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FILM CORNER: Films I Will More Likely See This Year

Nolan Schmidt

Jun 122 min read

FILM CORNER: Films I Will More Likely See This Year

It's been a while since I last posted a Film Corner column. Last time I did so, I discussed how the U.S. theatrical release of Demon...

FILM CORNER: Demon Slayer Movie Box Office Numbers Shows Grand Return to Cinema Exclusive Movies

Nolan Schmidt

May 6, 20212 min read

FILM CORNER: Demon Slayer Movie Box Office Numbers Shows Grand Return to Cinema Exclusive Movies

Last weekend, a good friend and I went to check out Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train.

FILM CORNER - How A Kingdom Hearts Television Series Could Work

Nolan Schmidt

Feb 19, 20212 min read

FILM CORNER - How A Kingdom Hearts Television Series Could Work

Now, it seems that Disney is letting Square Enix take a go at making a pilot with Epic Games' Unreal Engine.

FILM CORNER - How Caillou Created A Grounded Following

Nolan Schmidt

Jan 15, 20213 min read

FILM CORNER - How Caillou Created A Grounded Following

A little over a week ago, PBS announced that it would no longer air the Canadian animated educational show, Caillou, throughout their...

FILM CORNER - Anime Schlock: The So Bad It's Good Classics of a Medium

Nolan Schmidt

Dec 25, 20202 min read

FILM CORNER - Anime Schlock: The So Bad It's Good Classics of a Medium

With any film medium, there is always a certain part that contains the bad titles.

FILM CORNER - Animerama: The Successes (and Failures) of Osamu Tezuka's Adult Aimed Anime Project

Nolan Schmidt

Dec 18, 20203 min read

FILM CORNER - Animerama: The Successes (and Failures) of Osamu Tezuka's Adult Aimed Anime Project

The films of Animerama were produced at Tezuka's Mushi Productions, and released from 1969 to 1973.

FILM CORNER - Lupin the 3rd: Anime's Popular (and Long-Running) Thief

Nolan Schmidt

Dec 4, 20203 min read

FILM CORNER - Lupin the 3rd: Anime's Popular (and Long-Running) Thief

The series was created by Kazuhiko Kato (under the pen name Monkey Punch) in 1967 when the manga first premiered in Weekly Manga Action.

FILM CORNER - Gorillaz: 20 Years of Music and Animation

Nolan Schmidt

Nov 6, 20202 min read

FILM CORNER - Gorillaz: 20 Years of Music and Animation

For two decades, two men created and continued a project that would become a worldwide phenomenon.

FILM CORNER: Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story (Review)

Nolan Schmidt

Oct 22, 20202 min read

FILM CORNER: Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story (Review)

A while back, I had the chance to watch a really good documentary on one of the first original NickToons that aired on Nickelodeon in 1991.

FILM CORNER - How an Animated Drizzt Series Could Work

Nolan Schmidt

Oct 1, 20202 min read

FILM CORNER - How an Animated Drizzt Series Could Work

The Legend of Drizzt is a long-running series of novels set in the Forgotten Realms by R.A. Salvatore.

FILM CORNER - RALPH BAKSHI: THE GODFATHER OF ADULT ANIMATION

Nolan Schmidt

Sep 17, 20202 min read

FILM CORNER - RALPH BAKSHI: THE GODFATHER OF ADULT ANIMATION

Unlike the animated films of Disney, Ralph's films were raw, socially aware, and both the atmosphere and characters are down to earth.

FILM CORNER - Animated X-Rated Film Relevant to Today’s Times

Nolan Schmidt

Sep 3, 20203 min read

FILM CORNER - Animated X-Rated Film Relevant to Today’s Times

Fritz the Cat was a 1972 independent animated film, and it is the first X-rated animated feature made.

FILM CORNER - Human or Machine?: A Galaxy Express Allegory

Nolan Schmidt

Aug 20, 20203 min read

FILM CORNER - Human or Machine?: A Galaxy Express Allegory

Galaxy Express 999 is a 1979 Japanese animated film based on the manga of the same name drawn and written by Leiji Matsumoto.

the Bitter Truth

Aug 17, 20205 min read

The Attack of the Blue Meanies

Side note: the title is a dated reference to the Beatles animated film, Yellow Submarine. Apparently, not a lot of people have seen this...

FILM CORNER - The Impact of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Nolan Schmidt

Aug 13, 20203 min read

FILM CORNER - The Impact of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

The series itself is based around the several generations of the Joestar family split into Parts.

South Park: Teaching Libertarianism since 1997

Nolan Schmidt

Apr 30, 20203 min read

South Park: Teaching Libertarianism since 1997

Ever since its premiere on August 13, 1997, South Park has been one of the most successful animated television series aimed for adults.

Mar 19, 20203 min read

Make Mine Freedom from Big Government

This column was originally published in the Seguin Gazette on Friday, August 12, 2016. Though it is nearly four years old, the topic in...

Neal Dikeman

Feb 8, 20180 min read

The Real Congressional Listening Tour

Neal Dikeman

Feb 8, 20180 min read

The Blame Game

Which party is the party of small government?

Neal Dikeman

Feb 8, 20180 min read

Which party is the party of small government?

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