Toy Story 4
Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz (Tim Allen) are back in this forkuel following Andy’s toys as they’re passed on to Alita: Battle Angel. The Toy Story trilogy concluded pretty perfectly […]
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Missing Link
Hugh Jackman leaves Victorian London to prove the existence of Bigfoot in Missing Link, AKA The Greatest Abominable Snowman. The missing link in this case (apart from the dearth of […]
Bee Movie
A bee (Jerry Seinfeld), destined to slave in a honey factory for eternity, breaks free and discovers the precious golden goo is being sold to humans en masse and resolves […]
When Marnie Was There
Released in 2014, When Marnie Was There was Studio Ghibli’s final film – until 2020’s How Do You Live? was announced by Hayao Miyazaki, a man who comes out of retirement almost as often […]
The Grinch
Liberal icon the Grinch (Benedict Cumberbatch) valiantly continues the war on Christmas by taking on Whoville, the Christmassiest town south of Lapland, home to the obsessively festive Whos. Their insufferable […]
The Cat Returns
This 2002 manga adaptation follows a high school student (Chizuru Ikewaki) who saves a cat from being run over and is spirited away to the magical Cat Kingdom, where the Cat […]
Pom Poko
Isao Takahata’s Pom Poko follows a gang of shapeshifting raccoons as they hatch a series of fur-brained schemes to stop humans from destroying their forest home. Let’s call it Avotter. Where Studio Ghibli’s […]
Kiki’s Delivery Service
The first Studio Ghibli movie to become a hit in America (thanks to a distribution deal with Disney), Kiki’s Delivery Service is the story of a young girl (Minami Takayama) who travels to […]
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Isao Takahata’s swansong is based on The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, believed to be the oldest Japanese narrative in existence. The tale of a tiny princess discovered inside a bamboo shoot […]
The Breadwinner
This tale of a young girl (Saara Chaudry) living in Taliban-controlled Kabul, who disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family, was nominated for the Best […]
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