Mary and Max
{5/5} “When I was young, I invented an invisible friend called Mr. Ravioli. My psychiatrist says I don’t need him anymore, so he just sits in the corner and reads.” Mary is an eight-year-old girl in Australia who picks Max’s name out of a New York phone book and writes him a letter. Mary has a […]
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
{3/5} “I’m like a candy cane in a black and white movie.” Our favourite group of displaced zoo animals is still trying to get back home to New York. They find their way to Monte Carlo, where the penguins are winning big. An extremely efficient and dedicated animal control officer almost catches them, which leads them […]
Dragons: Riders of Berk (premiere)
{4.5/5} “An egg’s an egg, right ladies?… Until it explodes.” The Vikings and dragons are getting along fine, but even though dragons just eat fish the farm animals are spooked by the scary-looking fire-breathing dragons. The yaks aren’t giving any milk and the chickens aren’t laying any eggs. Stoick asks Hiccup to do something about […]
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury, etc.
There have been three short films (16 to 22 minutes) that are sequels to How to Train Your Dragon, a movie I loved. The first appeared on the DVD with the original movie in 2010, and the other two appeared on their own DVD in 2011. A TV show, Dragons: Riders of Berk, has just […]
Brave
{4.5/5} “But every once in a while, there’s a day when I don’t have to be a princess. No lessons, no expectations. A day where anything can happen. A day when I can change my fate.” If you’ve seen the trailer for Brave, you have an idea what it’s like — with a dash of […]
Napoleon Dynamite (season 1)
{4.5/5} “I’m still technically the mayor until 5:00, so if there’s anything illegal you want to do I can pardon you.” Napoleon Dynamite season 1, aired in 2012 I thought that the movie Napoleon Dynamite was hilarious. If you thought so too, then you might be interested in the animated TV show based on it. […]
My Neighbor Totoro
{4/5} “Trees and people used to be good friends.” My Neighbor Totoro, released in 1988 This is one of Hayao Miyazaki’s older anime movies. I’ve seen several of his other movies — my favourite is Spirited Away. In this one a family moves to a new house in the country. The father works at a […]