Pixar-Forgotten/Minor Characters #8: Francois

Pixar’s 8th feature film is one hailed by many as a perfect film, not just one of their favorite animated films, but a film that deserved a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards. I personally don’t love this film all that much, but I definitely do like it. Which film is that? Ratatouille, of course!

‘Strange Magic’ Flops, No Magic Needed!

So,that secret project from Lucasfilm that nobody knew about until like a month ago, Strange Magic, to nobody’s surprise, flopped at the weekend box office. The film opened up in 7th place grossing a mere $5.5 million, the WORST opening for an animated film that was shown in over 3000 locations! It’s a good thing Disney decided to release this through their Touchstone Pictures division.

Have you seen it? What did you think? If you haven’t seen it, will you?

Review For ‘Secretariat’ Is Up!

My review of Secretariat is up and can be found here.

A Personal Film Festival Tag

My friend, smilingldsgirl, started a thing called A Personal Film Festival wherein she did her own “film festival” and listed her favorite movie of every year that she’s been alive. I liked the idea so much that I decided to do it too and make it into a tag. So, after showing my picks, I’m gonna tag 3 of you and you all havta do this tag too! Basically, just go through each year of your existence and list your favorite film. If you want, you can list Honorable Mentions as well.

Sounds fun? Great! So, here are the results of my Personal Film Festival:

My 87th Academy Award Predictions!

Hello readers,

Once again it’s that time of year again: OSCARS SEASON!!! Regardless of what you think of the Academy Awards, I find them a fun and interesting time especially with regards to predicting winners. My best score so far was last year when I got 14 correct (out of like 25), so let’s see how I do this year.

Once again, the films that I think SHOULD win the award will be RED and the films that I think WILL win the award will be BLUE. If they’re the same, they’ll be a mixture of RED AND BLUE.

And like always, I’m leaving what I deem the Top 6 Awards (Best Animated Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Film) for the end.

Enjoy! Let me know in the comments what your predictions are and whether or not you agree with me!

My Thoughts: HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE (2004)

I was a guy who up until late 2013/early 2014 never watched anything that had to do with anime. It just never interested me and I couldn’t stand the way anime characters move (I’m weird)! Thankfully, I decided to relent and watch a film from this Studio Ghibli which was apparently the Walt Disney of Japan. And I’m glad I made that decision!

If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have been introduced to the great storytelling, colorful animation, and just inventive premises and characters that Studio Ghibli films have to offer. And the film of today’s review provides all of the above! Let’s talk about Howl’s Moving Castle.

Disney Canon-Forgotten/Minor Characters #53: The Bishop of Arendelle

Well, it’s been long enough since the movie’s come out that I feel I should do a Forgotten/Minor Characters post on Disney’s 53rd animated feature, Frozen. For a brief summary of the movie (for like the 2 of you who haven’t seen it) and my thoughts of it, check out my review here.