Welcome back to Movie March, where we’ll be looking at and reviewing animated films from both the east and the west all month long. For our fourth entry of 2018, I’ve decided to watch something completely different to what I usually cover and consider, in the animated short Dear Basketball. Why? Because it won the …
Category Archive: Cartoons
Mar 17
Movie March – The Peanuts Movie
Welcome back to Movie March, where we’ll be looking at and reviewing animated films from both the east and the west all month long. For our third entry of 2018, I’m indulging in the modern take on one of my childhood loves that I really need to get around to re-reading and watching, Peanuts! A …
Mar 27
Movie March – Justice League Dark
Welcome back to Movie March! All month long, we’ll be looking at and reviewing animated films from both the east and the west. For our final western pick, we’re jumping into the latest in the DC Animated movie line, and the seventh in their ongoing continuity of movies, Justice League Dark. Rather than a typical …
Mar 20
Movie March – The Little Mermaid
Welcome back to Movie March! All month long, we’ll be looking at and reviewing animated films from both the east and the west. We did a classic eastern before from Japan’s Disney, so… why not a classic western from actual Disney? The Little Mermaid marked the start of the “Disney Renaissance”, an era where they …
Mar 13
Movie March – The Little Prince
Welcome back to Movie March! All month long, we’ll be looking at and reviewing animated films from both the east and the west. Today it’s the turn of Netflix original (except not really, they just bought the rights like so many of their animated endeavours) The Little Prince. Based off a French novel from the …
Mar 06
Movie March – Ratchet & Clank
Welcome back to Movie March! All month long, we’ll be looking at and reviewing animated films from both the east and the west. Today it’s the turn of the movie adaptation of the semi-reboot of the Ratchet & Clank video game series, called… Ratchet & Clank. I have played the 2016 game this is based …
Feb 10
Monthly Recommendations – February 2017
It’s time for a new monthly recommendations column! Each month, we’ll be asking someone to pick out one of their favourite anime, comic, cartoon, manga or webcomic (or all of those!) and tell the world why they should be checking them out! This month, it’s RetroRemastered and Rock Bottom Radio’s own Laura calling the shots, …
Feb 12
Justice League Action, Fans, and the 11 Minute Format
Recently Warner Brothers finally announced the next DC animated series, Justice League Action. Bringing back Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, and a few other DC favourite voice actors, and veteran DC animation creators will be working on it, including Alan Burnett, Jim Krieg, and Butch Lukic. The series is using the currently popular 11 minute episode …
Jan 26
Cartoon Review – Batman Bad Blood
The latest DC animated movie is out and it’s the continuation of the Son of Batman story in Batman Bad Blood. Batman has gone missing and is presumed dead so it’s up to former Robin Dick Grayson to don the Batman costume with Bruce’s son Damian as his Robin to try and bring order to …
Jul 19
Cartoon Review – Avatar The Legend of Korra Book 3: Episodes 4 & 5
After a week’s break to celebrate America’s day of explosions and alien’s nearly destroying the planet, Korra is back for another two episodes of season 3. Otherwise known as “pleasedontsuck pleasedontsuck pleasedontsuck!” In our last outing spirits were invading Republic City from last season, so Korra bugged out of there to find new airbenders in …