Pixar Animation Studios is famous throughout the world for making some very good feature-length animated films, and it looks like Elio is the latest of these hits. Featuring Madeline Sharafian and Domee Shi as the directors (with Adrian Molina credited for the original story concept), this science
Old Hong Kong cinema has become the source of some cult classics in the modern era. It's not surprising given how the city's film industry boomed in the 1970's. All because of just how good their martial arts films are, which also coincided with (and may have been partially responsible for) the
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League doesn't quite sound like a real movie, right? Seriously, just read back the title to yourself. It sounds more like the homemade workings of a middle schooler with dreams of writing and an imagination to match. And yet, it is an actual movie, and from Warner Bros.
Anyone with even the most remote interest in martial arts films will recognize Li Lianzi, better known by his stage name of Jet Li. This Chinese-born Singaporean started his martial arts career after three years of training under the wushu/kung fu master Wu Bin. That training quickly bore fruit in
The Forbidden Kingdom is a rather unique take in the wuxia film genre. A genre which is defined by Chinese martial arts galore, as well as CGI magic attacks for quite a few of them. Such films also tend to follow Chinese folklore, which this counts as. Journey to the West is a novel that came to us
Ghost Cat Anzu is one of the most unique anime films in a long while. Mostly because of the way this French-Japanese anime film adaptation of the manga of the same name by Takashi Imashiro does its animation. Apparently, production companies Shin-Ei Animation and Miyu Productions filmed all the
"The Debut" turns a comedy that pokes fun at the sincerity of the local stage and elevates it to a fascinating character study of a woman on the edge. While still being hilarious.
Netflix's animated adaptation of AJ Dungo's graphic novel is a gorgeous and deeply moving love story that reminds us that grief never truly disappears, but neither does the love we carry for those we've lost. Last night, I had the opportunity to watch Netflix's new animated film In Waves, directed
The Apothecary Diaries thickens up the plot with some serious family and political drama in Ep. 51 "Let Them Eat Cake". Students of history will readily recognize that title as the most infamously apocryphal line Marie Antoinette spoke just before the French Revolution came calling, indicating her
