Once upon a time in a galaxy not-so-far away (specifically, the 1980s), someone asked: “What if Star Wars, He-Man, and Heavy Metal had a baby… and that baby was raised in a video rental store?” The answer, dear reader, is Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, a movie so boldly bonkers, so gloriously awkward, and so utterly…
Tag: Animated
Rock & Rule (1983) – Review
I give you Rock & Rule, a post-apocalyptic rock opera where the fate of the universe depends on whether Debbie Harry can hit that high note before a demon explodes through a synth-powered portal to hell. No studio wanted this. No parents asked for it. But it exists, somehow, like a neon relic from a…
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) – Review
When Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released back in 1937 it wasn’t just another movie, it was a groundbreaking moment in cinematic history. Disney’s first-ever full-length animated feature film marked the beginning of an empire that would go on to shape the childhoods of generations.
Titanic: The Legend Goes On (2000) – Review
If you thought the original Titanic sinking was a tragic affair wait until you witness the sinking of common sense and cinematic integrity in this masterpiece of confusion. This is a movie that is a catastrophe of epic proportions and I mean that in the most hysterically funny way possible.
Checkered Ninja 2 (2021) – Review
Stories about killer dolls are certainly nothing new to Hollywood and are even known to have sparked a franchise or two, but in 2018 Norway entered the fray with Checkered Ninja an animated horror film by director Thorbjørn Christoffersen who gave us a movie that was quite a bit left of center in the world…