The Academy’s disdain for animation is a matter of record, sniffily referred to as “kids’ stuff” by Oscar hosts who would run screaming if presented with the scatological eschatology of a Mad God. But ...

Although we're only halfway through the 2020s, animation has already produced a few true movie masterpieces, including Flow and The Boy and the Heron.

Unlike the live-action movies, which are loose adaptations of the main games, Resident Evil’s CGI-animated films are canon and use the characters.

A new era is born.