I understand that realism is not the main goal in an animated movie about anthropomorphized farm animals, but, seriously, what’s with the male cows in “Barnyard”? Did the bovine gender confusion at ...

In the world of movies, there are those that inspire, those that merely entertain and, in the case of “Barnyard,” those that make your blood boil. This film is not only a mediocre talking-animal movie ...

The bloom is finally off the digital rose of that newish art form, computer animation. Doogal, The Wild, The Ant Bully, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Cars — most of this year’s computerized crop has had the ...

Animation exists, in part, to test the boundaries of reality. Since the dawn of Looney Tunes and the House of Mouse, people have gotten a kick out of talking animals that adopt and shine a light on ...

In more ways than one. For starters, the male cows come with udders. So much for truth in textbooks. Kids won’t be bothered. But anyone with a lick of awareness will get distracted each time an ...