INSIDE OUT- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “When her family relocates across the country, tween Riley Anderson struggles with the stress of her new situation and her animated emotions get carried away — quite literally — on a fantastic journey through her mind.”
2/26/16- A very clever animated movie but I have trouble getting into animated films in general and this one too. TRDB.
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ONLY YESTERDAY- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. ” A lifetime resident of bustling Tokyo, 27-year-old Taeko decides to get away and visit her family in the country. But as her trip stirs memories of her childhood, Taeko begins to wonder whether she’s taken the wrong path in life.”
6/22/16- Great reviews. TRDB.
Add comment January 1st, 2016
BOY AND THE WORLD- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. ” In this beautifully animated tale, young Cuca sets out to find his dad, who’s gone to the city looking for work. But the farther Cuca wanders from his remote village, the more baffling the world becomes with its proliferation of people and machines.”
12/11/15- Very good reviews for this animated film. TRDB.
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ANOMALISA- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Director Charlie Kaufman uses stop-motion animation and felt puppets to tell the tale of motivational speaker Michael Stone, whose anxieties have robbed him of all joy. But on a speaking tour, he meets a woman who may just revive his soul.”
11/28/15- Terrific reviews. TRDB.
1/23/16- I can assure you that this movie will be seen as one of the top 5 strangest movies you’ll ever see. I’m not sure if I understood this animated feature or if it is understandable at all but it held my interest throughout and I definitely recommend it. At the Theater.
Add comment November 29th, 2015
ZARAFA- 2015. Synopsis by IMDB. “The plot of the film has a grandfather telling his grand kids the story of Maki, a young boy who escapes from slave traders, befriends a giraffe (the title character), cross the desert, meet a pirate, and a few other things on a trip that takes him from Africa to Paris.”
7/3/15- Great reviews by critics and good ones from audiences. TRDB.
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WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “A lonely city girl with chronic asthma, Anna Sasaki is sent to spend the summer with relatives in a seaside town where the air is clean. Before long, Anna makes friends with a mysterious girl living in a deserted villa — but is she real or a dream?”
5/22/15- Very good reviews for this animated film. TRDB.
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SONG OF THE SEA- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “This animated tale follows young Saoirse, the last of a magical race of beings who exist as seals in water but turn into humans on land. After she and her brother are sent to live in the city, they begin an epic quest to return to their seaside home.”
12/19/14- Excellent reviews for this animated feature. TRDB.
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PATEMA INVERTED- 2014. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “”Time of Eve director Yasuhiro Yoshiura is a perspective-twisting sci-fi adventure about two kids separated by opposite gravities. Patema lives in an underground world of tunnels, the long-abandoned ruins of a giant industrial complex.”
8/29/14- Excellent reviews for this animated feature. TRDB.
1/7/15- I tried to get into this animated film but could not. TRDB.
Add comment August 29th, 2014
WRINKLES- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “Set in a nursing home, this poignant animated feature chronicles the friendship between new arrival Emilio, a retired bank manager afflicted with Alzheimer’s, and his chatty Argentine roommate, Miguel.”
7/4/14- Excellent reviews for this animated feature. TRDB.
9/16/14- A wonderful story about people living their life in a nursing home. Anybody who is old, knows someone who is old or plans to get old needs to see this animated movie. TRDB.
Add comment July 5th, 2014
MR. PEABODY AND SHERMAN- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “Resurrected from the 1960s animated series “Rocky and Bullwinkle,” canine genius Mr. Peabody and young Sherman take a dizzying ride through time as events in history begin to change when Sherman misuses the WABAC machine.”
3/7/14- Good reviews in general and in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Add comment March 11th, 2014