Film Shots: Akira, Eden of the East, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood 4
Akira (1988) With the much dreaded Hollywood adaptation of “Akira” having apparently been resigned yet again to development hell, now seems a perfect time to revisit the original 1988 anime, shortly...
View ArticleParaNorman (2012) Movie Review
Packaged and marketed as a kid’s movie, “ParaNorman”, the new stop-motion animated offering from Laika—the folks behind “Coraline”—is everything you want out of this kind of movie. This is a horror...
View ArticleNew on Blu-ray: The Rescuers (1977)/The Rescuers Down Under (1990) and...
Disney, known the world over for their stunning animation, as well as their penchant for retiring movies to their vault in ten year rotations, seems to be giving a reprieve with the release of many of...
View ArticleNew on Blu-ray: The Aristocats (1970)/Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s...
Disney is the most well known animation and family oriented company in the world. They’ve put out more animated and family friendly films than anyone else. Why else do you think the phrase “Disneyfied”...
View ArticleThe King of Pigs (2011) Movie Review
South Korea isn’t a country traditionally associated with animation, with only a few films like “Wonderful Days” or the recent kiddie flick “Leafie, a Hen into the Wild” having gained widespread...
View ArticleResident Evil: Damnation (2012) Movie Review
The Resident Evil brand makes money, as well as nightmare inducing creatures. The franchise has become a multimedia juggernaut with six major games in the series, five films, a few comics and now a...
View ArticleNew on DVD/Blu-ray: Pixar Short Films Collection 2 (2012)
Most people believe Pixar began with the debut of “Toy Story” in 1997 but they’d be wrong. It actually began with a short directed by Pixar head John Lasseter called “Luxor, Jr.” and is the basis for...
View ArticleBatman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 (2012) Movie Review
Last year Warner Bros and DC released an adaptation of Frank Miller and Dave Mazzuchelli’s “Batman: Year One,” a piece that single handedly re-imagined both Gotham and its denizens in a new gritty,...
View ArticleWreck-It Ralph (2012) Movie Review
“Wreck-It Ralph”, the new animated feature from Disney, delivers exactly what you expect, nothing more. That isn’t to say it’s bad. In a vacuum this is a fun enough movie, the visuals are good (though...
View ArticleNew on DVD/Blu-ray: Brave (2012)
Pixar’s newest release “Brave” is a story about a princess cut from a different cloth than we’re used to seeing. Not since “Mulan” and “Pocahontas” have we had such a strong female protagonist willing...
View ArticleNew on DVD: Young Justice Invasion – Destiny Calling Season 2, Part 1
“Young Justice: Invasion” is the subtitled second season of the show, that picks up exactly where the first season ended. Well at least at first it does. Where the last season ended with the episode...
View ArticleDVD Review: Digimon Adventure – Volume 2
In 1996 a new craze broke out among the children here in the US. Pokemon (a contraction of the words Pocket Monster) had already created a frenzy in its native Japan by the time the dubbed version of...
View ArticleNew on DVD/Blu-ray: A Monster in Paris (2011)
“A Monster in Paris” is a critically acclaimed French animated movie directed by animation veteran Eric Bibo Bergeron (who directed “Road to El Dorado” and “A Shark’s Tale” and worked on countless...
View ArticleIron Man: Rise of Technovore (2013) Movie Review
“Iron Man: Rise of Technovore” is the latest in a partnership between Japanese anime studio Madhouse and Marvel Animation, the same team-up that brought us all four Marvel Anime last year. Personally I...
View ArticleWolf Children (2012) Movie Review
Although Hayao Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli colleagues are still the most famous purveyors of Japanese animation, a number of other directors have also been winning fans and acclaim of late. Hosoda...
View ArticleA Letter to Momo (2011) Movie Review
Japanese anime “A Letter to Momo” sees the return of acclaimed director Okiura Hiroyuki, some 11 years after his cult favourite “Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade”. Working again with Production I.G., this new...
View ArticleNew on DVD: Starzinger – The Movie Collection
Anime has been around for a long time. Though just gaining serious ground in the last 20 years, it’s actually been on American TV for decades in some shape or form. From “Speed Racer” to “Giant Robo”...
View ArticleNew on DVD/Blu-ray: War of the Worlds: Goliath (2012)
H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi novel “War of the Worlds” has become a part of pop culture and entertainment over the decades, in no small part due to Orson Welles’ 1938 radio broadcast that has gone down...
View ArticleSpace Pirate Captain Harlock (2013) Movie Review
“Space Pirate Captain Harlock” blasts off again in a new, hugely expensive big screen CG animation that presents a new vision of Matsumoto Leiji’s famous manga, previously adapted as a popular...
View ArticleNew on DVD/Blu-ray: Son of Batman (2014)
The DC Universe Original movies keep coming, and there are a few changes as they move forward. Starting with “Justice League: War” there is now a continuity being formed. Using the New 52 Universe or...
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