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FILM CORNER: Films I Will More Likely See This Year
It's been a while since I last posted a Film Corner column. Last time I did so, I discussed how the U.S. theatrical release of Demon...
Nolan Schmidt
Jun 12, 20242 min read
FILM CORNER: Demon Slayer Movie Box Office Numbers Shows Grand Return to Cinema Exclusive Movies
Last weekend, a good friend and I went to check out Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train.
Nolan Schmidt
May 7, 20212 min read
FILM CORNER - How A Kingdom Hearts Television Series Could Work
Now, it seems that Disney is letting Square Enix take a go at making a pilot with Epic Games' Unreal Engine.
Nolan Schmidt
Feb 19, 20212 min read
FILM CORNER - How Caillou Created A Grounded Following
A little over a week ago, PBS announced that it would no longer air the Canadian animated educational show, Caillou, throughout their...
Nolan Schmidt
Jan 15, 20213 min read
FILM CORNER - Anime Schlock: The So Bad It's Good Classics of a Medium
With any film medium, there is always a certain part that contains the bad titles.
Nolan Schmidt
Dec 25, 20202 min read
FILM CORNER - Animerama: The Successes (and Failures) of Osamu Tezuka's Adult Aimed Anime Project
The films of Animerama were produced at Tezuka's Mushi Productions, and released from 1969 to 1973.
Nolan Schmidt
Dec 18, 20203 min read
FILM CORNER - Lupin the 3rd: Anime's Popular (and Long-Running) Thief
The series was created by Kazuhiko Kato (under the pen name Monkey Punch) in 1967 when the manga first premiered in Weekly Manga Action.
Nolan Schmidt
Dec 4, 20203 min read
FILM CORNER - Gorillaz: 20 Years of Music and Animation
For two decades, two men created and continued a project that would become a worldwide phenomenon.
Nolan Schmidt
Nov 6, 20202 min read
FILM CORNER: Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story (Review)
A while back, I had the chance to watch a really good documentary on one of the first original NickToons that aired on Nickelodeon in 1991.
Nolan Schmidt
Oct 23, 20202 min read
FILM CORNER - How an Animated Drizzt Series Could Work
The Legend of Drizzt is a long-running series of novels set in the Forgotten Realms by R.A. Salvatore.
Nolan Schmidt
Oct 2, 20202 min read
FILM CORNER - RALPH BAKSHI: THE GODFATHER OF ADULT ANIMATION
Unlike the animated films of Disney, Ralph's films were raw, socially aware, and both the atmosphere and characters are down to earth.
Nolan Schmidt
Sep 18, 20202 min read
FILM CORNER - Animated X-Rated Film Relevant to Today’s Times
Fritz the Cat was a 1972 independent animated film, and it is the first X-rated animated feature made.
Nolan Schmidt
Sep 4, 20203 min read
FILM CORNER - Human or Machine?: A Galaxy Express Allegory
Galaxy Express 999 is a 1979 Japanese animated film based on the manga of the same name drawn and written by Leiji Matsumoto.
Nolan Schmidt
Aug 21, 20203 min read
The Attack of the Blue Meanies
Side note: the title is a dated reference to the Beatles animated film, Yellow Submarine. Apparently, not a lot of people have seen this...
the Bitter Truth
Aug 18, 20205 min read
FILM CORNER - The Impact of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
The series itself is based around the several generations of the Joestar family split into Parts.
Nolan Schmidt
Aug 14, 20203 min read
South Park: Teaching Libertarianism since 1997
Ever since its premiere on August 13, 1997, South Park has been one of the most successful animated television series aimed for adults.
Nolan Schmidt
May 1, 20203 min read
Make Mine Freedom from Big Government
This column was originally published in the Seguin Gazette on Friday, August 12, 2016. Though it is nearly four years old, the topic in...
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Mar 20, 20203 min read
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Feb 8, 20180 min read
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