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Weekly Poll Results: Best Anime Film
5 November 2009 6:29 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Last week we asked you what the best anime film of all time was, and the results were pretty interesting. It's not so much that the winners were unexpected per se, but the top 3 choices were more closely matched in votes than probably any other poll we've had previously. Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke ended up on top with 21% of the votes, while another Miyazaki film, Spirited Away, was #2 at just shy of 20%. (Clearly we're going to have to do a showdown between all of Miyazaki's films at some point in the future.) Akira followed immediately after that, with Ghost in the Shell and Ninja Scroll rounding out the top 5. I was a bit surprised to see Rintaro's Metropolis relegated to last place, but I suppose given the competition it's understandable. Do you concur with these results? 1. Princess Mononoke -- 21.4% 2. Spirited Away -- 19.9% 3. Akira -- 19.6% 4. Ghost in the Shell »
- Sean
No Country For Foreign Blockbusters
22 October 2009 9:11 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
Even though it's made $100 million in the rest of the world and is based on a global bestseller, it took months for Swedish murder mystery "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" to find a U.S. distributor. The film was finally picked up earlier this month by Music Box Films, known for previously saving the French crowdpleaser "Tell No One" after other distributors passed in fear of poor returns.
In America, with few exceptions, the fact that a film is subtitled means it's destined for the arthouse. Populist entertainment -- action, romantic comedies, thrillers -- has struggled to find a place and an audience. Like most blockbusters, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" is guaranteed a sequel -- it's adapted from the first installment of the "Millenium" trilogy, written before author Stieg Larsson passed away in 2004. As Anne Thompson reported, the only reason an American remake hasn't been set into »
- Stephen Saito
Fall Frights: The Ring (2002; Film Review)
20 October 2009 12:48 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
In the spirit of Halloween '09, we're breaking out reviews (some new, some old) of some Fall Frights you may want to work into your monthly viewing.
Originally published, 10/25/2002
What were the chances?
The Ring at first seemed like one of the least promising projects of the Halloween film season: A U.S. remake of a Japanese cult classic that hasn’t been given a chance to prove itself Stateside, directed by a filmmaker whose résumé is made up of comedies. Yet The Ring stacks up as the most satisfying studio horror film of the fall season. Unlike, for handy example, Brett Ratner’s Red Dragon, Gore Verbinski’s movie honors its predecessor and recaptures what made it so effective while also giving the material its own stylistic identity, and adding new material that doesn’t compromise the whole or feel gratuitous.
The U.S. Ring has as spare a mood as the original, »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
It's a Magical Place 'Where the Wild Things Are'
18 October 2009 9:25 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
With the help of bestselling author and hipster favorite Dave Eggers, director Spike Jonze has turned a nearly wordless picture book into a full-length feature. Where the Wild Things Are brims with creativity, imagination, and the untamed spirit of childhood—all hallmarks of Maurice Sendak’s enduring creation. With its PG-rating and source material, Jonze’s film might seem like standard children’s fare, but there’s a palpable sense of loneliness, sadness, and unpredictability rarely felt in mainstream family films.
Like Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits and Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, Where the Wild Things Are boasts an undercurrent of darkness that might surprise children and any unwitting parents unfamiliar with Jonze’s past work in Adaptation and Being John Malkovich. However, despite its sometimes melancholy mood, this adaptation is often buoyant with moments of joy and gleeful abandon.
Max (Max Records) is a terror of a child »
Spirited Away on Blu-ray Disc in November?
