Hancock–Movie Review
Maybe being a superhero isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. You find a whale stranded on the beach. You pick it up and toss it back into the ocean…. Read more »
FUNimation Rising
Three announcements in quick succession: 1) ADV Films is in deep financial trouble and has once again lost the rights to several of their current anime series (including, frustratingly, Kanon… Read more »
WALL-E–Movie Review
WALL-E, a gentle children’s sci-fi movie from Disney and Pixar, starts out on a future Earth that has been abandoned by humans because it has been covered with garbage. The… Read more »
Rumiko Takahashi Anthology–Anime Review
Rumiko Takahashi is best known for sprawling epics that go on and on seemingly forever, but this series suggests that her greatest talent is writing short stories. Each of the… Read more »
Sex and the City–Movie Review
OK, let’s agree up front that I’m not in the target demographic for this movie. I watched a few episodes of the TV series and found the story of four… Read more »
The End of InuYasha
Well, it seems to be official. Rumiko Takahashi will finally bring the InuYasha manga to an end with the next issue. That’s 558 chapters in 56 volumes over a period… Read more »
Kung Fu Panda–Movie Review
Dreamworks brings us a new animated film which is both funny and a worthy addition to the canon of great Kung Fu movies. The story is set in ancient China,… Read more »
Hatenkou Yuugi (Dazzle)–Anime Review
This recent anime hasn’t received much attention and I think it deserves more. It’s short and amusing; rather dark but witty and cute. This is a set of traveler’s tales,… Read more »
Mermaid Forest–Anime Review
Rumiko Takahashi is surely the most successful living manga artist, and the most influential since Osamu Tezuka. Just about every anime fan is familiar with at least some of her… Read more »
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull–Movie Review
Probably everyone knows what to expect from the latest Indiana Jones movie: thrills and chills leavened with cheerful good humor; lots of fun with no concern about passing the refrigerator… Read more »