There’s a moment in Shrek, right after Donkey moves in and starts humming “On the Road Again,” where you realize that this isn’t just another animated movie. It’s messy, meta, and weirdly sincere. And ...

One of the best animated movies was adapted from a 1978 children’s book about a town where food falls from the sky. In the cartoon movie version, a young scientist invents a machine that causes clouds ...