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Week of November 18, 2016
D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it means
to me. First up….
Finding Dory
The last place your child wants to find
Dory is in his or her Filet-O-Fish sandwich.
Luckily, the forgetful fish in this
animated-adventure is poisonous to humans.
When a school activity elicits a memory in
the absentminded Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), the regal blue tang and her adopted
family (Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolence) head out in search of Dory's parents
(Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy).
But when she becomes separated from her
friends, Dory must get assistance from some new ones: an injured octopus (Ed
O'Neill) and a concussed beluga (Ty Burrell).
Despite arriving 13-years after the
original, this Pixar sequel doesn't miss a beat, delivering the studio's brand
of poignant storytelling, engaging characters and off kilter humor years on.
The biggest change, however, has to do with the bounds and leaps made in the
animation process.
Furthermore, all those clownfish flushed
down the toilet in 2004 will finally have new friends. Green Light
Kubo and the Two Strings
The saddest thing about Japanese zoos is
that the monkeys are usually cursed royalty.
And while the ape in this
animated-adventure isn't a prince, he was born from magic.
Sent by his mother to retrieve his missing
father's suit of armour so he can be protected from his evil aunt (Rooney
Mara), Kubo (Art Parkinson) is accompanied on his quest by a monkey (Charlize
Theron) and a cursed man-beetle (Matthew McConaughey) with amnesia.
Together they must thwart Kubo's
grandfather (Ralph Fiennes), who wants to turn his grandson into an immortal by
stealing Kudo's last good eye.
More mythical than most western animated
features, Kubo musters enough eye-popping animation and spirited storytelling
to put those sing-along cartoons to shame. Able to entertain adults and
children alike, Kubo captures your attention from the get-go and never relents.
Moreover, it's nice to see a Japanese
cartoon where the father isn't just a tentacle.
Green Light
***Assault Water***
Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack!
The reason why fish don’t speak is they
would drown every time they tried.
Although verbal evolution is far-off, this
anime confirms upward mobility is not.
Graduates Aki, Erika and Kaori head to the
seashore to celebrate their recent liberation from the classroom only to
discover a freakish fish on the beach that has grown a pair of motorized legs.
More ambulatory vertebrates soon appear on
land, including a Great White Shark that stalks the sidewalks for its next
meal.
Time reveals the military’s involvement in
creating a self-perpetuating mechanism propelled by the death stench of its
victims.
The most bizarre aquatic tale to ever
surface, this acutely drawn anime inspired by the multi-volume horror manga
fails to deliver the unnerving scares of its muse, but it does feature the key
moments that comprise its greatness.
Incidentally, once they can ride a bike,
these biped fish will dominate the Ironman Triathlon.
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