I had no idea. https://youtube.com/watch?v=yuE7XeqNLl0%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent This video says about itself: Breeding Lobsters At War – Blue Planet – BBC Earth 15 February 2017 After a …
Things I Saw Last Week
Specifically, things that are mostly related to Canadian (and, directly or indirectly, American) politics. Groan. I know. In the animal rights arena, some new proposed …
100 Books: January
I decided to make an impossible-to-keep New Year’s resolution: to read 100 books this year. So. In January, I read two. I’ll write a few …
Animated Animals: The Reptile Muscle
Guess it’s Disney Day again. I’m trying to write a thing about portrayals of animals and nature in animated films – specifically Finding Nemo and The Lion …
Trolls: First Thoughts
So I saw Trolls at lunchtime on opening day and I liked it. Disclaimer: there is, as you know if you’ve seen the trailers, a bit …
Starkid has Their Finger on the Pulse
A thing I’ve recently noticed: Starkid has their finger on the pulse of pop culture. I have three pieces of evidence for this.
Could You Use a Pick-Me-Up Today?
Well, I’ve got one, in the shape of a feature film. Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium is pretty much perfect and it’s also inexcusably underrated by pretty …
No Magic: The Wonder of Modern Disney
We’ve been wanting to write a longform piece about Disney films’ changing attitudes towards dreaming, believing, and proaction. Maybe we still will one day, but …
The Kung Fu Panda 3 Two Sentence Review
If there were two sentences more spot on about Kung Fu Panda 3 we haven’t ever read them
Responding to Lazy Disney Criticisms
Watching a movie is not going to damage anyone’s intelligence, so long as people THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE WATCHING AND ENGAGE WITH IT. And this nonsense doesn’t count as either of those things.