Dont Tell NetflixDont Tell NetflixWhen in discussion about the works of LAIKA and Henry Selick alike, 2009’s Coraline is often pointed to as one of the crown jewels of both, and for good reason. Its portrayal of the uncanny using such a raw medium as stop-motion animation to tell its imaginative story made for a film unlike any other […]
Borderlands is the latest film at the butt of cinemagoers’ jokes, along with Harold and the Purple Crayon if anyone was even slightly passionate about that one. Being described as laden with bad acting, directing, and action sequences all topped off with ho-hum box office returns in its opening weekend, Borderlands adapts the titular video […]
Exploding Kittens is a name any player of party games has at least heard in passing. The breakout Kickstarter hit has become a full franchise with expansions, spinoff games and ports, and now an entire TV series since its launch in 2015. The series feels a bit like it came out of nowhere, since I’d […]
To start, it needs to be said that it’s hard to expect anything but the bare minimum for some of Netflix’s animated releases. Some of the service’s releases (such as Vivo, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, Nimona) are picked up from other companies that are pouring much more love into their craft than thinking about […]
Sony’s newest release, Harold and the Purple Crayon, released to less than pleasant reception last week. The film, based on the classic children’s book of the same name, stars Zachary Levi in the title role as a grown Harold who travels to the real world with his two friends, Moose and Porcupine. Interestingly enough, the […]
With a superhero film franchise as unorthodox as the Deadpool films, it’s important for them not to overstay their welcome. As much charm as Ryan Reynolds’ delivery brings to the character in motion, as hilarious and meta as the writing tends to be, it would have gotten old quickly if not for the great spacing […]