With a beautifully constructed allegory mirroring William Ernest Henley’s 1875 poem Invictus that asserts, “I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul,” the record breaking Chinese 3-D animated feature Ne Zha, which is loosely based on a Chinese mythological martial arts legend drawn from the Ming Dynasty novel The […]
Animation
BIG HERO 6: Disney Marvel meets SONY HalWall
By Dr. Craig D. Reid Disney’s dapper 3-D computer-animated cartoon, Big Hero 6, which looks more like a Pixar movie, but is a superhero film based on a Marvel comic book (thus look for the Stan Lee nod), has taken its portmanteau San Fransokyo (yes, a mixture of San Diego, Frankfurt and Tokyo) story location […]
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY: aka HUNGER MUPPET GAMES
By Dr. Craig D. Reid What’s cute, fuzzy, makes you feel warm inside, and you just want to take them home and hug them? Elmo? Oscar? Fozzie Bear? Noo…or I should say boo. That’s right, it’s the harum scarum diddle dum darum, Whipsee diddledee dandy dee dee, delightful frosh Mike (the hammy Billy Crystal) , […]
PARANORMAN…NORMAN…No, he’s not Psycho
By Dr. Craig D. Reid I’ve got to open with a wee spoiler only because I think about 99.99% of the viewers won’t get it or won’t see it. Being that this awesomely cool film is being released one week after the London Olympic games, let’s just say that there’s a ultra neat homage to […]
KUNG FU PANDA 2- Master the Po-ssibilities
By Dr. Craig D. Reid He’s baaaack, and this time it’s…awesome. What better way is there to pander to this summer’s moviegoers? Bring back one of the most im-Po-rtant pandas in the world. No, it’s not Chi Chi, Ling Ling or Hsing Hsing but the star of Kung Fu Panda 2 (KFP2; aka KFP2: The […]
RAPUNZEL: OH WHAT A “TANGLED” WEB WE HAIR WEAVE…
By Dr. Craig D. Reid We’re not talking extensions here folks but Rapunzel’s real long hair that weaves and wraps around those that practice to decieve. Of course that would be the evil pseudo-mother that spider webs her deception until it arachno-bites her in the butt to reveal the true red-lantern walking shadow of the […]