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, ...

"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?

George Orwell began writing “Animal Farm” in 1943 and finished the book in 1944. “Animal Farm” was released in England in 1945 and the following year in the United States. The classic political fable ...

In my review of Emerald Fennell's "Wuthering Heights," I said that if her horny, problematic film were a book report, there would have been an uncomfortable parent-teacher conference afterward. But I ...

Andy Serkis is defending his decision to make a family friendly "Animal Farm" movie and says author George Orwell would approve.

Originally a kid-friendly entry point into political allegory, the novella has been reduced to a cloud of animated fizz, with ...

Since its theatrical debut last Friday, The Lord of the Rings star Andy Serkis‘ newest directorial effort, Animal Farm, has been met with negative reviews from critics. The movie was loosely based on ...

Serkis, the patron saint of motion-capture performance who will likely one day get an honorary Oscar for his pioneering work, stayed committed to George Orwell's seminal anti-Stalinist text throughout ...

Andy Serkis, the director of Angel Studios’s new Animal Farm adaptation, practically admits that it’s about whatever kind of ...

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 ...

Director Renny Harlin’s latest effort mashes up “Jaws” with “Airplane!”-like disaster comedy classics, and the result is a silly, by-the-numbers guilty pleasure that is funniest when it seemingly ...

We are living through history. It began with the Monitor newspaper headline about Rolls Royce. Then came the tweet about the ...