“At once fuzzy-wuzzy, and industrial strength, the tacky-sounding “Kung Fu Panda,” is high concept with a heart… fluidly integrates gorgeous, impressionistic flourishes with the kind of hyper-real details one has come to expect from computer-generated imagery: photorealistically textured stone steps, for instance, and fur so invitingly tactile you want to run your  fingers through it.”

The New York Times, “Movie Review – Kung Fu Panda,” at moviesnytimes.com, click HERE

“Po’s total lack of skill is quite funny — he’s such a flabby compendium of wrong moves that even his screwups have a bass-ackwards logic that is nearly balletic…  Kung Fu Panda is light and goofy, yet the fight scenes, which are the heart of the film, are lickety-split mad fun.”

Entertainment Weekly, “Movie Review – Kung Fu Panda,” at EW.com, click HERE

“My guess is it’s a ploy to have us all get in touch with our inner Asians; what with this movie and the excitement of the Games, in a week or two we’ll be waving chopsticks in the air in one big surge of solidarity…”

The Japan Times, Kung Fu Panda Review, “Flabby is the new cool,” at japantimes.co.jp, click HERE

“After a series of animated features ranging from dull to dismal… Dreamworks cooks up their first good film since Antz (1998).  Additionally, Kung Fu Panda puts most other recent action movies to shame with its astonishingly beautiful, fluid, fast, clean use of movement and space. It’s truly dazzling.”

CombustibleCelluloid.com, Kung Fu Panda review, “Bear Slugs,” click HERE

“Kung Fu Panda has a familiar message, but the pleasing mix of humor, swift martial arts action, and colorful animation makes for winning Summer entertainment.”

RottenTomatoes.com, Kung Fu Panda review, click HERE

“Emile (Kent Osborne) is a pretty humble guy. He just wants one simple thing out of his life: for it to be just as picture-perfect as the TV. The opiate of the masses known as television is Emile’s drug of choice as he wanders through the world of the nicotine-stained San Fernando Valley. Everything is, as in the television, just fine and dandy until one day a squirrel lands on Emile’s cable, disconnecting it. So, confronted with an absolute dearth of television reception, Emile decides to slit his wrists.”

ContactMusic.com, “Dropping Out Movie Review,” click HERE

“In their feature debut, helmer Mark Osborne and his brother, scripter-star Kent Osborne, make an impressive showing with a smart, carefully modulated dissection of the manias bred by pop-media imagery. Whether or not its offbeat, expertly acted mix of surrealism, satire and idiosyncratic comedy catapults it from fest to theatrical exposure, pic marks its sibling co-creators as talents to watch, together and individually.”

Variety.com, “Dropping Out Review,” click HERE

“Dropping Out,” itself a product of a media-saturated generation, is about what life is like for people who are products of a media-saturated generation. In examining the banality of existence for members of Generation X, Mark Osborne’s film presents an utterly original, often hilarious story that, while unusual, should appeal to a mass audience, too.”

EricDSnider.com, “Dropping Out,” click HERE

Very grateful to Steve Biodrowski for his incredibly kind words:

There are not words enough in the dictionary to begin describing the master achievement of this brief but almost excruciatingly brilliant short film. Using a technique considered almost passe by many filmmakers, writer-director Mark Osborne has crafted a work that is no mere piece of nostalgia – no simple gimmicky achievement (i.e. making stop-motion work on an IMAX screen). Rather, it’s a work of art that makes ambitions of most feature films seem puny by comparison, almost as if there were an inverse ratio between the running time and accomplishment.
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“… this six-minute short has produced DVD material that puts the majority of Hollywood studios to shame… a must-own collection for aspiring filmmakers and those who enjoy the crafting of a film. ”

DVD Town review, click HERE

” Only in the spirit of independent film could you have 2 discs of material for a six minute film… this is exactly what I’ve been waiting for… The film itself is great, and the extras are considerable, especially since this isn’t a Hollywood blockbuster. Buy and enjoy.”

Lights Out Films review, click HERE