Category Archive: Animation

Mar 22

Afro Commentary: Geeks Don’t Let Friends Name Their Kids Ridiculous Things

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We’re friends, right? The Private has never steered you wrong on things before, right? Of course I haven’t. Good! Now that we have that settled, I have something important we need to discuss; especially if you plan to have children with your geek soul mate. I recently read an article on Kotaku regarding a Japanese …

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Mar 19

Trailer Jive: DESPICABLE ME 2

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If this trailer doesn’t make you crack a smile, you need to ask somebody for your heart back.  Our favorite villainous family man is back, but he has a job to do… for the good guys. Steve Carell is joined again by Kristen Wiig, and also Al Pacino is new on the scene.  Directed by …

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Feb 12

Trailer Jive: MONSTER UNIVERSITY

  As I said on my Podcast, “Who didn’t like Monster’s Inc.? Because I want to talk to that person!”  Obviously there have been enough people who DID like the Pixar Film, and that’s why there had to be a sequel.  I mean prequel.  A pre-sequel.  Just check out the trailer for MONSTER’S UNIVERSITY: Billy …

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Jan 29

DVDs this Week: BATMAN – DARK KNIGHT RETURNS PART 2

This was a better stash than last week.  BATMAN: DARK KNIGHT RETURNS PART 2 alone makes it a descent collection to check out (I included Part 1 also). There are Two classics – FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR and WHITE ZOMBIE, an indie – ALL SUPERHEROES MUST DIE, and Adam Sandler’s CG Animation HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA.  Remember, …

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Jan 22

DVDs this Week: END OF WATCH, CUJO, HARA-KIRI

It’s really tough pickings for DVDs out this week.  Not too much on the Science Fiction and Fantasy front.  But there is END OF WATCH, the classic Stephen King Movie CUJO on Blu-ray, and  (though I didn’t get a chance to see it) – Hara Kiri – Death of a Samurai, which looked pretty interesting from …

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Jan 20

Afro Commentary: Media, Reality and Geekdom

From The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda/Zenimax)

In my recent review of the anime Sword Art Online, I briefly touched on how the series deals with the concepts of playing games (especially online) and how it can effect one’s perception of reality. As amazed as I was how both the author of the series (Reki Kawahara) and the anime’s director (Tomohiko Ito) …

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