Jeff Who Lives at Home–Movie Review
Jeff, Who Lives at Home is a surprisingly charming indie comedy about an addle-brained slacker and his family. Jeff (Jason Segel) is a pudgy 30-year-old who lives in his mother’s… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2012
Mawaru Penguindrum Timeline (Spoilers)
After reviewing Mawaru Penguindrum once again I’m starting to feel that I mostly understand it. One thing that helped, since the story is told in a very non-linear fashion, was… Read more »
The Secret World of Arrietty–Movie Review
Heard on the radio last Friday: Radio Host: “The Secret World of Arrietty is opening this weekend. I wish I still had a small child. I’d really like to see… Read more »
Aoi Yuuki demonstrates what “Tsundere” means
Or maybe the talk-show host is demonstrating what “M” means since he apparently dared her to do it. (via hashihime.) (Aoi Yuuki has played a number of well-know anime characters… Read more »
Bodacious Space Pirates–Explanations
God help us, with Episode 6 it looks like this show is actually trying to make sense. Maybe not trying too hard, but still trying. Here’s how the space piracy… Read more »
Chronicle–Movie Review
Chronicle is the most original take on the basic superhero/supervillain trope since 2009’s Watchmen. But the two aren’t very similar. Both are dark, but Watchmen is whimsical and ironic, while… Read more »
Bodacious Space Pirates–Anime Early Impressions
OK, we’re getting into pretty silly territory here. Planetes this isn’t. Watching the first episode I found myself making a list of implausibilities, but I had to stop when I… Read more »
Inu x Boku SS–Anime Early Impressions
Inu x Boku Secret Service (The Dog and Me Secret Service) seems unlikely to become a great classic but it is still one of the more interesting and unusual shows… Read more »
Nisemonogatari–Anime Early Impressions
Nisemonogatari is a sequel to 2009’s Bakemonogatari, a smart, stylish, edgy supernatural comedy that I liked a lot. (“Bakemonogatari” can be translated pretty accurately as “Ghostory.” “Nisemonogatari” is a similar… Read more »
Animation Oscar Nominations
The Oscar nominations are in. Naturally I went directly to the “Best Animated Feature Film of the Year” category and got a bit of a shock. There was no nomination… Read more »