Ponyo
April 22, 2013
An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human.
Film #290
Rating: 5 out of 5
This blog started as my movie marathon — watching a movie a day for a whole year — and has continued as a place for me to write reviews about movies, TV, and various other items.
This is still a work in progress as I migrate from my old platform at Tumblr. For now, you can still access the whole backlog of posts there at http://reelmatt.tumblr.com
April 22, 2013
An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human.
Film #290
Rating: 5 out of 5
April 21, 2013
When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.
Film #289
Rating: 5 out of 5
April 19, 2013
In the middle of her family’s move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters; where humans are changed into animals; and a bathhouse for these creatures.
Film #288
Rating: 4 out of 5
April 18, 2013
When Prince Fabious’s bride is kidnapped, he goes on a quest to rescue her… accompanied by his lazy useless brother Thadeous.
Film #286
Rating: 2 out of 5
April 16, 2013
In order to inherit his fed up father’s hotel empire, an immature and lazy man must repeat grades 1-12 all over again.
Film #285
Rating: 2 out of 5
April 14, 2013
On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami’s curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
Film #284
Rating: 3 out of 5
April 14, 2013
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Film #283
Rating: 3 out of 5
April 13, 2013
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
Film #282
Rating: 2 out of 5
April 12, 2013
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
Film #281
Rating: 4 out of 5