Tag Archives: animated

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

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mL2639_1024x1024My first run as an online film critic began with a Spider-Man review, so it’s only natural for me to try and start a new one in the same way.

THE STORY: Spider-Man fails to stop a particle accelerator experiment that puts him out of commission, but brings five other Spider-heroes from parallel dimensions to Brooklyn. It’s up to Miles Morales, bitten by a radioactive spider two days earlier, to learn the ropes from these displaced heroes and stop the accelerator before it tears the universe apart.

THE SCORE: “Amazing” and “Spectacular” are words that come to mind. 4.5/5

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Your Name (Kimi no Na wa)

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The highest-grossing anime film of all time has finally come to my city!

What’s It About? An unusual bond forms between Taki and Mitsuha, two Japanese high school students, when they begin waking up in each other’s bodies – but this seemingly random phenomenon may actually have a greater purpose.

STRAIGHT UP: Colorful, inventive, and full of warmth. A true delight. 4.5/5

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Voltron: Legendary Defender (Season 1)

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Red Comet Reviews features a TV series for the first time!

Voltron (1984) was a great show that aged like a bottle of fine milk. Can this new one inherit my hopes and dreams?

What’s It About? Five travelers from Earth are chosen to become the paladins of an alien princess, and must use the power of Voltron – five lion-shaped machines that can combine to form a mighty robot – to defend the universe from a vicious conqueror.

STRAIGHT UP: Has all the tools to surpass the original. 4.5/5

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Pokémon: The First Movie – Retro Review

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Pokémon is back! Time to revisit the hypest movie of my childhood.

What’s It About? When the bio-engineered Pokémon Mewtwo escapes from its lab, it’s up to the young adventurer Ash and his friends to contain it before its power threatens the whole world.

STRAIGHT UP: Leave the memories alone. 0.5/5

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Rakuen Tsuiho

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With the encouragement of my friends, I’ve decided to continue my efforts to spotlight anime films of note. This one was making headlines in Japan just a few months ago.

What’s It About? When the digital world she calls home is hacked by an unknown entity, DEVA security officer Angela Balzac assumes a flesh-and-blood form and travels to the wasteland known as Earth to find the source.

STRAIGHT UP: Smart concepts, but dry presentation. 3/5

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Love Live! The School Idol Movie

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A special screening in D.C. gave me the chance to see this movie, which beat Jurassic World head-to-head at the Japanese box office.

What’s It About? Nine girls who found fame performing as pop stars at their high school must deal with the consequences of their now-global popularity.

STRAIGHT UP: This is all it took to take over Tokyo? 3/5

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