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Always Be Clowning

Two movies this time, one new and one old, with SPOILERS for both. Terrifier 3 – As often happens with ongoing horror series, the sequels here have been trying to top their predecessors in terms of gore, but are also … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Families, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Revisiting Disney, Television, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged art the clown, benji gregory, clowns, david faustino, demons, ghosts, horror, john astin, kristy swanson, mr. boogedy, murder, terrifier, terrifier 2, terrifier 3, the disney sunday movie |

First Star I See Tonight

SPOILERS for all five of these! I had meant to write about some of them earlier, but I haven’t been feeling well as of late. Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV – This is a four-part documentary … Continue reading →

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Burning Up for Your Love

We watched three movies this weekend, and here are my thoughts, complete with SPOILERS. Mister Organ – Directed by David Farrier, the guy who made Tickled, this is a similar documentary in that it’s about an investigation into someone who … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Health, Humor, Prejudice, Relationships, Revisiting Disney, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged classical elements, david bowe, david farrier, elemental, elementals, immigration, mental illness, michael organ, mister organ, paracelsus, peter sohn, pixar, quentin dupleux, rubber |

Killers, Corpses, Cartoons, and Conductors

Here are my thoughts on the four movies I’ve watched most recently, all with SPOILERS. Body Bags – A 1993 film consisting of three different segments, the first two directed by John Carpenter and the last by Tobe Hooper. Carpenter … Continue reading →

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The Strange, Silent Type

SPOILERS, as usual. Strange World – It’s weird that Disney came out with a new big-budget animated feature that just fizzled out at the box office, and I’m not quite sure why it did. I guess it was largely bad … Continue reading →

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Beyond Burgers

The Bob’s Burgers Movie – I had wanted to see this at the theater, but I never got around to it, so I saw it streaming this weekend. It seems like the typical way to make a family sitcom into … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Humor, Revisiting Disney, Technology, Television, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged bob's burgers, buzz lightyear, cats, david wain, emperor zurg, lightyear, pixar, robots, the bob's burgers movie, toy story, toy story 2 |

Attack of the Puberty Panda

Turning Red – This is the first Pixar film to be directed solely by a woman, and it explores the familiar themes of the awkwardness of adolescence and trying to fit in with an overbearing family. That it uses menstruation … Continue reading →

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Six Degrees Below Zero

I guess it’s the holiday season now, so whoop-de-doo and dickory-dotch, and here are some things that I watched. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special – Like the movies, this special doesn’t take itself particularly seriously, but it does … Continue reading →

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We Don’t Post About Bruno

Encanto – Since Beth usually just wants to watch Halloween and horror stuff in October, I thought of the one Disney Animation Studios film we hadn’t yet watched when November came along. This one seems to have been quite well-liked, … Continue reading →

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Teeny Tiny Bat

Halloween has come and gone, and the Great Pumpkin never showed up. Does no one care about sincerity in pumpkin patches anymore? It’s all this commercial farming, I’m sure. Anyway, here are my thoughts on one thing I watched for … Continue reading →

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