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This review was originally published on 01/02/2018. There’s a lot going on in Alita: Battle Angel, with class warfare, a mysterious past, a conspiracy plot, a teen romance, a detour into a Speed...

"I am who?” Tima, the child robot of Rintaro's Metropolis (2001), asks just before she plunges from the edge of a high-rise tower and Metropolis collapses around her. She is parroting the first words ever...

There’s a lot going on in Alita: Battle Angel, with class warfare, a mysterious past, a conspiracy plot, a teen romance, a detour into a Speed Racer-esque take on roller derby called "Motorball", glimpses...

Mary and the Witch’s Flower has more imagination in its first sixty seconds than some entire films manage across their runtime. As you’d expect from a team that includes ex-Ghibli employees, the first...

Isao Takahata’s most lauded and well-recognised work that brought Studio Ghibli acclaim on an international level, Grave of the Fireflies, turned 30 years old this Monday in the wake of the Studio Ghibli...

Even ignoring the anime adaptation, Rupert Sanders’ take on Ghost in the Shell feels like well-trodden ground. Many (or all) of the film's stylistic cues feel borrowed, whether it’s the gratuitous...

1. MLK weekend is a fairly unhappy holiday for new releases The Martin Luther King holiday weekend in the US is usually a chance for a blockbuster to open big against the awards bait swamping the cinema....

https://vimeo.com/125447393 The Diary of Ochibi is a charming piece of entertainment whose stylistic tendencies harken back to the pre-Disney days of animation. With no sound, save for the chirpy music,...

The Congress looks at the state of modern Hollywood - actresses battling ageism, the cannibalising presence of CGI and mo-cap – and reflects back a metafictional gem. Folman’s adapted script is cynical...

Without a doubt, you will have heard the song Let It Go from Disney's animated film Frozen in the past few months. If you're saying you haven't, then you're lying - since its release in December, it's been...

Whether you loved or loathed Gareth Edwards' latest Godzilla entry has put the giant lizard back in vogue. Whether it's a fond look towards the classic Gojira (1954) or a hearty laugh at Roland Emmerich's...

The Animatrix is a 2003 animated portmanteau film set in the Matrix universe. Released directly to video to coincide with the theatrical release of The Matrix Reloaded, it is comprised of nine individual short...

In a career spanning five decades, Hayao Miyazaki has transformed the genre of animation.  His ability to incorporate thematic depth and visual excellence into his features has inspired generations of...