In 1929, the Surrealist painter René Magritte stunned the world with his painting The Treachery of Images, which depicted a pipe accompanied by the cheeky caption, “This is not a pipe.” He was right of course: it was the painting of a pipe. Audiences were split in their reactions: many were enraged at the perceived… Read More Review: Jujutsu Kaisen 0
This is a movie worthy of bumping to the front of your watch list and then finding an excuse to take the next ninety minutes away from whatever it is you’re doing and go watch. Go on, I’ll wait. Seriously, it is a beautiful film that tells a charming story of young love using a… Read More Review: Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
As the train on which she rides approaches its destination, Violet Evergarden sees a palatial school atop a lush hill, surrounded by a picturesque village. But the next shot quickly establishes dissonance between that beauty and the life experienced within, as a young lady with messy auburn hair coughs asthmatically into a gloomy room only… Read More Violet Evergarden I: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll (Review)
Day 7: Love I want to start this anime post by referencing a non-animated movie I recently watched. About a month ago, my husband and I saw Breakthrough, a Christian film based on the real-life events of a boy who survived a drowning by a miracle alone. This movie struck a very personal and deep… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime: Tokyo Godfathers
Anime movies are not as rare as one might think nowadays! The only ones that I remember releasing when I was younger were the Pokemon movies and Digimon. There wasn’t really much else to chose from, but thanks to the company Fathom Events, I find there’s at least one a month now. Sometimes they aren’t really “movies” as… Read More Made in Abyss: Journey’s Dawn (Review)
Hulu has lots of anime to choose from, including movies (as of this writing). I have not seen too many anime films, aside from most of what comes out Ghibli Studios and the occasional One Piece movie. I recently found a few on Hulu that looked interesting, though I had never heard of them. Patema… Read More Patema Inverted: Upside Down Sinners