As I was preparing to watch the newly released 4K blu-ray of this classic, I thought it was high time to finally review it on this page particularly since it seems I will be reviewing the Matrix trilogy as the fourth film is released in a few weeks. Yes this first Ghost in the Shell …
Many people have approached me asking why I actually like this particular art form, anime. Is it the animation quality. The choreography. The fact they manage to come up with ideas that are rather rare in most western studios? Why then am I dancing? To be honest, those are some of the reasons. But there …
I have always kept an eye on short animated films. They help me in saving some time as I try to engage in this reviewing thing while having a job and other aspects of living. Somehow, I came across this little animated film, and to my surprise, it won an Oscar. This would be my …
“Grave of the Fireflies” was more than an animated film indeed, it surpassed both in scope and depth. The sentiments that war films evoke in normal viewers in the right manner it properly, particularly touched me. It made me this much a mere and pathetic ball of sorrow, much of that pall sibling ache within …
Oh how adorable a notion – A picture where Yeti’s refers to humans as “smallfoots” and views them as creatures reserved for tales. How do I compromise and grasp understanding of the other side? It is an invitation. Smallfoot, is in fact a rather politically incorrect musical and to stray even one bit from what …
Christmas has become extinct. It’s common knowledge that Christmas has become nothing but a holiday focused on features like insatiable greed, and after viewing the newly released remade iteration of Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch, one can almost reason that there is some grain of truth in such people’s complaints. Brought existence to this atrocity otherwise …
Five Nights at Freddy’s has, in my view, managed to polarize fans and critics in a much more dramatic manner than I have seen in a very long time. I am straddling the line of the fan and the critic and so my viewpoint is in the middle. Five Nights at Freddy’s as seen through …
A Silent Voice has been around since 2016, yet the first release of this film mostly went unnoticed as it was only screened in probably a few theaters in the US. Nevertheless, more than two years passed before the restoration was at long last confirmed, giving the western audience a chance to experience a video …
Kyoto Animation’s 2020 film “Violet Evergarden: The Movie” is significant in several important ways. One reason is that it serves as a direct sequel and conclusion to the first series, Violet Evergarden, whose ending really tied up things well, so I doubt there will be more chapters or further seasons for it. Moreover, “The Movie” …
Blame! is a new name for a Netflix adaptation of its classic manga. The movie that is fresh has not the old gloomy realism but it’s own punch as a sci-fi action. It tells the story of Killy, who is an unknown person traveling through the huge and empty ruins of megacity to look for …
