"Animal Farm" is a movie full of songs and talking critters but also tackles heady themes from George Orwell's novella. Is it OK for little kids?

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NEW YORK – Andy Serkis has been trying to animate George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” for 15 years. In 2026, he says, it “couldn’t, actually, be more relevant.” Serkis and his producing partner, Jonathan ...

The new animated "Animal Farm" takes a radical departure from George Orwell's classic. Screenwriter Nicholas Stoller and director Andy Serkis have transformed the allegory into a bright, modern tale, ...

In 1991, I guested on a popular national TV talk show in Sophia, Bulgaria, a country which had, of course, recently emerged from years of communist control as the Iron Curtain fell. The program was a ...

In theory, there’s no reason why there can’t be a new spin on George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” that might intrigue modern audiences who don’t know or care about the Russian Revolution and the early ...

The first responses to Andy Serkis' star-packed animated re-imagining of George Orwell's classic 1945 novel Animal Farm are in, and there's a notable trend to them. The reviews aren't all bad: A ...

There are some early cues that the new animated “Animal Farm” is not your grandmother's “Animal Farm.” Like when one critter asks, “What's up?” and another says, “Totally rad.” Did George Orwell ...

Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish, Animal Farm director and Imaginarium Studios business partner, respectively, pushed back against critics who have said their animated film was anti-capitalist. “I ...

Bart Layton's American Animals is a unique take on the heist film that prioritizes a low-stakes heist and the testimonials of ...

A new animal attack horror movie titled Hungry - which is not officially based on or associated with Hasbro's classic tabletop game - is set for release on June 23, and the first trailer and a new ...

Gaten Matarazzo, Woody Harrelson and Laverne Cox also lend their vocal talent to this latest animated version of the classic tale. By Frank Scheck Here’s a fun fact for trivia buffs. The 1954 animated ...