*Along with my Yammie Awards (coming soon), I figured this year I would also do some pro-wrestling awards! Keep in mind that this is pretty much just based on WWE wrestling, since I haven’t seen as many matches from Japanese or independent wrestling organizations as I would like to, I can’t honestly include them. Hopefully next time.* Read more
Today is the unofficial fan day of Super Mario!
That’s right, March 10th is Mario day (Mar.10, Mario, get it?)!
Why not celebrate by playing your favorite Mario games? Or you can try stomping on some Goombas, throwing some Koopa shells at your friends, riding a dinosaur, flying above the clouds, laying some siege on some airships, traversing space, cleaning goo riddled islands, and encasing your skin in some type of indestructible metal!
… Okay… So maybe playing the games is the more reasonable choice…
Happy Mario Day!
Despite all of the crumby Summer blockbusters, 2009 was a good year for movies, but even more so, it was a great year for animated movies. Pixar gave us another classic with Up, Wes Anderson entered animation with Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Disney returned to the traditionally animated musicals that made them what they are.
It was such a great year for animation in fact, that for only the second time in history, the Best Animated Feature Oscar contains five nominees (as apposed to the usual three).
And yet, with five nominees for Best Animated Feature in one of the best years of animated features, there is one film that is tragically and shamefully absent from the Oscar race: Ponyo. Read more
The latest animated classic from master filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, Ponyo, is now available on DVD and Blu-ray! Read more
While the title of this post really leaves little else to be explained, I figured I may as well elaborate. Read more
This Tuesday, March 2nd, will see new DVD releases of four of Hayao Miyazaki’s films. Read more
The real Animal House.
Fantastic Mr. Fox is a 2009 stop-motion animated film directed by Wes Anderson, who is known for directing such live-action films as The Royal Tenenbaums. Fantastic Mr. Fox is Wes Anderson’s first forray into animated cinema, but how well does Wes Anderson transition into the medium? Read more
*Here’s another game from 2009*
No Mike Tyson this time around.
The Wii iteration of Punch-Out is a 2009 video game by Next Level games, and serves as a retro revival for the classic Punch-Out!! series, which was a massive classic on the NES, and even had a big impact on the SNES. But does this revival live up to its predecessors? Read more
Yesterday, Nintendo announced that two of their most anticipated games, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M, would be released sooner then you would expect. And today, Nintendo let us know just how soon. Read more