Subscribe
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Cody Jarrett on About PFS
- Michele Ridenour on Monsters Crash the Pajama Party Spook Show Spectacular DVD
- filmofile on How to PFS
- Misty Caldwell on Pam & Tommy Lee: Hardcore & Uncensored DVD
- Matthew Giaquinto on The Good Book VHS
Archives
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- April 2016
- January 2014
- September 2013
- November 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- March 2012
- November 2011
- July 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- July 2010
- October 2009
- February 2008
- July 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- March 2006
- April 2005
- October 2004
- June 2004
- May 2004
- April 2004
- March 2004
- October 2003
- August 2003
- June 2003
- May 2003
- April 2003
- November 2002
- October 2002
- September 2002
- August 2002
- June 2002
- May 2002
- April 2002
- February 2002
- January 2002
- December 2001
- September 2001
- August 2001
- July 2001
- June 2001
- May 2001
- April 2001
- February 2001
- January 2001
- December 2000
- November 2000
- October 2000
- September 2000
- August 2000
- July 2000
- June 2000
- May 2000
- April 2000
- March 2000
- February 2000
- January 2000
- December 1999
- November 1999
- October 1999
- September 1999
- August 1999
- July 1999
- June 1999
- May 1999
- April 1999
- March 1999
- February 1999
- December 1998
- November 1998
- October 1998
- August 1998
- July 1998
- June 1998
- May 1998
- April 1998
- March 1998
- February 1998
- January 1998
- December 1997
- October 1997
- September 1997
- August 1997
- July 1997
- June 1997
- May 1997
- April 1997
- March 1997
- February 1997
- January 1997
- December 1996
- October 1996
- September 1996
- August 1996
- July 1996
- June 1996
- May 1996
- April 1996
- February 1996
- January 1996
- December 1995
- November 1995
- June 1995
- February 1995
- November 1994
- October 1994
- August 1994
- July 1994
- January 1993
-
Categories
Tag Archives: animation
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Mike like Miike Guest Review by Mike Flores The film is about a dysfunctional Japanese family trying to pull itself together by running a bed and breakfast in the hills, far from anyone. A cross between The Sound Of Music … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged action, animation, blood, comedy, gore, heads roll, horror, Japan, monster, Movie, psycho killer, Review, sumo, Takashi Miike, Tetsuro Tanba, zombies
Leave a comment
Monkeybone DVD
Planet of the inner ape Stu Miley (Brendan Fraser) is a successful cartoonist who just sold his strip “Monkeybone” to the Comedy Channel as an animated series. He’s fielding proposals for all kinds of merchandising, and is about to propose … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Movie, Review
Tagged adaptation, animation, Bob Odenkirk, Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, comedy, commentrak, Dave Foley, Doug Jones, DVD, fantasy, Henry Selick, John Turturro, Lisa Zane, magic, Megan Mullally, Movie, possession, psychic phenomena, Review, Rose McGowan, Sam Hamm, talking animal, Thomas Haden Church, Whoopi Goldberg, zombie
Leave a comment
Metropolis
Anime vitae Osamu Tezuka was so taken with Fritz Lang’s Metropolis that he had to create his own version. In 1949, Tezuka was one of Japan’s favorite young cartoonists. His New Treasure Island series had been a big hit, and … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged action, adaptation, animation, anime, explosions, future, gadgetry, Japan, Katsuhiro Otomo, mad laboratory, mad scientist, metropolis, Movie, mutants, Osamu Tezuka, Review, Rintaro, robot, sci-fi, zap guns
Leave a comment
Monsters Crash the Pajama Party Spook Show Spectacular DVD
Ghosts-a-poppin’ at the midnight chasm of spasms! Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and witness something that few eyes have seen before: a true DVD masterpiece! On this slim disc you will find not only a collection of the craziest … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Movie, Review
Tagged 3-D, animation, Bert I. Gordon, black & white, blood, comedy, commentrak, compilation, David L. Hewitt, drive-in, DVD, fantasy, Frankenstein, gadgetry, Gene Roth, ghosts, gorilla, halloween, haunted house, heads roll, horror, hypnosis, Joe Turkel, mad laboratory, mad scientist, magic, monster, Movie, mummy, murder, psycho killer, Review, Richard Carlson, roadshow, sci-fi, short, Something Weird, trailers, vampire, Vic McGee, werewolves, witch, zap guns
1 Comment
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
The sequel to Next to Last Fantasy This isn’t the first all-CGI animated film. No, those are old digital hat and common as pixels in a bitmap these days. Plus, a lot of “live-action” films now contain a great deal … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged adaptation, Alec Baldwin, animation, anime, Donald Sutherland, dystopia, future, gadgetry, invasion, invisible, James Woods, Japan, kung fu, mad laboratory, meteor, Ming-Na Wen, monster, Movie, post-apoc world, Review, sci-fi, space alien, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, zap guns
Leave a comment
Brothers Quay Collection DVD
Quazy Quartoons I first encountered the mad world of Stephen and Timothy Quay at the World Animation Festival in Ottawa in 1980. Stuffed into a program amid some very funny comedy vignettes was their first short, “Nocturna Artificiala.” The Quays’ … Continue reading
Patlabor 1 DVD
War of the robots Also known as Patlabor: The Mobile Police, this film depicts an alternate universe Tokyo of 1999, where the world’s industries receive a boost with the creation of “Labors”, robot mecha-suits used for everything from construction to … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Movie, Review
Tagged action, adaptation, animation, anime, cops & robbers, DVD, future, giant robot, gun fu, Japan, mad scientist, Mamoru Oshii, metropolis, Movie, Review, robot, sci-fi
Leave a comment
Dinosaur Valley Girls DVD
Caves and curves Chain-smoking Hollywood action star Tony Markham may be losing his grip. His cigarette habit is slowing down his martial arts moves, which is starting to slow down the box office for his Feet of Fury series. His … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Review
Tagged animation, cave, caveman, comedy, dinosaur, Donald Glut, DVD, Ed Fury, fantasy, Karen Black, magic, Movie, Review, time travel, William Marshall
Leave a comment
Fantasia 2000
Sixty years later – a worthy sequel As Steve Martin recaps for us as one of the hosts, the original Fantasia (1940) was planned as an ongoing “concert film” project, adding and subtracting sequences each time it was released. Though … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged animation, lava, Movie, Penn Jillette, Review, sequel, Steve Martin, talking animal, Teller
Leave a comment
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer DVD
Sony Wonder distributed this classic Christmas TV special on DVD in 1999, but since then they’ve released new versions with updated graphics, animated menus, and a few extra features. One of these is a filmed introduction by co-producer Arthur Rankin, … Continue reading →