YOUR NAME- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Living in a mountain village, restless teen Mitsuha, dreams of escaping her boring rural life and making her way to Tokyo. Meanwhile, Tokyo high schooler Taki has been having strange dreams in which he becomes a girl living in a mountain village.”
4/7/17- Excellent reviews for this animated film. TRDB.
Add comment April 7th, 2017
MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “When his alcoholic single mom dies in an accident, 9-year-old Courgette is sent to live at a children’s home with other youngsters from troubled backgrounds. Though he struggles to fit in at first, Courgette gradually bonds with his new companions.”
2/24/17- Excellent reviews for this animated movie. TRDB.
5/28/17- A wonderful animated movie. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
Add comment February 25th, 2017
THE RED TURTLE- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Without dialogue, this meditative animated fable chronicles the story of a man who washes up on a remote desert island, where he builds a makeshift raft to escape but is repeatedly turned back by an enormous red turtle.”
1/20/17- Excellent reviews from the critics for this animated film and very good ones from audiences. TRDB.
Add comment January 21st, 2017
MISS HOKUSAI- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “As the daughter of master Japanese woodblock print maker Hokusai, O-Ei is herself a skilled painter. The girl’s talent may even surpass her father’s, as she creates exquisite artwork that she passes off as his, and which provoke powerful responses.”
10/14/16- Excellent reviews for this animated film by the critics but just fair ones by audiences. TRDB.
Add comment October 14th, 2016
TOWER- 2016. Synopsis by IMDB. “Nearly fifty years ago, a gunman rode the elevator to the twenty-seventh floor of the University of Texas Tower and opened fire. TOWER, an animated and action-packed documentary, shares the untold story of that day – when the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.”
10/12/16- Great reviews for this animated documentary. TRDB.
Add comment October 12th, 2016
LONG WAY NORTH- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this animated adventure, young Russian aristocrat Sasha is worried about the fate of her beloved grandfather Oloukine, who vanished during a polar expedition. Defying her parents’ wishes, the determined Sasha embarks on a quest to find Oloukine.”
9/30/16- Great reviews for this animated movie. TRDB.
Add comment October 3rd, 2016
PHANTOM BOY- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “A mysterious illness has turned Leo into a phantom boy, enabling him to leave his body and explore the city as a ghostly apparition. While in the hospital, he befriends Alex, a New York City cop injured while attempting to capture a nefarious gangster who has taken control of the city’s power supply, throwing the metropolis into chaos. Now they must form an extraordinary duo, using Leo’s phantom powers and Alex’s detective work to foil the plot and save New York from destruction.”
7/15/16- Very good reviews from critics and audiences alike for this animated movie. TRDB.
Add comment July 24th, 2016
APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “Steam power is still the main engine of civilization in this fantasy that imagines a 1941 in which progress has been slowed by the steady disappearance of the world’s scientists. The daughter of two such top minds sets off to find them.”
6/21/16- Excellent reviews for this animated film. TRDB.
Add comment June 21st, 2016
BELLADONNA OF SADNESS- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “A woman makes a pact with the devil to exact revenge on the man who assaulted her in this masterpiece of 1970s psychedelic cinema. The story is told through gorgeous animated watercolor stills reminiscent of Alphonse Mucha’s art nouveau paintings.”
5/6/16- Very good reviews for this animated movie and despite my dislike of that genre I will recommend this interesting movie. TRDB.
Add comment May 6th, 2016
THE BOY AND THE BEAST- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “When Kyuta, a lonely boy from the human realm, stumbles into the world of beasts, he strikes up a friendship with Kumatetsu — an equally lonely bakemono. Soon, the two are off on a series of adventures that forge an even stronger bond between them.”
3/4/16- Fairly good reviews for this animated movie. TRDB.
Add comment March 4th, 2016