https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niuwKWBWXGc When looking at the type of cartoons I watch, I tend to prefer shows that have overarching stories, and deeper character and plot development. I dislike mostly episodic cartoons or purely comedic shows. The 2013 cartoon Wander Over Yonder is both of these. Let me stress that I am extremely picky about comedy, especially…
In my last article, I really ripped into Disney and its “masterpiece” movie The Lion King, and I feel kind of bad (not really, but I need a good lead-in to this article). This time, I’d like to talk about a Disney movie that I feel should deserve more attention. This film came about a decade…
Last year saw the release of Pixar’s fifteenth theatrical film, Inside Out (I’m pretty sure I counted that correctly; fifteen, right?). I don’t know if you’ve seen Inside Out—I don’t even really know who you are—but I saw it and I loved it. Following Brave, Monsters University, and Cars 2, Inside Out offered a return…
We all know The Lion King. It has been hailed as not only one of Disney’s greatest films, but one of the greatest animated films of all time. It has been nominated for and won several awards including Golden Globe’s Best Picture – Musical or Comedy, being one of only three animated films to…
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 you think about it, The Jungle Book is not the most obvious choice for a live-action Disney adaptation. While the songs from Disney’s 1967 animated original are pop culture touchstones, the film itself usually doesn’t rank among the most-beloved Disney’s classic animated features. Throw in a renewed examination of the imperialism in Rudyard Kipling’s writing and the…
As I said earlier, I recently made the dubious decision to spend all of April watching and reviewing terrible fantasy movies from the 1980s. Let’s be honest with each other; this cannot and will not have any effect—negative or positive—on my readership, so while the toll it’s taken on me is, indeed, noteworthy, I’m not…
Rooster Illusion 