Arrested Development has had a tenuous relationship with quality and renewal since its initial cancellation by 20th Century Fox in 2006. In 2012, the then near-virgin production studio at Netflix acquired the rights and attempted to revive the show for subsequent 4th and 5th seasons. With each seaso...
Read MoreBased on The Borrowers by Mary Norton, The Secret World of Arrietty follows a family of tiny people as they try to survive an increasingly hostile world. The film was released in 2010 and was the directorial debut of Hiromasa Yonebayashi, who would go on to direct When Marnie Was There, also for Stu...
Read MoreMonsters vs. Aliens isn’t a movie I recall being particularly jazzed to see. Starring Reese Witherspoon and released in 2009, Monsters vs. Aliens attempts to satirize B-movies of the 1950s as Shrek did for fairy tales and Megamind would later do for superhero films. The action-comedy explores ...
Read MoreJanuary 31st marked the release of Netflix’s final batch of Bojack Horseman episodes. These last eight episodes had a lot of pressure riding on them; they would need to finish the stories and character arcs set up in the first half of season 6 while also satisfying the expectations of viewers who ...
Read More*Warning: Full spoilers ahead* Munir: Bojack Horseman, one of Netflix’s best series, has returned for the first part of its final season. While that is undoubtedly sad news, it’s better to finish it on a strong note rather than going on endlessly and lose what made the series great. And if there...
Read MoreThis week saw the release of the long-awaited sequel to 2014’s surprise hit The Lego Movie, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. I love the first Lego Movie, and unlike some, I wasn’t surprised when it turned out to be great; the marketing leading up to its release was appealing, and you could tel...
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