To be honest, I’m not sure how to feel about The Good Dinosaur. I really adore Pixar films, and this movie has everything all Pixar films have: a unique setting, not normally sentient beings having sentience, some emotional tragedy, and all the Pixar/Disney tropes one can think of. However, this is the problem with…
If there is one word to describe Disney’s latest film, Zootopia, it is “topical”, and unlike the mainstay of Disney films it “isn’t some cartoon musical where they sing their little songs and their insipid dreams magically come true”. Or at least, that is exactly how one of the characters in this very film puts…
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye. The Little Prince is a beautifully animated and beautifully told story that is at times both heartwarming and heartbreaking, and teaches us about both childhood and how to grow up. I would not hesitate to say…
Gravity Falls is about twin 12-year olds, Dipper and Mabel, sent to stay with their Great Uncle “Grunkle” Stan who runs a tourist trap, known as the “Mystery Shack”, in Gravity Falls, Oregon. It’s only a short time before they realize that not all is what it seems to be in Gravity Falls, especially after Dipper finds a…
Tim Burton is by no means my favorite filmmaker, and I personally am not that big of a fan of his movies, but I do like talking about them. This is why I find myself writing yet another article about a stop-motion animated, horror-comedy film by Tim Burton. Like The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse…
Though I appreciate and like most of Marvel’s Avenger’s related films, the only Marvel Universe film that I have been truly excited for is Deadpool. Unfortunately for me, I’ll have to wait several months before I can watch it because, living in Japan, it doesn’t come to theaters here until June. But in the spirit…
– You can’t find out everything from books, you know. – I think I read that once. The Secret of Kells is a refreshingly unique animated movie about a young boy who gets help from a fairy while attempting to create a book “that can turn darkness into light” amidst the threat of viking attacks.…
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