This is an entry in the Pokemon Movies Retrospective Movie #4: Celebi – Voice of the Forest “Yes, the Guardian Deity of the Forest is said to have the power to time travel. If you don’t want to be dragged into a different era, be sure not to move when you hear the ‘Voice of the…
I originally intended to officially end this Countdown with a post-#1 debriefing of sorts, but as it turned out, the conclusion of the UHF entry ended up serving well as the list’s final word. However, since I teased the possibility of an “honorable mentions” post several times throughout the Countdown, I thought I should EVENTUALLY…
Have you seen The Usual Suspects? No? Then STOP READING THIS, queue it up on Netflix — assuming it’s still streaming… I feel like half the time I want to watch something there, it’s been taken down since I last checked — and avoid all other discussion of the movie. So much of it is…
James: Junior year I was dating this girl, Betsy Cooke. Betsy was kind of like… she was kind of a prude, actually. Anyway, one day I was reading Shakespeare, and I realized I don’t really love this person. You know? It was one of the sonnets, “being your slave, what should I do but tend…
This is an entry in the Pokemon Movies Retrospective Movie #3: Spell of the Unown “Entei’s real big and strong. But it’s still nice! Just like you are, Papa!” – Molly (Mii), daughter of Spencer Hale (Sully Snowdon), (English Dub) Pokemon 3: The Movie – Spell of the Unown, 「結晶塔の帝王ＥＮＴＥＩ」 (lit. “Emperor of the Crystal Tower:…
I have decided to break up the honorable mentions for my Top 100 Everything countdown into two parts: half to come one third into the list, half to come two thirds into the list. Well, we’re now a third of the way into the countdown, which means it’s time for the first half of honorable…
2009 was the best year ever for animated movies (2010 is the runner-up, but more on that later), and one of its highlights is Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. The movie was created by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, whose career credits are now 1) cult hit Clone High, 2) the second season of…
This is an entry in the Pokemon Movies Retrospective Movie #2: Pokemon the Movie 2000 – The Power of One “I am merely a collector. I began my collection with a Mew card and…now I have all this.” – Lawrence III (Gelardan), the collector in “The Power of One”, (English Dub) Our next stop on the…
In 2008, I was reading film news blogs daily, and I remember we all got a chuckle when Aaron Sorkin joined Facebook, announcing he was working with producer Scott Rudin on a movie about the site. It seemed like silly at best, crass at worst. Sorkin was (and is) respected, but not immune to indulgent…
This page will contain links to all of Andrew’s entries in the Pokemon Movies Retrospective as they are posted A Nostalgia-Free Introduction “Original” Series of Films 1998 Mewtwo Strikes Back (Pokemon – The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back) 1999 Revelation-Lugia (Pokemon the Movie 2000 – The Power of One) 2000 Entei: Lord of the Unknown Tower (Pokemon the Movie 3…