A collective sigh may have been heard at many a viewing party a couple of weekends ago, when the Academy handed the Best Animated Feature Oscar to the conventional comforts of Pixar's "Brave" over the zappy ...
Sweet but not saccharine, Miyazaki's gentle fable tracks the coming-of-age tribulations of a teenage witch several times removed from Sabrina. This was the first Studio Ghibli film to be released in the US through Dis...
Director: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
The Lowdown: Pixar failed to land a nomination in this category for the first time ever last year when the critically maligned ...
Paul McGann and Richard E. Grant made a meal of Bruce Robinson's remarkable dialogue in this brutal, woozy, beautiful memoir of acting students with no prospects in '60s London.
Welcome, again, to Cinejabber: our free 'n' easy open thread for you to air whatever cinematic matters are on your mind. With Kris wrapped up in wedding preparations today, I'm filling in for him, but it's not all bad...
Welcome to The Afternoon Read.
What a morning. I've already suffered one heartbreak today, and I'm not even done with my e-mail. I can't believe it's already August. Hopefully you guys checked out...
For the first time ever, the magic of Blu-ray high definition reveals the exquisite details in Hayao Miyazaki's epic masterpiece, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.
Experience the film that launched the Academy Aw...
Welcome to The Morning Read.
I'm off to a late start today. There was that breaking "Buffy" news, the "Tangled" interview, and some running around to get ready for the rest of the week.&nb...
Hayao Miyazaki is one of the greatest working filmmakers.
Not just in animation, although that is what he's known for, but in all of film, in my opinion. Miyazaki has created a body of work that is both profoun...
As my home-programmed film festival continues, I'd like to look at a fistful of Blu-ray titles that could ostensibly be called "kid's films" that have all arrived here at the house recently.
Have I mentione...
