Guest writer Jeff has a review of Flee, nominated for Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature, and Best International Feature. This was cinema. It was no wonder that Flee became the first film to get simultaneously nominated for Best International Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature and Best Animated Feature. The animation employed here was a
Directed by Domee Shi, Turning Red centers around Meilin “Mei” Lee (Rosalie Chiang), a 13-year-old girl who is horrified to discover that, whenever she gets too excited or stressed, she turns into a giant Red Panda, but she can turn back if she’s calm. Soon Mei learns of a family curse and a shared history
The Mitchells vs. the Machines has some stunning animation, hilarious writing, relatable characters, and a good message, so I can definitely see why it was nominated for an Oscar. That being said, the film didn’t really reach me. There’s a fine line between “entertainingly madcap” and “annoyingly nutso” and I think the movie crossed into
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! So while we’d like to say something glib about the state of the world (global pandemic, political dumpster fire, quickly escalating international conflict) it just doesn’t seem like something we can joke about? So we’re going to go watch some cartoons
Directed by Byron Howard and Jared Bush, Encanto follows The Madrigals, an extraordinary family that lives hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed place called the Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift — every child except Mirabel (Stephanie Beatriz). However, she soon
Created by Pixar, Monsters at Work is set directly after the main events of Monsters Inc, where the city of Monstropolis is making the transition to be fuelled by the sound of laughter rather than scares. Tylor Tuskmon (Ben Feldman), a recent Scare Major graduate from Monsters University, is forced to work as a mechanic
Directed by Kwang Il Han, The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf follows the origin story of Vesemir (Theo James), a cocky young witcher who delights in slaying monsters for coin and is the future mentor for Geralt (Henry Cavill). When a dangerous new power rises on the Continent, Vesemir learns that some witchering jobs are
Created by Dave Filoni, Star Wars: The Bad Batch follows Clone Force 99, also known as the Bad Batch — a group of elite clone troopers with genetic mutations that take on daring mercenary missions in the aftermath of the Clone Wars and Order 66. This group of characters was first introduced in season 7
Most of the time we end up watching a show a few days (weeks, months) after it aired. But there was no way we were going to risk getting spoiled for this one. Below is the conversation we had on Messenger while watching the season finale of Loki. (Warning: many many spoilers below.) KathrynI’m not