Gravity–Movie Review
Gravity (IMDB) is an exciting and visually stunning science fiction thriller. Director Alfonso Cuarón has put in a tremendous effort to get the technical details right. Space geeks will probably… Read more »
The Eccentric Family Ends
In an earlier post I said that The Eccentric Family (Crunchyroll) was my favorite anime of the Summer 2013 season. Nothing has happened to change my mind. This is a… Read more »
Rush–Movie Review
“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.” ― Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom Rush (IMDB) is a sports biopic about… Read more »
Stella C3 Ends
The first 12 episodes of Stella C3 were interesting but ultimately did not gel into a particularly satisfactory story. The 13th episode did not help much since it was devoted… Read more »
Watamote Ends
Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of Humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. –Mark Twain – Following the Equator No Matter How… Read more »
Lucky Star Worshippers Multiply
A while ago I mentioned the Washinomiya Shrine which has become a pilgrimage site for fans of the 2007 anime series Lucky Star. That was quite a while ago and… Read more »
Anime and the Olympics
Now that Tokyo has been awarded the 2020 Summer Olympics I think that it is a safe bet that we will see a lot of Olympic-themed anime episodes or even… Read more »
The World’s End–Movie Review
The World’s End (IMDB) is a quirky British comedy that is not what it first seems. Gary (Simon Pegg) is a middle-aged ne’er-do-well whose fondest memory is the night of… Read more »
Is RBNY Anime?
Crunchyroll is now streaming RWBY, an animated series from a small Texas-based studio called Rooster Teeth. First I want to make it clear that I have no objection to Crunchyroll… Read more »