What I hate about modern Disney movies is the relentless, shove-it-down-your-throat merchandising that comes with every release. Buy the soundtrack! The Happy Meal! The action figures! The t-shirts! T…
It's a shame that this film is only well-known in its native country of Japan and by discerning international fans of anime. In the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), it is consistently voted by …
An inarguable masterpiece of gentle, sweet storytelling combined with gorgeous hand-drawn animation, My Neighbor Totoro is an indisputable classic of anime from famed Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki …
Unlike some of the more recently wonderous and often dark films by Hayao Miyazaki (like Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke), Ponyo is squarely for the My Neighbor Totoro set... which simply means any …
