Striving for the position of “Anti-Fun Curmudgeon of the Year”, here’s my entry. I hate Looney Tunes, apparently… or I hated this modern endless diversion of madcap tomfoolery that didn’t make me laugh once. Because I had my fun-o-meter surgically … Continue reading
I can’t, with reasonable sincerity, claim I understood 100% of this movie. That’s partly due to my ignorance of Chinese folklore and legends but also because the subtitles on the US release were kinda bad. But I got enough to … Continue reading
This Netflix animated feature length Witcher film is so much better than their lazy, boring first effort in 2021 (Nightmare of the Wolf). It’s better animated, has a better, more complex story, and some pretty terrific action scenes to boot. … Continue reading
Given that every frame of this flick looks like it’s for 5 year olds playing with Duplo, I had zero interest in it. Until I realized it was a Dreamworks Animation film… so there must be something more to it, … Continue reading
Mufasa: The Lion King is the backstory you’ve been waiting thirty+ years for, admit it. Watching the original in 1991, you said to yourself, you said “What’s the story of this Darth Vader talkin’ mofo?”… even if you weren’t even … Continue reading
I struggled to understand the need for this anime Lord of the Rings film that’s clearly and visually associated with the Peter Jackson films. I mean, it seems to exist to only tell us why a certain thing in The … Continue reading
Flow is a film that proves my whole theory: cats are awesome, black cats are more awesome. And so too are lemurs, dogs, birds, and capybaras! It’s a whole furry and feathered society of awesome that proves a rising tide … Continue reading
You wanna know how lazy Hitpig(!) is? It’s about a bounty hunter pig… which is not a hitpig at all. It’s like they started with a title, realized an assassin pig wouldn’t work for the five year olds, but didn’t … Continue reading
In my review of Watchmen: Chapter I, I said its adaptation and filmmaking choices sabotaged the film. Nothing has changed with the second half of the story and it even gets a little wobblier than before. Still a pretty good, … Continue reading
Yes, it’s true. Moana 2 isn’t nearly as good as Moana, but I’d also posit they both share similar problems. Moana just gets over the hump by having a better, more coherent story and a lot better songs. Moana didn’t … Continue reading