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- What’s New for the 7th of July: A Passel of Roger Zelazny Reviews, A Write-up of an Irish Pub, Two Pieces of Live Music by Rosanne Cash, Where Irish Coffee Originated, Irish (and a Little Welsh) Music of a Modern Sort
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- What’s New for the 23rd of June: A special edition for the Solstice, Wales in literature and music, and yes, in film.
- A Kinrowan Story: The Oak King
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Tag Archives: Animation
Ralph Bakshi’s The Lord of the Rings (DVD)
Sarah Meador wrote this review. Ralph Bakshi’s The Lord of the Rings makes a startling assumption for an American cartoon feature. While most animated features seem to take it on faith that their audience will be musical-loving children, The Lord … Continue reading
Rankin-Bass’ The Hobbit (DVD)
Sarah Meador wrote this review. The animated musical version of The Hobbit, produced for American television by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass (Rankin-Bass), opens with a small bit of narration from the book as the camera pans over lovely … Continue reading
Tagged Animation, comics, fantasy, JRR Tolkien
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Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron (Japanese title 君たちはどう生きるか or Kimi-tachi wa Dō Ikiru ka – “How Do You Live?”) had won a couple of Golden Globes the previous day when we finally bestirred ourselves to see it at … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, comics, fantasy, hayao miyazaki
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Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards
Sarah Meador wrote this review. I first saw Wizards at the strange age of 7, when a baby-sitter attempted to pacify me through video. On the afternoon lineup were a couple of Disney movies, a reel of old black and … Continue reading
DC’s Justice League Action
Justice League Action is the latest animated series to be set in the DC universe. Unlike earlier series that were roughly twenty two to twenty four minutes long and had seasons of no more that twenty or so episodes, this … Continue reading
Dr. Suess’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Once upon a Christmas season, there was a television show called How The Grinch Stole Christmas. A television show that explicitly had a message that Christmas was neither a celebration of the birth of Christ, nor was it something that … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Children's literature, Dr. Seuss, Theodore Geisel
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Hotaru Odagiri and Katsushi Sakurabi: Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru
I’m sure it will come as no surprise to learn that Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru is commonly referred to by fans as UraBoku. In spite of some major flaws, it’s one of the most engaging anime series … Continue reading
Chris Butler and Sam Fell’s ParaNorman
I saw a trailer for ParaNorman, and also read about the “controversy” (in quotes because some people will invent a controversy where there is none), and decided I had to see it. Norman Babcock (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a rather exceptional … Continue reading
Disney Pixar’s Finding Nemo
Kevin Lau penned this review. Finding Nemo is a testament to why animated films (computer or otherwise) exist. It is also a testament to Pixar Studios’ continuing reign over the still-growing medium. With five films under its belt, and not … Continue reading