The Winter 2017 anime season is the first time I’ve made a real effort to sample as many new series as possible. I’ve been a fan of anime since the mid-90’s and went pretty strong with it up until the mid-2000’s. Fast forward to 2016 and I finally started to jump back in to watching…
REVIEW: Winter 2017 Animated Films
For the third year in a row I’m making an effort to see all of the animated films released this year. I love animation and I think it’s important for it to be treated as an art form and not as a distraction you slip in to a blu-ray player to entertain your kids. So let’s…
REVIEW: Sing
With less than a week left in 2016 and “Sing“, Illumination‘s second film of the year, released just in time for the holidays. Boasting an impressive voice cast mixed with familiar actors/actresses as well as professional singers this promised to be a truly memorable event… right? I was pretty intrigued after seeing the initial trailer as I’ve been…
REVIEW: Fall 2016 Animated Films
Time escaped me yet again for doing full length reviews for the animated films that came out this fall, but fear not! I have some solid bite sized reviews for the fall 2016 animated films lineup, and for the most part they were really fun and engaging! If they didn’t offer anything groundbreaking in storytelling they came…
PHOTOS: “No Touching” – Arrested Development Art Show
Back in July, Teri attended an art show dedicated to the cult TV classic (and now Netflix original series) Arrested Development curated by the Beehive Society. About 3-4 times a year the ladies of the Beehive Society host pop culture themed art shows featuring 30 or so San Francisco Bay Area artists. Since being founded in 2013…
REVIEW: The Wild Life
I’ve seen roughly 15 new animated films this year. Some were good and others were.. not so much which you can see in my mini review post. But upon seeing teasers for The Wild Life, I felt that same familiar dread before I went to see Norm of the North. Take a peek at the trailer below…
REVIEW: 2016 Animated Films Catch Up!
As some of you may recall I was doing reviews for animated films this year. While KandyKandy was on a break during the first half of the year, I was still going to the theaters to check out all the animated films. Some were surprisingly delightful while others left me asking “Why though?”. I have some mini reviews…
REVIEW: “Only Yesterday (おもひでぽろぽろ)”
March continues to deliver some awesome animated films. Only Yesterday has been out for nearly 25 years originally premiering in Japan during the summer of 1991. It’s one of those Studio Ghibli movies I’d heard of but never got around to seeing largely because it never got a proper release in United States. Thanks to…
REVIEW: “Zootopia” The Movie We All Needed
March opened up with a slew of animated films hitting theaters on the 4th. Two Japanese animated films, Only Yesterday and The Boy and the Beast went in to wide release nation wide. I’ll get to those later, but first lets talk about Disney’s latest animated feature film, Zootopia! I’ve been waiting for this film…
REVIEW: “Boy and the World” Kinda Like An Adult Coloring Book
Just like Anomalisa, this particular film was technically a last minute release in US theaters coming out in December 2015. I didn’t think I’d have a chance to see it but it finally made it’s way to San Francisco for limited screenings. So lets see what Boy and the World (O Menino e o Mundo) had to…