Animation… Movie #190 2021: Mary and the Witch’s Flower (2017) 18 Aug 202111 Aug 2021 Like so many other fans of Studio Ghibli, I was disheartened and upset to hear that their latest movie, Earwig and the Witch, had been almost universally panned by critics.…
Animation… Movie #143 2021: The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021) 30 May 202127 May 2021 Did I expect The Mitchells vs the Machines to be the best movie of the year so far? Not at all. But listen to me when I say: this is…
Animation… Movie #117 2021: Cars 2 (2011) 4 May 202128 Apr 2021 Happy Star Wars Day, everyone! On this lovely May the 4th I bring you... Cars 2. Could anything be further away from Star Wars in general? Probably not, I won’t…
Animation… Movie #109 2021: Wreck-It Ralph (2012) 26 Apr 202114 Apr 2021 Wreck-It Ralph is one of those weird movies in that I saw its sequel before I saw the original. Sure, there were a few jokes I didn’t quite understand when…
Animation… Movie #36 2021: Castle in the Sky (1986) 11 Feb 20211 Feb 2021 Yeah, I watched two animated films in a row. And what? To be fair to my choices, this could not be more different to Balto, so pipe down. Castle in…
Animation… Movie #24 2021: The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) 30 Jan 202122 Jan 2021 Two Studio Ghibli movies in one month? What a treat! Perhaps slightly less lauded than Princess Mononoke is The Secret World of Arrietty, which is also known as simply Arrietty…
Animation… Movie #211 2020: The Emperor’s New Groove (2000) 14 Jun 202012 Jun 2020 Is a movie from the year 2000 considered a 'classic' nowadays? I mean, it's 20 years old at this point, so I'd say so. The Emperor's New Groove is one…
Animation… Movie #199 2020: The Addams Family (2019) 8 Jun 20206 Jun 2020 Did we need an animated version of The Addams Family? No. Will anything ever top the perfection that is Addams Family Values? Also no. But people led me to believe…
Animation… Movie #85 2020: Zootopia (2016) 12 Apr 20209 Apr 2020 Wahoooooo! I loved this one! It is quite apparent that I'm on a Disney+ binge at the moment, but this is actually a movie that I've wanted to see for…
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