16 October 2009 11:07 AM, PDT | Affenheimtheater | See recent Affenheimtheater news »
Despite Studio Ghilbi’s statement that Japan will be the first country to see their films on Blu-ray Disc, Dutch distributor Paradiso Home Entertainment announced Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) for November. According to DVDInfo.be and bol.com, Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning feature will be released on Blu-ray Disc on November 19th with Dutch and French subtitles, so even if this will really hit the shelves in the Netherlands before Japan it won’t be of much use for most Ghibli fans…
[via AnimeOnBlu & Blu-ray.com Forum]
[19.10.] Update: GhibliWorld.com’s Peter informed me that Paradiso will only release an upscaled version taken from their current master on Blu-ray Disc. meh! »
- Ulrik
Time Out’s Top 50 Animated Movies of All Time Curated by Terry Gilliam
7 October 2009 9:20 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Time Out London has published a list of the 50 greatest animated feature films of all time curated by Terry Gilliam . I'm not sure if this means that Gilliam hand picked the titles on the list, or if the filmmaker was simply commenting on the list created by the TimeOut editors. Either way, you can find a listing of the top 20 entries below: 1. My Neighbour Totoro (1988) Hayao Miyazaki 2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) David Hand 3. The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979) Chuck Jones and Phil Monroe 4. Fantasia (1940) 5. Toy Story (1995) John Lasseter 6. Spirited Away (2001) Hayao Miyazaki 7. Yellow Submarine (1968) George Dunning 8. Belleville Rendez-vouz (2003) Sylvain Chomet 9. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) Trey Parker 10. Robin Hood (1973) Wolfgang Reitherman 11. Bambi (1942) David Hand 12. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Isao Takahata 13. Dumbo (1941) Ben Sharpsteen 14. Gandahar (1988) René Laloux 15. The Iron Giant ... »
- Peter Sciretta
400 Screens 400 Blows - Hello Ponyo, Hello
3 October 2009 1:03 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
This has been one amazing year for animated films. At least four of them are contenders for my list of the year's best films, and a few others are good enough to warrant a second viewing. But despite that, the majority of them are in 3D, and rated PG, neither of which appeals much to my 3-1/2 year old son who is beginning to ask to come to the movies with me. There's one exception, still in theaters, that stands apart from all the rest of the competition: Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo (163 screens). Ponyo is hand-drawn (rather than computer-animated), not in 3D, and so far is the only G-rated movie of the year. (I'm not counting two others: Hannah Montana: The Movie, or Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience, about which the less said, the better.)
Yet Ponyo hasn't exactly been lighting its United States audience on fire. Or »
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
Studio Ghibli's New Film... and More Miyazaki
29 September 2009 4:15 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Director Isao Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki, has revealed that he will be directing his first feature-length flick since 1999's My Neighbors the Yamadas. Takahata, who also wrote and directed the tear-jerker Grave of the Fireflies, will be taking on the classic folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, or Taketori Monogatari. According to Asian Pulse, "Taketori Monogatari has directly and indirectly inspired many Japanese manga and anime, such as Sailormoon and Inuyasha. This beloved story is considered to be the oldest surviving example of Japanese narrative... A little baby is found inside the stalk of a glowing plant by a bamboo cutter. He takes her home, and raises her with his wife as their own daughter, and they give her the name Kaguya-Hime (radiant-night princess). She grows into a beautiful adult woman, with many suitors, even the Emperor of Japan - and she rebuffs them all. »
- Jenni Miller
Studio Ghibli to Make The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
28 September 2009 6:41 PM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animation studio behind films such as My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away and the recent Ponyo, has announced that co-founder and director Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies) will be directing The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, based on an ancient folktale. It will be Takahata’s first film in 10 years.
According to asianmoviepulse.com, the story has particular historical storytelling relevance in Japanese culture:
“The story is considered to be the oldest surviving example of Japanese narrative, and every Japanese person knows this story. A little baby is found inside the stalk of a glowing plant by a bamboo cutter. He takes her home, and raises her with his wife as their own daughter, and they give her the name Kaguya-Hime (radiant-night princess). She grows into a beautiful adult woman, with many suitors, even the Emperor of Japan – and she rebuffs them all. Then, things become »
- John Cooper
Review: Ponyo
9 September 2009 1:14 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Adam reviews the latest animated film from Hayao Miyazaki.
Ponyo is the latest animated effort from the legendary Hayao Miyazaki, the gifted storyteller behind Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and My Neighbor Totoro.
Ponyo is the tale of a friendship between a boy and a goldfish who longs to be human. Through a magical set of circumstances, Ponyo may just get her wish.
Ponyo is positively gorgeous to look at, and adding to its awe inspiring grandeur is the fact that it was all hand drawn. That's right. In this day and age of computer generated animation, Miyazaki still prefers the old school approach. The underwater vistas and numerous shots of waves crashing on the beach are simply astonishing.In terms of story, Ponyo is quite often more strange than it is magical. While it certainly has elements of Disney favorites such as Finding Nemo, The Little Mermaid, and Pinocchio, tonally speaking, »
- Paul
‘Ponyo’ - The “Ticket Stubs Review”
31 August 2009 1:15 PM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
By Austin Lugar
for MovieSet.com
Hayao Miyazaki is truly a director unlike any other. His ability to create his own unique magical world is a feat worth remarking on. ‘Ponyo‘ is his tenth feature film and it is now one of my favorite along with ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ and ‘Spirited Away.’
