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flat brides and grooms

November 5th, 2008 · 24 Comments

We were discussing the recent petition in Japan for the legalisation of marriage between people and cartoon characters. This inevitably resulted in the question, ‘Which cartoon character would you want to marry?’
My pick would be Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle although I’m not sure whether I’d still like him if he didn’t have a moving […]

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Tags: animation · japan

animation: wall-e

October 7th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I love going to the cinema with my kids during the school holidays but oh my, what a dearth there is of films worth seeing. I mean Beverly Hills Chihuahua for crying out loud or Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (and WHERE is the Oxford comma, you idiots?!)… give me a bucket. I thought Journey […]

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dvd: barbie’s the island princess (you’ve been dying to see it)

July 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I expect you’re probably thinking you’d no way in a million years watch Barbie’s The Island Princess. I too was like you once but here I am reviewing it so it just goes to show that the only thing in this world we can be sure of is that Barbie is a blonde with […]

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animation: the polar express

November 18th, 2007 · 4 Comments

 
Maybe I’m a bit behind the times as yesterday was the first time I had seen this kid’s flick. It promised to be the sort of thing I would normally dislike because I still have ‘issues’ about being lied to re: the big jolly man with the white beard. The whole Santa thing is still a […]

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