Tales From Earthsea is not the work of the legendary Hayao Miyazaki or even Isao Takahata. This animated feature comes from Goro Miyazaki; Hayao’s son. Admittedly it’s so very hard to think about Goro’s work (who is not, I repeat not a professional animator) and not compare him to his father. Further, expecting a Princess Mononoke level of film right out of the gates is not only a lofty expectation, but an impossible one. It’s like trying to compare “Juno” to “Ghostbusters”; just because Jason Reitman is Ivan Reitman’s son doesn’t mean he’ll top his father’s peak films with his first effort. But even though Goro didn’t grow up in…
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Our Hearts Go Out to All of Japan…
Hello World, Marc Here: I wanted to take time away from entertainment news and focus on the earthquake/tsunami tragedy going on in Japan right now. As you know, my good friend Rob (one of our “3 guys“) lives in Japan with his wife. The country was hit by the earthquake this morning and it affected where they live thankfully they’re OK. But a lot of people weren’t that lucky as the magnitude 8.9 offshore quake unleashed a 23-foot (7-meter) tsunami and was followed by more than 50 aftershocks for hours, many of them of more than magnitude 6.0. I was relieved to get in touch with Rob this morning and…