Tag: Animation
REVIEW: Rise of the Guardians (2012)
Based on William Joyce’s The Guardians of Childhood book series and a short film called The Man in the Moon, DreamWorks’ Rise of the Guardians follows the mythical character Jack Frost on a journey of self-discovery. I’ve seen this movie once before and thought it was pretty good, although I n...
Read MoreREVIEW: What If…? – Season 1, Episode 2 “What If… T’Challa Became a Star-Lord?”
Well, that was fast. After a deeply flawed but mostly enjoyable first episode, What If…? has cranked out one of the worst pieces of “entertainment” the Marvel Cinematic Universe has yet produced, and this is coming from someone who sat through The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. “What If… T...
Read MoreStar Wars Releases Final Visions Trailer and Announces Voice Cast
Just over a month from the premiere of Star Wars: Visions on Disney+, Lucasfilm has released the final trailer in both English and Japanese. The English and Japanese voice casts have also been revealed. The anthology series’ English cast will feature Star Wars veterans like Andrew Kishino (Saw Ger...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Bad Batch – Season 1 Episode 16, “Kamino Lost”
*SPOILERS* In “Kamino Lost,” Admiral Rampart looks on in indifference as his fleet rains fire on Kamino. Buildings are destroyed one by one, plummeting Omega and the Batch into darkness. Omega and Crosshair end up separated from the group in a flooding room. AZ wakes Omega in a panic, an...
Read MoreREVIEW: What If…? – Season 1, Episode 1 “What If… Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?”
After giving us a month to regain our sanity and gastrointestinal fortitude following the merciful end of Loki, Marvel has released its first animated series set in the MCU, What If…? Based on the comic series, What If…? takes us on a tour of the multiverse with Uatu the Watcher as our guide, sh...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Wind Rises (2013)
The Wind Rises is in the later batch of Studio Ghibli movies I never saw for one reason or another. I was always curious about this one because it’s actually based on a true story, that being the life of Jiro Horikoshi, engineer of the Mitsubishi A6M “Zero” fighter. The Wind Rises ...
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