I can honestly say that I didn't intend to do a third installment of this miniseries. I figured the two batches I'd already done would be sufficient to see out the fall months. But then the Academy released the list of accepted films for the Animated Feature contest, and I saw that there were a … Continue reading Back Row Thoughts – Animation Autumn-ation, Part 3
I'd wager that most people know the concept of the Uncanny Valley, where the brain triggers a negative response to something artificial that's made to look human but comes up short somewhere in the middle. It played over and over in my mind while watching Mamoru Hosoda's latest film, Belle (originally titled The Dragon and … Continue reading Lend Me Your Voice – Belle
The worst year ever... since the one before it, is finally over, and today, we officially begin our journey through the 2022 canon of cinema (even though the book is not yet closed on 2021). Unfortunately, it's only January, a bleak, cold month where the days are darkest and spirits tank after the highs of … Continue reading This Film is Not Yet Watchable – January 2022
I only had two movies to see to complete this year's Oscar Blitz (outside of the Shorts, that is), the fewest I've ever had to see, which is good, because I'm dead flat broke at the moment. Anyway, given that there were just the two, I figured it'd be best to work the appropriate categories … Continue reading Oscar Gold 2019 – Animated Feature
This has been the quickest Oscar Blitz in the short history of me trying to pull this off. I'll almost certainly never complete the entire ceremony before nominations come out, but this year was about as close as you can get. Apart from the three short film categories, which were released as bloc screenings on … Continue reading Back Row Thoughts: The Good and the Bad in the Blitzing
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