Welcome to the Wasteland, and a very personal 12 of the Best. These are the best 12 movies I personally watched this Christmas season. Not all of them are Christmassy, but they are all great in their own unique ways! Click on the podcast audio link below the images to listen! Merry Christmas and a … Continue reading 12 of the Best… Xmas Watches in 2024
From the Irish based Cartoon Saloon came this wonder of dreams and innocence, their 2nd piece of pure magic, in 2014. Following the equally loved The Secret of Kells (2009) and preceding the increasingly impressive Wolfwalkers (2020) and The Breadwinner (2018). Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey's superlative animation studio offers a welcome alternative to Pixar, … Continue reading Song of the Sea
More of the same that made the original so charming, but a bit meandering script-wise. Seems like they missed as many tricks as they pulled off - especially why on Earth it isn't called Ralph Wreaks the Internet??? Colourful and funny enough to be entertaining. Unmemorable enough to miss out on classic animation status. Decinemal … Continue reading Ralph Breaks the Internet
This is the fifth in the series of films I would recommend to an alien to explain humanity. Not, as posted on the Instagram account, #6 - sorry for the confusion, I think I skipped #4 on there when posting for Schindler's List a few weeks ago. Anyway... today's choice is Ari Folman's extraordinary antiwar … Continue reading Alien Rec’s No.5
The rule of threes is a pretty solid philosophy. We find things repeated in triplicate satisfying and complete. There is no rule of four, it isn't a thing. Four is usually one too many... and this was the fear for all Pixar and Toy Story fans when this project was announced, fairly unexpectedly, in 2018. … Continue reading Toy Story 4
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