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Kubo and the Two Strings is more than just a family film, it’s an artistic masterwork
EIC October 10, 2016Kubo and the Two Strings is a must-see 3D stop-motion animation that leaves you dizzy with childlike wonder. After having watched it three times, I found myself saying “If you liked Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki, you will probably like this film as well.” Cue the gasps. Yes, I got the same irrepressible, eerie, wondrous, unique experience as I do in Miyazaki’s work. I hadn’t watched the trailer before going in the first time, so I didn’t fully know what to expect, but what I got was wonderful. This wonder is almost able to mask the fact that — in…
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CINEPHILIA: Norm of the North’s weak attempt at satire falls flat
EIC February 1, 2016The ineptly paced, written, and animated Norm of the North is a cinematic defecation left to be flushed in the month of January. It’s an evil film masquerading as liberal commentary, a cynical, post-modern grotesquery, devoid of any authentic feeling,…
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