Since the first time I caught Studio Ghibli's 2001 anime Spirited Away, I've always had a special place in my heart for the animation studio dubbed the "Disney of the East". In preparation for my ...

An absolutely gorgeous new batch of photos from Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo on the Cliff were just posted on DVD-Forum this week. Disney will be bringing this film to theaters in the US in August with an ...

After the sheer artistry of Hayao Miyazaki’s previous efforts — beautifully animated movies like “Princess Mononoke,” “Spirited Away” and “Howl’s Moving Castle” — “Ponyo” is something of a ...

The West Wing was my favorite TV show at the time and remains a favorite. I can pop in any DVD and know I am going to watch a quality TV episode. In particular, seasons 1–3 show Aaron Sorkin (The ...

Ponyo, the latest Japanese anime fantasy to gain American distribution, is the most broadly accessible movie of that genre to ever reach these shores. Charming, amusing and firmly anchored in a ...

"Ponyo" Movie Review-- The little Japanese village is now under 40 feet of water. Prehistoric creatures swim through its sunken streets, a huge moon hangs just above the horizon and a gigantic sea ...

It takes too long for director Roland Emmerich’s disaster epic “2012” to get out of first gear, but once the Earth begins to crumble, the destruction comes fast and furious. John Cusack stars as a ...

For everyone else, though, “Ponyo” will seem beautiful but surprisingly boring: a children’s film that’s at once overly simplistic and needlessly nonsensical. The hand-drawn images can be wondrous and ...