A Clean Shaven Man
That’s what Olive wants. To even the score, the boys visit Wimpy’s barber shop. Wimpy is out, so they shave each other; you’d think Popeye would know better than to let Bluto at him with a razor.
Circumstantial Pleasures
A striking elaboration on a signature style, with “story” all but evacuated, Circumstantial Pleasure’s six episodes proceed less like an album of potent recollections and more like a stream of…
The Stingiest Man in Town
This cartoon version of A Christmas Carol hails from the production house of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass–the team that brought you just about every other Christmas special you…
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
After the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant monsters called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji’s objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one…
Strong to the Finich
Olive runs some kind of boarding school. She serves her charges a huge bowl of spinach, but they are less than enthusiastic about it. Popeye comes by and demonstrates the…
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One
Following a brutal series of murders taking place on Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, Gotham City’s young vigilante known as the Batman sets out to pursue the mysterious serial killer alongside…
The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina
Voiced by Elijah Wood, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and others, this film features Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, the tiny, famed fairy-tale favorites, who are together for the first time in this…
It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown
As the holiday season rolls around and all the Peanuts gang are getting ready for it. Whether it be Charlie Brown struggling to raise money for his girlfriend or Sally…