Nov
13
Look Back
Look Back is an anime I wasn’t much familiar with when I saw it trending on Prime Video… and even less familiar with the manga it’s based on. But I gave it a shot since I’m always on the lookout … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Animated
Nov
10
Memoir of a Snail
Memoir of a Snail is a quirky sad drama comedy about the life of a quirky sad girl. It’s stop-motion animation all the way down and I’d say its beautiful but its really more deliberately drab and sad (and quirky). … Continue reading
Sep
26
Wild Robot, The
Hot Take McGee here… and trust me when I say I wish I wasn’t. I wish I could lie and say I loved The Wild Robot. It’d oil the gears, smooth the framework, make me one of the agreeable. But … Continue reading
Sep
19
Transformers One
Given the surprise positive buzz around this flick, I went in expecting the best and I kind of got the worst. I hated the first half of this film… thinking I might have to give it some slack for being … Continue reading
Sep
15
DAN DA DAN: First Encounter
Well… that was a mistake. To be clear, this review and rating are a me thing. If you are hardcore anime fan – or a fan of the manga this film is based on – my reaction to it is … Continue reading
Aug
14
Watchmen: Chapter 1
When I first saw there was going to be a Watchmen animated adaptation, it looked so similar to the Zack Snyder film, I couldn’t figure out why they’d bother. But that impression was wrong as this film more closely follows … Continue reading
Aug
08
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
I wasn’t even going to bother with Netflix’s latest SpongeBob movie. I’ve seen two of the films and only a handful of the original series. I was much too old for the show so I have no built up nostalgia. … Continue reading
Jul
23
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 3
After a wobbly first part and a disaster second part, this non-fan-favorite DC animation reset actually surprised me by being pretty good. Easily best of the three… mainly for managing to cohere the big crazy plot into something that made … Continue reading
Jul
22
Under the Boardwalk
Under the Boardwalk was an overlooked 2023 animated film that I heard was pretty good. One of these two things was true… it was definitely overlooked. For some inexplicable reason, it’s about hermit crabs living under a Jersey boardwalk and … Continue reading
Jul
15
Dragonkeeper
Dragonkeeper is a bland, boring, generic and mediocre animated flick from China and Spain. It’s about a little girl who has a run in with a couple of dragons and promises to rescue a dragon egg from the emperor. The … Continue reading