Tales from Earthsea
August 25th, 2007
Poor Goro. Could there be anything more thankless than taking over a project tailor-made for your genius father, a master of animation renowned for his grace and deep humanity, and attempt to match his best work? When it was announced that Goro Miyazaki, son of anime legend Hayao, was directing the adaptation of Ursula K. LeGuin’s Earthsea novels, you didn’t have to be Yubaba the Witch to know that it would end in tears.
Read the rest of my review of Tales from Earthsea at About.com.
Gedo senki. Goro Miyazaki, 2006. **
Family Law
November 16th, 2006
A very sweet family drama about fathers, sons, and lawyers that snuck up on me in all sorts of unexpected ways. Marcy is taking over reviewing duties for this one–she also liked Burman’s Lost Embrace. Family Law is Argentina’s entry for the Academy Awards and opens December 8.
Derecho de familia. Daniel Burman, 2006. ***
[tags]film, 3 stars, argentina, daniel burman, fathers, sons, lawyers[/tags]
