Tag: Animation
You Should Be Watching: Extraordinary Tales (2015)
“Sometimes I think the only thing that kept me from you was my beating heart. Welcome back to You Should Be Watching, where I recommend movies and TV series that deserve more recognition. This week we’re looking at Extraordinary Tales, an internationally produced anthology of Edgar Allan Poe ada...
Read MoreREVIEW: Big Hero 6: The Series – Season 1, Episode 18 “Big Hero 7”
“Maybe we could call her Half-Voltage. Ooh, or Low Voltage!” *Spoilers* “Big Hero 7” opens with a rather silly fight sequence in which High Voltage steal a new battery Krei has developed, but not as a team. The mother-daughter duo are feuding, but they take both batteries he has and leave. I...
Read MoreREVIEW: Zootopia (2016)
“Life isn’t some cartoon musical where you sing a little song and all your insipid dreams magically come true. So let it go.” Disney’s Zootopia went through a lot of versions and changes before making it to the big screen. Director Byron Howard (Bolt, Tangled) originally pitched six ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Disenchantment – Season 1, Part 1
“I want to get rid of all the diseases plaguing mankind… and replace them with worse ones.” Matt Groening’s newest adult cartoon series, Disenchantment, has so far been receiving mixed reviews and garnering a lot of unfair comparisons to The Simpsons and Futurama. Personally, I f...
Read MoreREVIEW: My Hero Academia Season 2 (2017)
In my review of season 1, I mentioned that My Hero Academia had the potential to be something great. I loved the foundation that was set and wanted to see some payoff in the story for all the time spent establishing the world and its main characters. I didn’t expect it to be this good, thoug...
Read MoreREVIEW: Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure – Season 2, Episode 10 “Happiness Is…”
“Nobody laughs at my claim and gets away with it. Get ’em Cass!” *Spoilers* “Happiness Is…” begins in a flashback, with the tiny island leaf people fighting over a totem. In the present day, the islanders are having a party. Eugene notices that Rapunzel isn’t at the party, but ...
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