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All posts by Josh Spiegel
Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 175: “Inspector Gadget”
Are you feeling brainy? We hope so, because matters of the mind are on tap for this week's episode of Mousterpiece Cinema. Josh and Gabe are ready to tackle the 1999 adaptation of the 1980s cartoon Inspector Gadget, starring Matthew Broderick and Rupert Everet...
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“Song of the Sea”
There was once a time, not so long ago, when hand-drawn animation wasn’t so hard to find in feature films. Even during the early years of the 2000s, Walt Disney Animation Studios and competitors like DreamWorks Animation and Paramount were making traditionally...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 174, ‘Rushmore’
Hey, folks! We hope you've been preparing all of your extracurricular activities, from fencing to beekeeping to everything in between, because this week, we're going back to prep school. More specifically, Josh and Gabe are headed to Rushmore, the 1998 film fr...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 173: ‘Make Mine Music’
With the holidays right around the corner, we hope you're in a musical mood this week, because that's ostensibly the theme of the new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema. Josh and Gabe get in rhythm to talk about the 1946 package film Make Mine Music, which offers ...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 172: ‘Dead Poets Society’
Happy early Thanksgiving, folks. On this week's episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, we're thankfully not talking about a cinematic turkey; we;re going back to school with the 1989 film Dead Poets Society, starring the late Robin Williams. Gabe and Josh are joined ...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 171: “The Incredibles”
We hope you're bursting with confidence this week, listeners. You should be brimming with courage and energy and flexibility! In short, you better be feeling incredible because that's the tone of this week's Mousterpiece Cinema, wherein Josh and Gabe talk abou...
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Blu-Ray Review: “The Wind Rises”
Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release Date: November 18, 2014
MSRP: $36.95
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Film: A / Video: A / Audio: A- / Extras: B+
In recent days, one of the worst possible stories for fans of animation in general floated over the summer...
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Blu-Ray Review: “Kiki’s Delivery Service”
Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release Date: November 18, 2014
MSRP: $36.95
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Film: B+ / Video: A / Audio: A / Extras: B-
As with Hayao Miyazaki's final film, The Wind Rises, his 1989 effort Kiki's Delivery Service is obsessed w...
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Blu-Ray Review: “Princess Mononoke”
Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release Date: November 18, 2014
MSRP: $36.95
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Film: A / Video: A / Audio: A- / Extras: B-
What must it have been like to see Princess Mononoke in the fall of 1999 in American theaters? Even with a...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 170: “Big Hero 6”
This week on Mousterpiece Cinema, Josh and Gabe are suiting up with their best scientific superpowers to fight head-on about the new film from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Big Hero 6. This collaboration between Disney and Marvel (though the latter's involvem...
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