Tag: Fantasy

REVIEW: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

When I watched and reviewed Earwig and the Witch last week, it got me thinking about Studio Ghibli as a whole. This was their first film in six years (seven for us here in the United States), and it was disappointing to most fans, to say the least. However, it’s worthy of note that a …

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Nintendo Direct – February 2021 Skyward Sword Remaster

Few video game series reach the same lauded status and notoriety that has become concomitant with Nintendo’s in-house IPs. Fewer still are as renowned as the Legend of Zelda franchise. 2021 is the 35th Anniversary year for the storied epic, and longtime Hyrule Historians have been speculating ...

REVIEW: Earwig and the Witch (2020)

Friday, February the 5th, HBO Max released Studio Ghibli’s newest film, Earwig and the Witch. This is the studio’s first CGI animated movie and second Diana Wynne Jones adaptation after 2004’s Howl’s Moving Castle. Earwig and the Witch is directed by Gorô Miyazaki, son of animation giant Ha...

REVIEW: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas was DreamWorks’ final hand-drawn animated film. Based (very) loosely on the Sinbad character from The 1001 Arabian Nights, the idea came to Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio after writing Aladdin for Disney. It takes the character of Sinbad, modernizes and Westernize...

Dragon Prince Twitter Releases Season 4 Update

The official Dragon Prince Twitter has provided a glimpse at the progress being made on season 4 of the series. In the Tweet’s attached photo, they reveal that they’re essentially still planning season 4’s story at the moment. They also mention that they’ve been hard at work on season 4 ever...

Final Raya and the Last Dragon Trailer Makes a Splash

Tuesday, January 27th, Disney released the final trailer for Raya and the Last Dragon. The film, which stars Kelly Marie Tran and Awkwafina, is set to come out in theaters and on Disney+ for a premium fee on March 5th. This trailer is, unsurprisingly, more revealing than the first, and introduces mo...