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Ponyo DVD Review

DVD Release Date: March 2 Director/Writer: Hayao Miyazaki Cinematographer: Atsushi Okui Starring: Noah Cyrus, Cate Blanchett, Tina Fey, Matt Damon, Frankie Jonas Studio/Run Time: Walt Disney, 100 mins. Go fish It’s impossible to watch Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo without drawing a comparison to The Little Mermaid—here too, the titular character is a fish-person who becomes a human and must find true love. But Miyazaki’s take is more personal and whimsical. There’s an irresistible passion in every frame, regardless of whether the events on screen make any sense. Beyond its inciting incident (titular fish Ponyo decides that she wants to...  read more

This Year's Five Most Egregious Oscar Snubs

The 2010 Academy Awards were just announced, which means film fans now have the opportunity to engage in their favorite annual pastime: complaining about and calling attention to the films overlooked by those nefarious Academy elites, ensconced as they are in their Star Chamber of film criticism. And no matter what kind of movies you’re particular to, there’s some grade-A grousing to be done about this year’s nominees....  read more

The 25 Best Movies of 2009

Our favorite movies of 2009 belie a diverse appreciation ranging from a quiet rumination on death to gruesome horror; from a mostly ad-libbed, low-budget character study to the most expensive movie of all time.  read more

Oscars Considering 20 Animated Films

A record 20 titles will be considered for Best Animated Feature Film in next year’s Academy Awards, a stark reflection of this year’s colorful craze....  read more

At Long Last, a Ponyo and Lonely Island Mashup!

Movie montages with music (or AMV's as they're more commonly known on the seedy mash-up circuits of the internet) are almost universally awful. More often than not, they take a song from a derivative, pathos-mining butt-rock band and set it to a sequence of scenes from a hyper-violent movie. The kind of thoughtless crap that only required the author to tear themselves away from World of Warcraft long enough to slap a Linkin Park track on top of a three-minute clip of Underworld. And they're popular. Reeeeeeeally popular....  read more

Ponyo

It’s impossible to watch Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo without drawing...  read more