This is powerful filmmaking at its prime and in all honesty it feels above me. I loved this film and it put me through the emotional gauntlet so to speak, refusing to fall to any sort of familiar animated convention…
TV Review: The Legend of Korra (4×06) – “Battle of Zaofu”
Cool, contained logic faces off against festering, uninhibited emotion. It’s Kuvira and her army versus Korra with Jinora and Opal, two nomadic Airbenders, on her side. The stakes are uniformly, excruciatingly high as the two forces of power stand off…
Women in Film Wednesday: Spirited Away (2001)
It’s kind of recognizably sad that one of the best creators of fully faceted, strong-willed female characters is a man. But, considering how dominated by male influence the film industry is, it’s not all that surprising. As cinematic admirers we…
TV Review: The Legend of Korra (4×02) – “Korra Alone”
Like all great redemption stories, Korra – our titular hero – needs to reach her lowest point before reclaiming her position of power and confidence. People love a good comeback, and for the way the season has been starting out,…
Ally’s Movie Review: Patema Inverted
Considering the magnitude of world building that animation can convey, it’s no mystery as to why Patema Inverted is such a thrilling concept. Mixing Hayao Miyazaki whimsy with tense action, the blueprint for the film is promising. While the visuals…
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Trailer is Here! Are You Ready, Internet?
If you don’t know who the little spongy guy who lives in a pineapple is, then you must be a starfish because you, my friend, have been living under a rock for fourteen years. Since 1999, Spongebob and the citizens…
Women in Film Wednesday: Brave (2012)
Merida: Some say our destiny is tied to the land, as much a part of us as we are of it. Others say fate is woven together like a cloth, so that one’s destiny intertwines with many others. It’s the…