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Previously On: What Happens When Creators Do Business, Plus Stan Lee’s Home is For Sale

October 14, 2024

Strap yourselves in, readers, because this week’s Previously will take you on a journey. Happy Fall and for our Canadian readers, enjoy the long weekend for Thanksgiving.

Reviews, Television and Film

REVIEW: Wish is a Surprisingly Dark but Riveting Disney Film

December 8, 2023

In Wish, Asha (Ariana DeBose) wants nothing more than to ensure her family’s wishes come true. But when King Magnifico (Chris Pine) shows his true colours, Asha ends up making a wish of her own that changes the course of the kingdom’s destiny.

Reviews, Television and Film

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: They Shot the Piano Player is a Beautiful Retelling of a Musical Tragedy

November 29, 2023

Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal tell the story of genius Brazilian pianist Francisco Tenório Júnior through the voices of those who knew him best in the animated extravaganza They Shot the Piano Player.

Reviews, Television and Film

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: The Boy and the Heron Explores Grief and Displacement

September 14, 2023

A grieving boy finds himself on a wild adventure to save his stepmother in Hayao Miyazaki’s latest Studio Ghibli film, The Boy and the Heron. There was understandably a lot of hype around The Boy and the Heron at TIFF 2023 as this was supposedly the last Studio Ghibli film by Hayao Miyazaki. ...

Reviews, Television and Film

REVIEW: I Love All the Spider-People in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse! (And the Story, Of Course)

June 16, 2023

Miles Morales/ Spider-Man (Shameik Moore) and Gwen Stacy/ Spider-Woman (Hailee Steinfeld) reunite in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to battle a new threat that threatens the multiverse. But this new villain is hellbent on making things personal.

Reviews, Television and Film

REVIEW: Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Baffler Meal Complete Collection Is the Candy You Want

November 3, 2022

The most complete collection of Aqua Teen Hunger Force-related series and ephemera released to date, Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Baffler Meal Complete Collection is a must-have for anyone who wants the show’s final seasons, which appear for the first time ever on home media with this release.

Interviews, Television and Film

Taneka Stotts Dives Deep into Pinecone & Pony and Building a Truly Inclusive Creative Team

May 31, 2022

Taneka Stotts made a name for herself in the comic book community as a vibrant and brilliant writer, editor, and comic book publisher. But a few years ago she began to carve out a new career in animation. Since then, credits on Steven Universe, Craig of the Creek, and My Little Pony have made ...

Essays, Manga, Opinion

Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Goodbye, Eri on Movies, Memory, and Moving On

April 26, 2022

Following his previous one-shot web manga, Look Back, Shounen Jump+, Shueisha’s online platform, recently published Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Goodbye, Eri. In Goodbye, Eri, a boy named Yuta faces fallout after screening a film about his ailing mother, composed entirely of footage shot of her and ...

Reviews, Television and Film

REVIEW: Invincible Soars, but Can’t Escape its Source Material

April 8, 2021

I honestly didn’t know what to expect going into the premiere of Amazon’s Invincible series. I had long since soured on the comic (the early issues were a favorite of teenage Zoe, but the quick descent into Robert Kirkman’s stock gore and shock reveals made me abandon ship). ...

Television and Film

A24’s Entrance Into Animation Should Be Exciting, But Instead, It’s Exhausting

August 28, 2020

Content warning: mentions of sexual abuse and rape. While much of the entertainment industry seems to be at a pause, animators everywhere continue to work behind their screens and working stations without interruption. Live-action productions — endeavors that require physical contact and ...

Animation

Previously On: What Happens When Creators Do Business, Plus Stan Lee’s Home is For Sale

REVIEW: Wish is a Surprisingly Dark but Riveting Disney Film

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: They Shot the Piano Player is a Beautiful Retelling of a Musical Tragedy

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: The Boy and the Heron Explores Grief and Displacement

REVIEW: I Love All the Spider-People in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse! (And the Story, Of Course)

REVIEW: Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Baffler Meal Complete Collection Is the Candy You Want

Taneka Stotts Dives Deep into Pinecone & Pony and Building a Truly Inclusive Creative Team

Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Goodbye, Eri on Movies, Memory, and Moving On

REVIEW: Invincible Soars, but Can’t Escape its Source Material

A24’s Entrance Into Animation Should Be Exciting, But Instead, It’s Exhausting

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