Aren't August and September supposed to be the cinematic elephant graveyard? Where movies go to die? Because suddenly all the movies I've been waiting for all summer long are coming out all at once, to the point that I bought tickets to two movies in a row the other afternoon, just so that I could be sure of seeing both before either went out of ( Read more... )

'In the land of Ingary, where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of three. Everyone knows you will fail first, and worst, if the three of you set out to seek your fortunes.'

Too true, too true. (Laugh it up, younger siblings).

I belong now to the set of people who ( Read more... )

So... I tend to keep this on the down-low, but sometimes I feel like the only person I know who didn't like 'Spirited Away.'  I wanted to love it it.  And I definitely thought that parts of it were beautiful - like the part with the polluted river spirit, for example.  But taken as a whole, the thing was like a bad dream, with nothing - no plot, ( Read more... )