A hyperimaginative time/space-bending fantasia dreamscape & new cult-classic contrastively juxtaposing the ethereal freedom, limitlessness, mystery, euphoria, life of imagination w. etiolate, grayscale euthanization of govt. & capitalism. 9.5/10.
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Category: Animation
Pixar’s Turning Red (2022)
Though it’s ~ruined by ageographic-cringe & a hideous art-style by lazifying Pixar, TR: celebratory project by AAPI representation & complex allegory juxtaposition of mythology, animalism, mixed heritage, taboo-libéré: puberty, menstruation. 6.2/10.
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The Cuphead Show (2022)
Though it’s a style & technical coup-de-grâce any cartoon junkie or historian will gush on by painstaking recreation & celebration of ’30’s Golden Age Fleischer, TCS feels.. plebeian & wrong: goofy faux-vaudeville > dark indie lore/world-build. 5/10.
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DC: League Of Super Pets (2022)
Despite A+ lush vibrance animation, capable voice-cast/acts, & comic book inside jokes ~mostly working for young demographics, TLOS is breadcrumbs to a fandom starving for > exploitative pet kitsch/gimmicks by a WB in total mgmt chaos. 5/10.
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Arcane: League Of Legends (2021)
The Next Into The Spider-Verse & Best Video Game TV Series In Eons; universally accessible version of The League w. heart, emotion, groundbreaking mix of 2D & 3D hand-drawn/CGI animation redefining what’s possible in The Stream Age. 8.5/10.
[category:actionadventure/animation/fantasy/science-fiction,date:2021-11-02,rate:8.5,type:tvshows]
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Invincible (2021)
Though its cast, bloody R-violence, & mature themes engage, we’re exhausted by the [comprehensively-unoriginal] DC/Justice-League knockoff projects within a paradigm of CBM-fatigue; here clichéd, mixedly-aestheticized, choppy tone. 5.2/10.
[category:drama/actionadventure/comic-book-movies-tv/coming-of-age/animation,date:2021-09-15,rate:5.2,type:tvshows]
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Soul (2020)
A powerful, existentially-complex, dazzlingly-ambitious panegyric to musicianship and 9-5 vs. dreamers exposition w. the loftiest philosophical thematization ever in animation: Pixar in ~complete mastery of its craft like jazz experimentalism. 9/10.
[category:actionadventure/drama/comedyromance/animation,date:2020-10-02,rate:9,type:movies]
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Sonic The Hedgehog (2020)
One of the best fan campaigns the internet has done, the SEGA legend is here on the big screen in gloriously-CGI [corrected], humorous, Easter Egg-filled majesty with 80’s-action feel, buddy-comedy, & one of Jim Carrey’s best characters. 6.2/10.
[category:actionadventure/kids-family/animation,date:2020-02-03,rate:6.2,type:movies]
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The Croods: A New Age (2020)
Despite juvenile humor, elitist Betterman schtick, not even remote anthropological accuracy, and weirdness, Croods 2 is prehistoric fun for the family with dexterous voice-acting, neoteric gags, & some of the most beautiful animation to-date. 6/10.
[category:actionadventure/animation,date:2020-05-01,rate:6,type:movies]
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Love, Death, Robots (2017)
A bizarre, idiosyncrasy-riddled, eclectic mix of cyberpunk tales on très eponymous themes w. kaiju, fantasy, horror, science-fiction, comedy remixes, LDR: NSFW olio of facetious, galaxy-scale anthology weirdness ablaze Netflix’s indie catalog. 8.9/10.
[category:science-fiction/comedyromance/actionadventure/fantasy/horror/animation/cyberpunk/apocalyptica,date:2019-06-10,rate:8.9,type:tvshows]
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