Stormy Adolescence: Weathering with You Review

Probably the most crucial moment in Weathering with You, the latest animated feature from Japanese auteur Makoto Shinkai, comes relatively late, during a conversation between two secondary characters. One, a gruff police detective perhaps in his 50s, admits his secret envy of Hodaka, the movie’s 16-year-old protagonist. The boy may be a runaway from home …

Flying High: Castle in the Sky Review

I have watched Castle in the Sky (1986; aka Laputa: Castle in the Sky) twice now and have had the same reaction both times. During roughly the first half of the movie I felt fairly uninvolved and found myself thinking “Well, there are some nice moments, but overall this is kind of cutesy and tedious.” …

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