January 18, 2014 Johanna Movie News One comment

Pixar Not Nominated for Animated Oscar This Year

I found this Twitter thread informative for pointing out that Pixar’s Monsters University wasn’t nominated for the Animated Feature Film Academy Award this year. The nominees were Disney’s Frozen, Studio Ghibli’s The Wind Rises, DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods (a caveman picture that got mixed reviews), Universal/Illumination’s Despicable Me 2 (liked mostly for the little yellow Minions), and the imported underdog Ernest & Célestine. @siracusa Animated feature category aside, this appears to be the second Pixar movie to not be nominated […]

January 18, 2014 Johanna Comic Book Films 2 comments

Secret Animated JLA Movie Has LSH Characters

Out Tuesday, January 21, is a “secret” release of a new animated DC movie. According to World’s Finest, JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time is a Target-exclusive DVD-only cartoon feature, running not even an hour (roughly 52 minutes). As they explain, Dubbed a “stealth release,” wherein a home entertainment product is given no promotion and limited availability due to its perceived audience reach, JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time is an all-new original movie featuring the Justice League facing off against the […]

January 18, 2014 Johanna Comic Book Films One comment

Superman/Batman Movie Delayed a Year

WB has announced that their Superman/Batman movie, the sequel to Man of Steel, will open in theaters May 6, 2016, instead of the previous July 2015 date planned. Henry Cavill continues as Superman, while Ben Affleck takes on the role of Batman and Gal Gadot joins as the much-anticipated Wonder Woman. The studio’s explanation is that they are “allowing the filmmakers time to realize fully their vision, given the complex visual nature of the story”. Moving the Superman/Batman film puts […]

January 17, 2014 Johanna Art 2 comments

My Favorite Comic Story of All

(The below was written for the 2011 Team Cul de Sac benefit zine created to raise funds for research into Parkinson’s Disease. It was assembled by Craig Fischer with the question “what is your favorite comic (comic book, comic strip, graphic novel, whatever), and why?”) I can just about guarantee that my favorite comic isn’t shared by many others. In fact, I’m often surprised to find out that anyone’s heard of it. My favorite comic is “Hukka vs. the Bob!” […]

January 14, 2014 Johanna Viz Manga Reviews One comment

Sweet Rein Volume 1

Sad that the holidays are over? Check out this odd little magical manga for more seasonal celebration to recapture feelings of Christmas. Only Sweet Rein is twisted through the lens of another culture, one that loves the holiday without being tied as tightly to the history and expectations. Kurumi is lonely at Christmas. Her mother has passed away, and her father works too much to spend time with her. Suddenly, crossing a busy street, a stranger, Kaito, bumps into her […]

January 13, 2014 Johanna Motion Comics Leave a comment

Wolverine vs. Sabretooth: The Marvel Knights Animation Motion Comic

Out tomorrow is the latest Marvel Knights motion comic release from Shout! Factory, Wolverine vs. Sabretooth. I tried to watch it, I did. But I don’t like Jeph Loeb’s writing. I didn’t like the prehistoric werewolf opening or watching bloody scenes of disembowelment while the narrator, Wolverine, says things to himself like “Having spent the better part of my life with no real certainty who I was or where I came from. And no, it wasn’t the beer. Suddenly, I […]

January 12, 2014 Johanna Viz Manga Reviews One comment

Happy Marriage?! Volumes 2-3

Boy, am I glad I read these volumes together, because if I’d read just volume 2 alone, I would have thrown it across the room and refused to continue. But volume 3 provides some much-need forward motion to the story after the second volume’s continued reliance on having the characters refuse to talk to each other to maintain artificial suspense. As established in the first volume, Chiwa has married Hokuto in order to pay off her father’s debts. She doesn’t […]

January 10, 2014 Johanna Movie News Leave a comment

The Wind Rises English Voice Cast Announced

The Wind Rises, reportedly the last movie Hayao Miyazaki will direct, will be in theaters starting February 21. The plot description is as follows: In The Wind Rises, Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted and unable to be a pilot, he becomes one of the world’s most accomplished airplane designers, experiencing key historical events in an epic tale of love, perseverance, and the challenges of living and making choices […]

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