For one reason or another, the Studio Ghibli movies from 2008 onwards tend to be ones I never saw (The Wind Rises, From Up on Poppy Hill) or that I saw once and didn’t like at all. The latter category pertains to Ponyo (2008), Hayao Miyazaki’s loose adaptation of The Little Mermaid by Hans Chris...
Read MoreDisney World’s 18-month-long 50th anniversary celebration is shaping up to be quite a spectacle. The company has gone all out for this one. Cinderella Castle was completely redecorated. Mickey, Minnie, and the rest of the gang are getting new costumes. All four park icons (Spaceship Earth, the Tre...
Read More*SPOILERS* “Battle Scars” opens with the guys dodging a fleet of pirates, having stolen a lizard from them. Cid gives the Batch a hard time about losing the tactical droid, as well as all the charges they’re racking up around town. The episode then sees the glorious return of Captain Rex as a ...
Read MoreThe phrase “Captain Marvel is the most powerful character in the MCU” was a popular Kevin Feige quote from an interview with Vulture to promote that character’s already controversial film. These types of statements are dumb since a character’s diegetic power levels are irrele...
Read More2006 brought the directorial debut of Gorô Miyazaki, son of revered animation master Hayao Miyazaki. Based on Earthsea, a high fantasy book series by Ursula K. Le Guin, Tales From Earthsea follows Prince Arren of Enlad and Sparrowhawk, the wizard. I’ve never seen this movie before, and the only k...
Read MoreWhen Disney announced they were making a Cruella De Vil-centric prequel to 101 Dalmatians, I was perplexed and somewhat annoyed. I have mixed feelings on the Disney live-action remakes as a whole and can’t help being apprehensive when one is announced. I consider myself a pretty big Disney fan, bu...
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