Shinbone Alley (1970 – Dir: John David Wilson): A Cartoon Review
There was a cockroach who wanted to write,
A cat who wanted to find joy,
And a guy who wanted to watch a different film
There was a cockroach who wanted to write,
A cat who wanted to find joy,
And a guy who wanted to watch a different film
(Disclosure: this is an expanded version of a review originally written on Letterboxd a couple months ago: https://letterboxd.com/frdougal9000/film/the-crab-with-the-golden-claws-1947/) One of my earliest memories is reading the Tintin book Prisoners of the Sun in my family’s living room. It must have been the middle of the night (or whatever that would’ve been to a 4 year …
Read moreTintin: The Crab with the Golden Claws (1947 – Dir: Claude Missone): A Cartoon Review
Back in August, I posted an article that collected a trio of small reviews I’d written for some of the films I’ve seen during this year, with the idea that I might do more articles in that vein to act as stopgaps between more in-depth writings. I think that turned out pretty well, and I’m …
Sometime in the last few weeks, I decided to create a Letterboxd list of all the feature-length films I’ve seen so far in the year of arlord 2025, and even rank them for the hell of it. Although I haven’t been writing much lately about films, nevermind cartoons, I’ve managed to do pretty okay at …
Excellent that this won the Oscar. Wish I liked it more though. [CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS]
When you dunno what to do,
it’s good to watch a bunch of cartoons.
(Writer’s note: I’d originally written this around the end of March 2024, but a technical issue with the site meant I wasn’t able to upload this in time. I’d posted it on my personal blog until that had been cleared up, with the hope that I might be able to write something else in the …
Read moreDragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996 – Dir: Shigeyasu Yamauchi): A Cartoon Review
A good film, but one I didn’t care for in the end. [CONTAINS SPOILERS]
An attempt at discussing animation from a technical perspective.
The first article by guest writer MalcmanIsHere, featuring many cartoon recommendations!