Home Entertainment Reviews: Porco Rosso & Tales From Earthsea
A look at the two latest Studio Ghibli films that Disney has brought to blu ray: Porco Rosso and Tales From Earthsea.
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A Look at the Oscar Nominees for Best Animated & Live Action Short
We take a look at all the nominees for Best Live Action and Best Animated Shorts at the Oscars, which you can catch this week at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.
Thought Bubble: Assassin’s Greed
Assassin's Creed Unity is a video game hidden beneath a pile of intrusive microtransactions.
Thought Bubble: Pixar’s Second Golden Era?
In the same week Disney scores big with Big Hero 6, Pixar announces yet another sequel in the works. Is this cause for worry or is Pixar's second golden era upon us?
Home Entertainment Review: Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Sleeping Beauty (Clyde Geronimi, 1959) – Sleeping Beauty slipped out of the magic kingdom animation in the midst of a strange period for Disney. The company had started spreading its resources into television and live action feature production, while much of uncle Walt’s attention was focused on launching a certain theme park that would go […]
Five Thoughts on Microsoft’s X14 Media Showcase
After a generation of Gears of War and Halo, Microsoft is finally starting to diversify with the Xbox One.
The View From the Top: 5 Great Gaming Mountains
Commemorating the Steam debut of David O'Reilly's Mountain with a list of gaming's greatest summits.
Going Deep: Five Iconic Video Game Sharks
In honor of Shark Week, here are five of the deadliest sharks in gaming.
Frozen Review
A perfect bit of classic Disney magic, Frozen is the best feature produced directly by the Mouse House since Tarzan.
Video Interview: Josh Gad
We catch up with actor Josh Gad to talk about his scene stealing voice work in Disney's Frozen as Olaf the Snowman, playing a character that’s only pure, unbridled joy, getting a chance to sing a song penned by some of his former Book of Mormon collaborators, and the happiness he gets from watching Olaf’s connection to children in the audience (including his own).
Escape from Tomorrow Review
Despite a problematic narrative that never quite comes together on a thematic level, there's no denying that Randy Moore's shot at Disney on the sly Escape from Tomorrow is any less of a marvelous technical achievement.
Interview: Randy Moore
We talk with filmmaker Randy Moore - the man by the heavily buzzed about and entire shot at Disney World without anyone knowing about it psychodrama Escape from Tomorrow - about how the production stayed secret with so many people working on it, how he kept his cast and crew happy under stressful situations, what his films have in common with the work of Woody Allen, how talk of the film’s legality skews public perception of the final product, and the weird things that happened at Disney that weren’t a part of the film at all.
Dork Shelf Presents
An Ode to LucasArts
Following the news of Disney shuttering LucasArts' internal development, Dork Shelf's game contributors get nostalgic about their favourites of the publisher's titles.
News Shelf: 25/01/13
And now, all the film, game, and comic news that’s fit to print. Star Wars Episode VII finds a director, THQ auctions off big name game franchises, Nintendo unveils new Wii U titles, The Sixth Gun gets an NBC pilot, and Rob Liefeld writes a screenplay.
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two Review
Warren Spector's passion project Epic Mickey was equal parts frustrating and charming.The 2010 cartoon platformer featured a lot of issues to muscle through, but the interesting atmosphere and the goopy paint v. thinner mechanics ensured that Spector’s time sporting a Mouseketeer cap wasn’t wasted. It also made a happy amount of money, so here’s a sequel, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, that shoehorns in co-op, singing and practically nothing else.
