO bandwagon now, we do have a selection of DVDs that might answer the niggling question of how you can actually transform interlocking plastic bricks into something narratively watchable.

"Peter & Gwen" - A Bad Lip Reading of The Amazing Spider-Man

Another fantastic job from Bad Lip Reading crew, this one somehow finds a way of adding menstrual cramps, wooden legs and free-style rapping into the dialogue of The Amazing Spider-Man. And for you Spider-Man fans with a filthier, darker - perhaps more "adventurous" - sense of humour, watch this new animated clip from the team who brought you the brilliant Louis C.K./Charlie Brown mash-up. It's a brutally honest look at what an actual Spider-Man might be like... warning: not for the easily offended!

Animated Short: Paperman

If you caught Wreck It-Ralph at the movies, you would've probably been charmed by Paperman, a gorgeous animated short from John Kahrs and Walt Disney Animation Studios that harks back to the era of silent storytelling. But for those who missed it, it's now available to view on Youtube and totally worth six minutes of your day. The music swells a bit too much at the end for me, but that doesn't take away from the fact this is one of the most beautiful things Disney has produced lately and I hope to see more of this exquisite blend of hand-drawn and CGI animation from them in the future.

Animated Short: Alma

Watch this beautifully creepy animated short film from Rodrigo Blaas, an animator for Pixar who made this while working on Up. According to Hollywood Reporter, it's getting made into a full-length feature with Guillermo Del Toro helping out! I totally love The Twilight Zone-for-kids feel of this one...

Banksy Does The Simpsons

Just in case you missed it, here's the notorious and quite brilliant opening credit sequence for The Simpsons that elusive street artist Banksy designed. It popped up on the viral circuit a couple of days ago, and dropped a lot of jaws - nothing in the history of the show will prepare for how far it'll go, and it's a wonder that a mega-corp like Fox let it happen.



Click here for an interview about how it came to be. Also if haven't seen the superb Banksy documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, it's available to reserve on our site now.