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All posts by Josh Spiegel
Blu-ray Review: “Porco Rosso”
Porco Rosso, much like Kiki’s Delivery Service, sets the stage for Hayao Miyazaki’s gorgeous final film, The Wind Rises, as much as it succeeds on its own merits. It’s a story set against the backdrop of the impending Second World War, focusing on the power an...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 181: “Strange Magic”
Wise men say only fools rush in. But I gotta feelin' that tonight's gonna be a good night. So come on, Marianne! OK, enough singing (for now). Time to get down to business, and on this week's episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, business equals talking about the br...
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“Strange Magic”
"At least it can't get any worse," a character suggests roughly halfway through Strange Magic, a promise the film has no intention of keeping. This riff on William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream does indeed feel as if it sprung "from the mind of Georg...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 180: “Treasure Planet”
Avast, buckoes! It's time for Mousterpiece Cinema to start plundering some booty on this week's episode, but we're not going to be traveling for some island in the middle of the sea. Instead, we're heading for outer...space! (No more Inside Llewyn Davis refere...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 179: “Kiki’s Delivery Service”
Are you feeling flighty today? Perhaps a bit witchy? Well, at the very least, if you're ready to have an open mind and a bit of interest, you're the perfect audience for today's episode of Mousterpiece Cinema. Josh and Gabe take flight with the Hayao Miyazaki ...
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“Loitering with Intent”
Ivan Martin and Michael Godere, the co-leads, co-writers, and co-producers of the new indie film Loitering with Intent, risk a dangerous amount of goodwill in the construction of their story. Playing what feels like an almost entirely autobiographical duo--Mar...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 178: “Aliens of the Deep”
Happy New Year, folks! We're kicking things off at Mousterpiece Cinema right in 2015, with a film from the master himself, James Cameron. (Please, call him Jim.) Following up on our discussion of Ghosts of the Abyss last year, Gabe and Josh are going down belo...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 177: “Into the Woods”
As we say goodbye to 2014, friends, it's time to venture into the world of musicals on Mousterpiece Cinema once more. In fact, you might say Josh and Gabe are headed into the woods/it's time to go/we hate to leave/ we have to, though/Into the woods/it's time t...
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“Into The Woods”
Into The Woods is excellent proof that we, as a society, need to rise up and stop Rob Marshall from directing a movie ever again. This long-gestating adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical, a knowing and prescient blend of fairy tale characters from Cinder...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 176: “The Reluctant Dragon”
With but one shopping day until Christmas, it's time for Josh and Gabe to open up their own gifts on this new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, as they travel back in time to the era when the Walt Disney Company was merely the Walt Disney Studios, back when live...
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