I first saw Avatar 13 years and three days ago and never went back. Nobody talks about it. It raked in huge amounts of cash, but it hardly made the zeitgeist. Nobody wanted four sequels. It was just James Cameron wasting his career on a disappointing pet project. But – this film is a blast.
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It’s that time of year again – when the nights draw in, the leaves fall, and pumpkins are mercilessly scooped out and carved up for the entertainment of children young and old. It’s also the time of year I start making a mental list of all the seasonally-appropriate Doctor Who episodes to recommend to anyone who’ll listen. Doctor Who has never …
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A feature-length, non-theatrical anime from Toho and Netflix, which forms the first chapter of a series in three parts. This was good, mostly. The CGI-hybrid style of animation was equal parts stunning and distracting. It’s obviously computer-rendered, but shaded in a way that simulates the flat look of hand-drawn. It can sometimes look weirdly cheap-looking, to my eyes at least, …
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A mash-up of Russian arthouse and 80s rock.
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