“There’s No Ghibli Magic In ‘Earwig and the Witch”s 3D Mess”

A movie so bad, I may need a break from Ghibli for a while. Continue reading →

Review: Funan, 2019, dir. Denis Do

A stunning, low key bit of animation from a descendant of unspeakable atrocity. Amazingly, he’s up to speaking about it. Continue reading →

Review: The Night is Short, Walk On Girl

Add The Night is Short, Walk On Girl to the canon of “great drinking movies.” The characters here drink more liquor than any mortal human could possibly imbibe without dying, much less without blacking out; they also have better adventures than most of us do when under the influence, though most of us don’t do the … Continue reading →

“How The Venture Bros. Brilliantly Blurs the Line Between Hero and Villain”

If there’s a fundamental theme in The Venture Bros., it’s failure. If there’s a fundamental dynamic that dramatizes the element of failure, it’s self-involvement: All of the major characters in the series tend to cause their own problems, and this is as true of the first two episodes of Season 7 as any other episode in … Continue reading →

Interview: Seth Green, ‘Yellowbird’

“Seth Green is an industry veteran of roughly three decades, and the sort of actor who needs no introduction, but we’ll give him one anyways. You’ve seen him in movies and TV shows ranging from Idle Hands and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, to the Austin Powers films and Party Monster; you’ve heard his voice in Family … Continue reading →

The Absent Mr. Anderson

I’m not a Hollywood insider. I’m not even a film insider. I have no contacts that exist in any realm of the cinematic world. I have never visited a set, or been given the opportunity to interview an actor or a director in regards to their latest anticipated film. So maybe my opinion on Wes … Continue reading →

9, 2009, dir. Shane Acker

9‘s release marks the second film in 2009 to be released with Tim Burton‘s name on it. More accurately it’s the second film released in 2009 directed by God knows who because the sight of “Burton” leads easily fooled people into crediting it as his film. February’s Coraline (my review) experienced similar problems, though that … Continue reading →

Up, 2009, dir. Pete Docter

I should note that the following kind of maybe sort of verges on vaguely spoiler-ish territory, so read with caution. Up is a movie loaded with impressive accomplishment from the first frame to the last. Perhaps it’s most noteworthy effect is making an hour and a half long film feel like a two hour movie … Continue reading →