I found this randomly today on YouTube. Is it the best animation ever? No. But it has what a lot of animation fails to deliver: a compelling storyline delivered by a great actor without relying on too much unnecessary dialog. Or in this case, no dialog at all. :)
A good [...]
Today is Saturday. It is morning. Saturday morning. When a 6-year-old gets up on a Saturday morning she is supposed to say, “Daddy, can I watch cartoons?” You can imagine that, right? Now, reread the title of this post. I’ll wait.
Sagan gets up and says to me on this [...]
We didn’t go to see Madagascar in the theatres because it looked a little too grownup-humour-driven. But my daughter and I ended up at Best Buy last night and it was on all 100 of the TVs they have set up. So we watched for a few minutes.
An attempt was [...]
Many of the movies out of Studio Ghibli over the past 20 years have starred young girls thrust into new worlds or lives that force them to grow up faster than normal, usually resulting in a strong, independent young woman. Kiki may only be 13 during this story, but she becomes a very self-reliant [...]
