Joel Medina spent his life devouring all things pop culture - for better and worse (he watched Final Destination way too young). Born and raised in LA County, he spent his summers watching every movie ...

If you haven't seen filmmaker Alberto Vázquez's award-winning animated work in Psiconautas, los niños olvidados (Birdboy: The Forgotten Children), I'd highly recommend that you fix that ASAP. But if ...

Unicorns are woefully underrepresented in cartoons, at least when compared with the place they hold among the toys, binder art and imaginations of children. Teddy bears, on the other hand, are ...

The contrast between this animated film’s grim subject matter and its bubbly animation style is a big part of what makes it so creepy, our critic writes. By Beatrice Loayza When you purchase a ticket ...

This week on WTF Theater is Unicorn Wars (now streaming on VOD services like Amazon Prime Video), which is your average incredibly violent animated film about cutesy-poo religious-zealot teddy bears ...

That’s how the creators of Unicorn Wars describe it. Those familiar with Alberto Vázquez’s distinctive cinematic universe will nod in recognition: the Spanish artist tends to populate his films — and ...

Director Alberto Vazquez on his Goya-winning animated feature about a bloody war between teddy bears and unicorns. Spanish director Alberto Vazquez’s anthropomorphic animals call to mind fairy-tale ...

A stray dog fell in love with purple unicorn toy and tried to steal it five times from the same shop. A stray puppy had his heart set on a stuffed purple teddy and kept trying to steal it.

This review of Unicorn Wars was originally published in conjunction with the movie’s showing at the 2022 Fantastic Fest. It has been updated and republished for the movie’s theatrical and digital ...

With its subversive queer sensibility and 'Mandy'-style color palette, this twisted animated feature from 'Birdboy' co-director Alberto Vázquez brings Saturday-morning-cartoon style to adult themes.