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Parasyte: The Maxim
(Neo, Uncooked Media – I also wrote a review of the first live-action Parasyte film for the MangaUK website.) (Volume 1) Parasyte starts with its money shot. A middle-aged husband and wife face each other in a dimmed room; then the man’s… -
Naoko Yamada interview
(Neo, Uncooked Media) Naoko Yamada is in London, and not for the first time. The director who’s one of the most prominent women in anime swung by a few years ago, when she was prepping K-ON! The Movie, in which a band of perky girl music… -
Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System
My review of the first two Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System films is on the AlltheAnime website.
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Shutter Island
(Judge Dredd Megazine, Rebellion) There’s plenty of enjoyment, if less true weight, in Shutter Island, the new mystery-melodrama from Martin Scorsese, teamed… -
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
(Judge Dredd Megazine, Rebellion) Rise of the Planet of the Apes reflects the human/sentient ape condition by being both ingenious and dumb, sometimes at the… -
Avatar
(Sight & Sound, BFI) Last August, IMAX cinemas around the world screened a special preview of Avatar, James Cameron’s first narrative film since Titanic …
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Love, Death and Robots
My review of the Netflix series Love, Death and Robots is on the AlltheAnime website (although the series itself isn’t an anime). -
The Secret Life of Pets
(Sight & Sound, BFI) Amid the confusing array of computer cartoons, the Illumination studio stands out through its mascots – the yellow-skinned “Minions”… -
Up
(Judge Dredd Megazine, Rebellion) Up is a 3D CGI Pixar animation by Pete Docter, who previously helmed the studio’s Monsters Inc. (2001). There’s an obvious …
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My Neighbor Andrew Turned Out to Be the Real Totoro—A Trek Through the Sayama Woods
You have been doing a lot of research recently about Hayao Miyazaki’s film ‘My Neighbor Totoro.’ That’s right. Are you interested in where Director Miyazaki … -
I Boarded the Galaxy Express with a British Friend and Ended Up Debating the Soul of Leiji Matsumoto world.
We’ve been to the Leiji Matsumoto 50th anniversary exhibition in Roppongi, which Andrew wrote up as a report for Animation World Network, illustrated by Carl… -
From Heidi to Kaguya: Our Visit to the Takahata Exhibit
We recently went to the Isao Takahata Exhibition in Tokyo to report on it for Animation World Network (our report is here). As fans of Takahata’s work, we ha…