Well, this was certainly one of the most interesting watches I've experienced in a long time. With nearly ten years having passed since the release of Studio Ghibli's last (theatrically-released) film When Marnie Was There, things weren't exactly looking great for the studio during this time period, thanks in part due to financial problems (although merchandise tied to their works would continue to rake in decent profits), several key staff leaving to form Studio Ponoc in 2015 (if you remember…
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Leviathan 1989
Since I watched The Abyss a couple days ago, figured I'd follow it up by covering another underwater science fiction movie that was also released in 1989 in the form of Leviathan, which ultimately came out nearly five months earlier and (as you could probably guess) leaned much more towards horror unlike its competitor. For what is essentially yet another Alien rip-off, this was actually not too bad despite the rather slow pacing during the first half of the film,…
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The Mitchells vs. The Machines 2021
Sony Pictures Animation's collaborations with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have been nothing short of fantastic, thus far, whether it be their hilarious directorial debut with Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs in 2009 to the absolute game-changer that was Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (which the duo co-produced with Lord also writing alongside co-director Rodney Rothman) in 2018. And fortunately, all three parties involved have scored yet ANOTHER winner with The Mitchells vs. the Machines, which is not only the…
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The Bad Guys 2022
After spending the last two years making sequels to some of their older films, DreamWorks Animation has returned in style with its first completely new project since Abominable back in 2019, and looks like they have yet another winner on their hands with The Bad Guys. Essentially a cross between the Ocean's Eleven series, Reservoir Dogs, and Zootopia, this really did a good job satirizing the crime and heist genres much like how Shrek riffed on Disney's output 21 years…
