Kelly Asbury Archives

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

Rating: ★★★

Jul 15, 2002Animation/The Lives of Wild Horses

Beautifully animated DreamWorks film that tells the life of a horse on the Western frontier. For once, anthropological realism is maintained and the animals do not talk

Director: Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook

Actors: Matt Damon, Daniel Studi, James Cromwell

Category: Fantasy

15 July 200221 March 2025 by Roog

Shrek 2 (2004)

Rating: ★★

Jul 5, 2004Animation/Fairytale Spoof

Shrek was a fresh and original hit. The first of four insipid sequels, this seems to merely coast by on our liking of the characters while upping the fairytale parody

Director: Andrew Adamson, Conrad Vernon, Kelly Asbury

Actors: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, …

Category: Fantasy

5 July 20045 December 2024 by Roog

Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)

Rating: ★★

Jan 29, 2011Animation/Shakespeare with Talking Garden Gnomes

Surely the most outlandish film premise ever slung together for an animated film – a version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet conducted between talking garden gnomes in rival backyards

Director: Kelly Asbury

Actors: Michael Caine, Patrick Stewart, Jim Cummings, Maggie Smith, …

Category: Fantasy

29 January 20119 September 2025 by Roog

Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)

Rating: ★★

Jul 10, 2017Animation/Cute Blue-Skinned Creatures

For their third Smurfs film, Sony have dispensed with the live-action/CGi animation mix of the previous two films and made a wholly animated film. Its' the Smurfs in their more natural element but the film is never more than 3D eye candy for the moppet audiences

Director: Kelly Asbury

Actors: Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Danny Pudi, Joe Manganiello, …

Category: Fantasy

10 July 20179 September 2025 by Roog