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SFF REVIEW: Inu-Oh (2021)

June 18, 2022 Grant Watson

Masaaki Yuasa has spent the last five years aggressively building a reputation as one of Japan’s most inventive and entertaining anime filmmakers. While he earned a healthy cult following with his 2004 feature debut Mindgame, it is through recent hits … Continue reading SFF REVIEW: Inu-Oh (2021)

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REVIEW: Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)

June 9, 2022 Grant Watson

Popular children’s cartoon Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers was a successful re-imagining of two legacy characters from Disney animation. A new feature film of the same name, which premiered recently on Disney+, re-imagines those characters once again. Despite some clever jokes and … Continue reading REVIEW: Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)

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REVIEW: The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022)

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 Grant Watson

This week Loren Bouchard’s Bob’s Burgers follows in the footsteps of fellow animated comedies South Park and The Simpsons with its own theatrically released feature spin-off. As with those films (released in 1999 and 2007 respectively) the central question remains the same: what is the … Continue reading REVIEW: The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022)

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REVIEW: Bubble (2022)

May 8, 2022 Grant Watson

A new anime feature provides some excellent design work and colour, but is saddled with an overly familiar story and an extended climax which both consign it to the pile of disposable entertainment. It is enjoyable enough to watch, but … Continue reading REVIEW: Bubble (2022)

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REVIEW: The Animatrix (2003)

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Grant Watson

When The Matrix became a global box office smash, and Warner Bros approached the Wachowskis about writing and directing a sequel, they didn’t just make the one film. Instead they engaged in perhaps the most ridiculously ambitious plan for a sequel ever. … Continue reading REVIEW: The Animatrix (2003)

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REVIEW: Delta Space Mission (1984)

April 11, 2022 Grant Watson

In the 31st century humanity builds an enormous mobile space station, with the intention of piloting it across the galaxy to encounter new and unique species and civilizations. When its central electronic brain activated, the station spontaneously becomes self-aware, and … Continue reading REVIEW: Delta Space Mission (1984)

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REVIEW: The Prince and the Pauper (1990)

March 10, 2022 Grant Watson

In 1990 Disney released their 29th full-length animated feature: the sequel The Rescuers Down Under. On its theatrical release, the film was accompanied by the 25-minute featurette The Prince and the Pauper, directed by George Scribner. It is an odd little piece … Continue reading REVIEW: The Prince and the Pauper (1990)

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REVIEW: Turning Red (2022)

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 Grant Watson

Pixar’s 25th animated feature Turning Red hits Disney+ this Friday. One would think its owner Disney, never afraid to celebrate an anniversary, would be making something more out of that. Then again, Pixar seems relegated to a strange place of … Continue reading REVIEW: Turning Red (2022)

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REVIEW: Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991)

February 17, 2022 Grant Watson

Time to briefly descend into one of the most fiendishly complicated – and commercially successful – anime franchises in history. Mobile Suit Gundam was a television series that premiered in Japan in 1979, and while it was initially perceived as a failure … Continue reading REVIEW: Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991)

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REVIEW: Fusé: Memoirs of the Hunter Girl (2012)

February 7, 2022 Grant Watson

While it lags behind its contemporaries in visual quality, Masayuki Miyaji’s anime feature comes packed with enough character, story, and Japanese mythology to form an entertaining experience. It has taken a decade for it to fully hit English-speaking audiences; thanks … Continue reading REVIEW: Fusé: Memoirs of the Hunter Girl (2012)

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