So there’s a rumor going around that Studio Ghibli is shutting down their animation wing. Let’s clear a few things up. With the recent retirement of Hayao Miyazaki, there is a lot of doubt as to the future of the studio. The cost of making their critically lauded films continues to increase, so much so … Continue reading
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Top 10 Movies of 2013
NOTE: I compose this list with the following movies still to be watched: Short Term 12, Blue Jasmine, Rush, The Spectacular Now. With that out of the way, here are my Top Ten movies from 2013 as well as a few films that fell into the Honorable Mention category. Lone Survivor – The performances … Continue reading
What I Watched… (Vol. 15)
So after looking at the October What I Watched post, I realized that it was just way too long. For November’s list, I’ve tweaked it a bit and divided it up into the good, the bad and everything else. I’ve also tried to keep the comments as brief as possible so as not to make … Continue reading
What I Watched… (Vol. 14)
Yes, OK, I know that we’re almost at the end of November and I’ll have another list of films I watched during that month to post up here, but I wanted to shake things up a bit. Over the past couple of months, I’ve just been posting an image of the films I watched in … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 79 – Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Phew, OK, I made it through the entire movie. So sad. Grave of Fireflies as I imagined and predicted it would, has totally bummed me out. But I guess that’s what makes it such a great movie. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I very rarely cry watching movies. I can count on one hand … Continue reading