Tag: Drama
REVIEW: Whisper of the Heart (1995)
1995 saw the release of the first cinematic Studio Ghibli film not directed by either Isao Takahata or Hayao Miyazaki. Whisper of the Heart is more grounded and toned-down than many of the studio’s more famous efforts. The movie follows a young girl’s day-to-day life in a pretty honest, believab...
Read MoreREVIEW: Jupiter’s Legacy Volume 1 (2021)
This past Friday, May 7th, Netflix released volume 1 of Jupiter’s Legacy. Based on Mark Millar’s Image Comics graphic novel of the same name, Jupiter’s Legacy follows a group of aging superheroes as they seek to pass the torch to their progeny. The main story is intercut with the o...
Read MoreDexter Teaser Comes in From the Cold
Showtime sees sheets of plastic in our future, as the premium network has released a teaser for the Dexter revival. Based on the novels by Jeff Lindsay, Dexter centered on Michael C. Hall’s Dexter Morgan, a Miami PD blood spatter expert who moonlighted as a serial killer who made other killers his...
Read MoreREVIEW: Ocean Waves (1993)
Ocean Waves is the rare Studio Ghibli movie that I’ve not only never seen but never heard of before. Released as a TV movie in 1993, Ocean Waves was directed by Tomomi Mochizukim, marking the first Ghibli film not directed by Hayao Miyazaki or Isao Takahata, as well as Mochizukim’s only movie wi...
Read MoreTitans’ Curran Walters Shares Season 3 Set Photo
This Sunday, April the 10th, Curran Walters shared a Titans season 3 set photo to his Instagram account. Walters plays Jason Todd in the series, and in season 3, he will become the Red Hood. The picture shows a road sign that simply says, “You Are Now Leaving Gotham.” Filming of season 3 was pos...
Read MoreREVIEW: Only Yesterday (1991)
1991 saw the release of Isao Takahata’s second film for Studio Ghibli, Only Yesterday. Hayao Miyazaki was inspired by a manga of the same name, which detailed the everyday life of a little girl named Taeko. However, he didn’t think he could adapt the episodic, vignette-style comics to fe...
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