For in his latest cinematic beauty, he throws the audience in right away with practically no introduction to the magical surroundings. Much like Wall-e, Miyazaki has a long wondrous stretch of story without any traditional dialog. It opens with a wizard fish man (Voiced by Liam Neeson) and a large school of goldfish, the largest fish being Ponyo. Ponyo breaks away from her father/wizard and ends up close to the shore where she meets a young human named Sosuke (Voiced by Frankie Jonas, the real fourth Jonas Brothers. Sorry, eight-year-olds I’ve lied to. »
- Austin Lugar
Monday Night Poll: Your Favorite Miyazaki?
24 August 2009 7:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
I was a little underwhelmed by Hayao Miyazaki's latest work, Ponyo, which seemed to me more cutesy and less dazzlingly expansive than what I am used to from the Japanese master of gorgeous cel animation. I suspect my reaction is due largely to the fact that this time Miyazaki wanted more earnestly than usual to appeal to the single-digit set, and so focused on keeping things as simple and adorable as possible. (Which, by the way -- if you're within grabbing distance of a tyke in the 5-8 age vicinity, haul him and her to the theater forthwith, as Ponyo will be gone by next weekend.) The result is less rewarding to Miyazaki's adult fans, but maybe that's unavoidable. I mean, Up -- a masterpiece and the best film of the year, if you ask me -- would probably bore a six year-old to tears.
Whatever your feelings about Ponyo, »
- Eugene Novikov
Ponyo (review)
24 August 2009 9:45 AM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
Oh dear. What’s happened to Hayao Miyazaki, the master of beautiful, poignant, deeply weird and profoundly philosophical Japanese animation? Has he lost his touch? Is the magic gone? Or did I lose something essential for enjoying Miyazaki between, oh, 2001’s Spirited Away -- one of the most wonderful movies I’ve ever seen -- and Ponyo? But no, I couldn’t get too excited about 2004’s Howl’s Moving Castle, either... And I got very excited indeed about 1988’s My Neighbor Totoro -- another of the most wonderful movies I’ve ever seen -- and I only saw that for the first time after I saw Howl. So it’s Miyazaki then. Not me. Though I’m not sure that makes me feel any better. Known as Gake no ue no Ponyo (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) in Japan, where it was a huge hit, Ponyo bears, »
- MaryAnn Johanson
Ponyo (Gake no ue no Ponyo) | Review
24 August 2009 7:18 AM, PDT | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »
Director: Hayao Miyazaki Writer(s): Hayao Miyazaki Starring: Japanese version: Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Tomoko Yamaguchi, George Tokoro, Kazushige Nagashima English version: Cate Blanchett, Noah Cyrus, Matt Damon, Frankie Jonas, Tina Fey, Liam Neeson, Laraine Newman, Madison Davenport, Cloris Leachman, Betty White, Lily Tomlin Ponyo (referred to as Brynhildr by her father, Fujimoto) is a fish girl who lives in an aquarium in her human (?) father's underwater castle with numerous smaller fish sisters. She is driven by an unyielding desire to see and experience the world that her father is trying so hard to protect her from – a world run by environmentally careless humans. Ponyo escapes her father’s grasp and ends up stuck in a bottle stranded on the shore of a small fishing town. Sōsuke – a five year-old boy who lives on a cliff high above the sea – rescues Ponyo; they are instantly enamored with each other and their fates permanently entwined. »
- Don Simpson
IMDb’s The Top Rated Films of the New Millennium
19 August 2009 11:28 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
The Internet Movie Database have announced The Top Rated Films of the New Millennium, looking at the 15 films made since 2000 that IMDb users have rated as the best of the new millennium. Usually people are quick to write off the IMDb user ratings as fanboy controlled, but I was surprised to four foreign and three animated films on the list, films from Darren Aronofsky and Michel Gondry, in addition to the expected trilogy and comic book heros. Check out the full list after the jump. Discuss: Forget the order of titles, as we could argue about that for a year... Which films shouldn't have made it, and which films should be on the list, but aren't? 15. Requiem for a Dream (2000) 14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 13. Spirited Away (2001) 12. The Pianist (2002) 11. The Lives of Others (2006) 10. The Departed (2006) 9. Amélie (2001) 8. Wall-e (2008) 7. The Lord of ... »
- Peter Sciretta
Top 15 Films of the New Millennium
19 August 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
