Based on a novel by English author Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There was Studio Ghibli’s last movie until Earwig and the Witch. The film was directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, who also directed The Secret World of Arrietty for the studio. This is the rare Studio Ghibli movie I’ve never seen...
Read MoreVirginia: Hello, and welcome back to A Decade of Disney, where we’re currently looking back on the previous decade leading up to this year’s Frozen II. Today we’ll be reviewing Wreck-It Ralph, 2012’s video game-inspired narrative from the Mouse House. This movie is interesting because, while...
Read MoreIt looks like Netflix wasn’t interested in being best friends with Will Ferrell and John C Reilly. Slashfilm is reporting (via Deadline) that the latest take on Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detecting duo, Holmes & Watson, was offered to Netflix. The streaming giant ended up declining the offe...
Read MoreIt’s rare that the words “Disney sequel” mean anything good. That being said, when it was revealed that directors Rich Moore and Phil Johnston were working on a sequel to Wreck-It-Ralph, I was pretty excited. Wreck-It Ralph wasn’t one of my very favorite Disney movies, and I found Va...
Read MoreWelcome back to You Should Be Watching, where I recommend lesser known or loved movies and TV series. This week I’ll be continuing my theme of horror, creature-features and anything suitable for Halloween. For this installment we’re slaying sea monsters with John C. Reilly in Tale of Tal...
Read MoreBenedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman can take all the vacation time they need because we’ve just gotten our first glimpse of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as perhaps literature’s most celebrated dynamic duo in the Holmes & Watson trailer. Directed by Etan Cohen (of Ferrell’s Get Hard)...
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