“The Wild Robot” is here. The latest feature from DreamWorks Animation, written and directed by Chris Sanders and based on the best-selling book by Peter Browne, stars Lupita Nyong’o as a robot that ...

Chris Sanders is no stranger to the Best Animated Feature Oscar nomination. Every animated feature he has directed — “Lilo & Stitch,” “How to Train Your Dragon” and “The Croods” —has been nominated.

A spin-off from the animated kids’ series that debuted on Nickelodeon in 1998, this antic feature finds the title family traveling through Africa to film episodes for a wildlife TV show. Eliza, the ...