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Wonder Woman Animated Movie Premieres at New York Comic Con... And It's...
Wonder Woman tells the story of Hippolyta's war with Ares, the God of War, the creation of the Amazon island Themyscira, and Wonder Woman's origins and her blossoming romance with human Steve Trevor as...
View ArticleThe Biotic Woman: The Goode Family makes for good TV
I’m a little late to the party on this one, but I must say: when did ABC get so progressive? Granted, they canceled the show I’m about to plug, and Comedy Central recently canceled the syndication as...
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Bechdel Test Canon Double Feature: House and Coraline
As this is the penultimate post of the series and goes live during the winter holidays, I thought it might be fun to do another double feature. Today, we focus on two selections that take place at...
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L'illusionniste Fails to Work its Magic
Best Animated Feature Film nominee L'illusionniste (The Illusionist)came out on DVD in the USA last week. I looked forward to seeing it, given that I enjoyed Sylvain Chomet's Belleville Rendezvous (The...
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Dark of the Matinée: Shadow Play // Lotte Reiniger's The Adventures of Prince...
Like so many other aspects of the film industry, animation is still a male-dominated field. In the early days of the industry, women worked most often as inkers and painters, so while their work was...
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Dark of the Matinée: Digital Champion // Mamoru Hosoda
When Summer Wars was released in 2009, critics around the world hailed director Mamoru Hosoda as the next big name in Japanese animated film and compared him to Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki's critical and...
View ArticleWe're All Mad Here: Crazy Ladies in Batman: The Animated Series
"We're all mad here" might be the best description of almost all of the characters in Batman: The Animated Series, including the caped crusader himself. Most of the villains in Batman are super...
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On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here's all the news on our radar today!• Writer and activist Janet Mock explores the power of defining oneself in the trans* community in an interview with celebrity B. Scott of "Tyra Banks Show" fame....
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In New Surreal Animated Film "Rocks in My Pockets," Depression is a Ghost
Delving into family history for the sake of entertainment is no easy task, especially when your family has as many skeletons in its closet as Latvian animator Signe Baumane’s.Juggling themes of...
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