A scorecard for Star Wars: Visions — Season 2
September 15, 2023
A quick review of my personal Star Wars history and notes on this new animated series, which has a few delightful surprises... and a whole lot of storytelling that might've been ChatGPT'd.
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My Father’s Dragon (2022)
On Movies & Media,Film Reviews
November 29, 2022
The source material, a 1948 children's book by Ruth Stiles Gannett, is whimsical and funny, and has clearly influenced storytellers for generations, but it's a meandering and episodic tale that lacks a certain gravity. Can Cartoon Saloon storytellers revise it into something resonant?
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The Weekender – Third Weekend of December 2021
December 18, 2021
Merry Christmas early! The Weekender will be a Surprise Box, an unpredictable newsletter, a bulletin board of things I'd like to share that I would have expanded into full, individual posts if life had afforded me the time.
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The Inner Language of Wolfwalkers – a guest post by Micah Rickard
On Movies & Media,Film Reviews
August 18, 2021
Special guest reviewer Micah Rickard offers some reflections on a very tricky matter that Cartoon Saloon's Wolfwalkers handles particularly well.
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Wolfwalkers and the Rise of Cartoon Saloon — a conversation with Dr. Lindsay Marshall
November 20, 2020
Here is a new episode of the Looking Closer podcast, featuring my first impressions of Wolfwalkers, and then my conversation about it with Dr. Lindsay Marshall.
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