Based on the extremely popular {and HILARIOUS} fantasy novel written by Diana Wynne Jones in 1986, Howl’s Moving Castle garnered praise from film critics world wide as one of Hayao Miyazaki’s most colorful and enjoyable animated films. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 2006 as best animated film and has since won numerousContinue reading “ハウルの動く城, Hauru no Ugoku Shiro (Howl’s Moving Castle), 2004”
Category Archives: Animated Films
Movie Review: Disney’s Tarzan (1999)
Known as the last of the classics from the Disney Renaissance, Tarzan was released June 18, 1999 as Disney’s 37th animated motion picture. It was the first Disney animated film to open in theaters at #1 since Pocahontas (1995) and the most expensive made until Treasure Planet (2002). Interestingly, it is also the only completed animated adaption of Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar RiceContinue reading “Movie Review: Disney’s Tarzan (1999)”
(風立ちぬ Kaze Tachinu) The Wind Rises (2013): Movie Review
“I wanted to create something that is realistic, fantastic, at times caricatured, but as a whole, a beautiful film.” (January 10, 2011, Hayao Miyazaki) I have been a fan of Hayao Miyazaki’s work for five yearsContinue reading “(風立ちぬ Kaze Tachinu) The Wind Rises (2013): Movie Review”
Short Video tribute: Duet by Glen Keane (2014)
Last night, I found a posting of this video on Facebook and I fell in love with it. Animation is such a beautiful, complicated art form and this short is no exception. The three minute short depicts the love story of a boy and a girl, whose growth slowly draws them closer and closer together.Continue reading “Short Video tribute: Duet by Glen Keane (2014)”
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Released into theaters June 21, 1996 by Walt Disney Studios as its 34th full length animated picture, critics, scholars and historians received The Hunchback of Notre Dame with mixed reviews. The largest obstacle that its multiple writers and directors Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale faced was its predecessor. The original novel written by Victor Hugo {Who you will discover is oneContinue reading “The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)”
From the Perspective of an Old Soul 