IMDb has the famous Top 250 page that lists the highest-rated films of all time, according to the site's users. To make it a bit more interesting, IMDb put together the top 15 movies of the new millennium (since the year 2000). The list is quite interesting, containing four foreign films, two Pixar entries, and arguably the most depressing movie of all time. And coming in at No. 1 is "The Dark Knight." Take a look full list below and let us know if you agree or disagree with some of the film that made it into the top 15. 1. The Dark Knight 2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 3. City of God 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 5. Up 6. Memento 7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 8. Wall-e 9. Amelie 10. The Departed 11. The Lives of Others 12. The Pianist 13. Spirited Away 14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 15. Requiem »
IMDb's Power of Film: Top Rated Films of the Millennium
18 August 2009 4:44 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
To be honest, this list isn't that shocking or surprising, it's just interesting to see what's on it, as is always the case. IMDb has launched some sort of new feature as part of their Power of Film series called The Top Rated Films of the New Millennium, "looking at the 15 films made since 2000 that our users have rated as the best of the new millennium." Essentially it's a filtered version of the IMDb Top 250 featuring only films made during or after the year 2000. Why they're doing this, I don't know? Though I suggest you check out the full list and argue about what should, and shouldn't, be on here, because that's only normal! Here's the complete line-up of the 15 top rated films from the new millennium according to IMDb: 15. Requiem for a Dream (2000) 14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 13. Spirited Away (2001) 12. The ... »
- Alex Billington
IMDb Top 15 Of The Millennium List Offers A Glimpse Of Oscar Races Come?
18 August 2009 2:30 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
As part of their Power of Film feature, IMDb has put together a list of the top 15 highest fan rated flicks released since 2000. The list is impressive and a bit shocking: four of the films are foreign, three are animated, and four are fanperson dream films.
Coming in at number one is, unsurprisingly, “The Dark Knight.” A fan favorite that arguably spurred the Academy’s decision to open Best Picture up to 10 nominees after it was snubbed a nomination. “The Dark Knight” redefined the comic book film genre. Similarly, “Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” is number two, and one of only two films listed that won an Academy Award for Best Picture.
After the #2 spot, surprises begin to emerge/ Number three is Fernando Meirelles' 2002 Brazilian film “City of God.” It's an amazing work of cinema, not to mention one of my favorite films of all time, »
- Terri Schwartz
‘District 9′ Lands on Top
16 August 2009 2:04 PM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Low budget science fiction flick District 9 easily hovered over the competition at this weekend’s box office, grabbing an estimated $37 million.
It’s an impressive opening for director Neill Blomkamp’s first feature, a movie without any stars, and against four other new releases. The independent pic was developed under the producer wing of Peter Jackson and later acquired the marketing strength of Sony. The well-received movie (playing in 3,049 locations) cost only $30 million to make, so the rest is likely being put aside for an unconfirmed sequel.
64% of the audience was male, according to exit polls, and Twitter messages that read, “It’s a total sausage fest in here.”
Blomkamp originally teamed with Jackson for an adaptation of Microsoft’s Halo video game property, but when the project fell through the South African director was given the go ahead to turn his short film, “Alive in Joberg” into a full-length film. »
- Jeff Leins
Win Preview Tickets to Miyazaki's Ponyo in Sydney
16 August 2009 12:16 PM, PDT | Rotten Tomatoes | See recent Rotten Tomatoes news »
No one's more highly regarded in the world of animation than Japan's Hayao Miyazaki, the director behind such classics as My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke (to name just a few). If you live in Sydney, here's your chance to see his latest masterpiece, Ponyo, a sweet childhood fantasy about a little fish who wants to become a human girl. We've got 15 double passes to give away to a special preview screening at the Dendy Cinemas in Newtown next Monday, August 24, at 6:30pm. »
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