The 26-episode fantasy anime series provides a good intro to those viewers only familiar with younger Japanimation fare.
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Blu-ray Review: ‘A Christmas Horror Story’ Featuring William Shatner
It works in spurts, but never comes together in a satisfying whole, but there is at least enough good to make inquiring minds get their money’s worth.
Read More »DOC NYC Review: ‘Harold and Lillian, A Hollywood Love Story’ with Danny De Vito
What do 'The Birds,' 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf,' 'Marnie,' 'The Graduate' have in common? Harold and Lillian Michelson.
Read More »Virginia Film Festival: ‘Last Days in the Desert’
'Last Days in the Desert' is a unique exploration of Jesus's human side in way that is contemplative, creative, and respectful.
Read More »Middleburg Film Festival Review: ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’
Kent Jones's 'Hitchcock/Truffaut' is a brilliantly executed glimpse into the minds of two masters in cinema.
Read More »Film Legend Mary Pickford and Sara Gavron’s ‘Suffragette’
“We break windows. We burn things. Because war is the only language men listen to,” Maud says in Suffragette, now playing in theaters across the U.S. Director Sara Gavron said, “Working (class) women often are the vanguard of change, and they’re often not recognized for that.” Another woman not recognized …
Read More »Middleburg and Virginia Film Festivals: ‘Ithaca’
Meg Ryan's directorial debut about Homer Macauley's coming-of-age deserves much more positive attention.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Champions’ World Premiere at Hamptons Film Festival
On death row and needing a reprieve, the Michael Vick pit-bulls were considered dangerous by The Humane Society and PETA, and no one seemed to want them to take them in.
Read More »Darcy Dennett Talks ‘The Champions,’ Her Film About Michael Vick’s Dogs
The Champions is an amazing and heart-felt documentary about the “infamous” dogs that PETA and The Humane Society advocated should be euthanized because they were ferocious killers incapable of “rehabilitation.” These were the pit-bulls who had been rescued from the dog fighting compound of Michael Vick, the NFL Atlanta Falcon’s …
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Hallow,’ Irish Horror Directed by Corin Hardy
Hardy's feature debut is short on plot development but long on style and creepy atmosphere.
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