Last week, I got to check out the action fantasy anime feature Scarlet by Oscar nominee Mamoru Hosoda. I hadn’t seen his Oscar-nominated movie Mirai (2018) or Belle (2021), both produced by Studio Chizu, which Hosoda co-founded. It’s an ambitious animated feature that mixes 2D and 3D visuals, drawing inspiration from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The plot follows a …
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FlixChatter Review: ‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’ – An enchanting animated feature about the preciousness of childhood memories
Every year, there's always a film I end up missing that I really wish I had caught before putting together my top 10 list. This time around, it’s Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, the French/Belgian animated film that’s up for the Best Animated Feature Oscar. It’s a 77-minute animated gem, so ethereal and …
FlixChatter Review: THE GLASSWORKER – Pakistan’s gorgeous, Ghibli-inspired first hand-drawn animated feature
I learned recently that Latvia’s Oscar-winning movie Flow wasn't the only animated movie sent to the Oscars last year. Pakistan also put forward an animated feature, marking the first from their country, as their official entry for the international feature film category. Interestingly, just like Flow, The Glassworker is also a debut feature, directed by …
FlixChatter Review: The Wild Robot (2024) – A visually stunning animated tale filled with warmth as a robot discovers motherhood
A shipwreck leaves a clever robot named Roz (voiced by Lupita Nyong’o) stuck on a deserted island and must learn to adapt to its harsh conditions—and its wildlife–to survive. My biggest draw is that it’s from Chris Sanders, the writer/director of How To Train Your Dragon, one of my favorite animated films ever. Sanders wisely …
FlixChatter Review: Kubo And The Two Strings (2016)
Directed by Travis Knight | Written by Marc Haimes and Chris Butler Featuring the voices of: Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Rooney Mara, Brenda Vaccaro and George Takei. This latest film from Laika is a 3D stop-motion animated film. It tells the story of Kubo, a boy who comes across the ocean as a baby, adrift …
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Five Movies. Five Words – Volume 2
So much for consistency eh. I meant to do these posts as a monthly series but it has been three months since my last Five Movies in Five Words post. The idea is to come up with five movies from various genres and capture the essence of the film, or whatever that comes to mind …
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