The Boy and the Heron (formerly How Do You Live?) is turning out to be one of the best, if not the best, anime films Studio Ghibli has ever made. It's no wonder too. The legendary Hayao Miyazaki himself directed and wrote for this latest Studio Ghibli anime film, after all. Not only that, but this
Ever since 2020, Max (formerly HBO Max) has been the home of Studio Ghibli. At least, it is in terms of streaming. It seems that thanks to an ongoing deal with GKIDS, Max has an exclusive deal to stream anime films from that famed studio, including such classics as Spirited Away and Howl's Moving
Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli have been a force in the animation world for decades now, and it always seems like no matter the trends in movie-making or animation, they still find a spot to call their own. To say that The Boy And The Heron was my most anticipated film of the Vancouver
Have you ever considered the similarities between the landmark 1978 slasher Halloween and 1982’s First Blood? In both films, a man of few words arrives in a small town that treats him like the bogeyman, and when circumstances escalate to the point of murder, a specialist who’s highly familiar
Daemons of the Shadow Realm slows down the plot just a bit to plan things out in Ep. 21 "Zashiki-Warashi and Higashi Village". First to let Danji and Kiri the Zashiki-Warashi daemons give Yuru and Asa some important backstory to explain the past of Higashi Village. Then to let the twin siblings to
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia gives us a true puppetmistress in the form of Boraqchin in Ep. 11 "An Ungraceful Stone". This episode has shown her to be a master planner and manipulator, making her quite the political genius. However, this episode also reveals that the people she's puppeting don't
