The new Pixar trailer for Inside Out has been released, giving a better glimpse of the plot line than we have previously seen. As usual with their projects it looks like a serious story carefully hidden within some high quality silly fun. It will be on the big screen on June 19th, I will be going for the 3D version myself.
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The new live-action Cinderella is probably going to get a large number of seats filled, if only for the opening short Frozen Fever. I will probably be at that one myself, but The Cobbler also looks pretty interesting; a shoe repair man working in the same shop his family has run for generations is granted the ability to live his customers lives by walking in their shoes… literally. The Lovers takes place 5 years from now and in 1778, with the protagonist crossing timelines to save the ones he loves. Supposedly Air is coming out as well this weekend (two maintenance guys in a bunker full of frozen folks waiting to repopulate the world), but I haven’t found any direct references to it yet.
In movies, the only real choice this week is Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, the conclusion of this world-class trilogy. We lost Robin Williams shortly after this one, but everything else about this film is spot-on! There doesn’t seem to be anything in TV this time, at least not that I have found.
In Anime Familiar of Zero: Knight of the Twin Moons continues the adventures of the sorceress with very little control of her magic. Her control is so bad that when it came time for her to summon a familiar, she ended up with a human from our world rather than a magical creature. Now Louise the Zero and her familiar Hiraga Saito have to try to rescue the newly crowned Queen Henrietta from her kidnappers while the world plunges into war. In The World God Only Knows: Season Three – Goddesses the demons Keima must capture are hiding inside real goddesses, and even worse, those he has conquered before. How does he defeat them this time?
For those looking to continue a favorite, Fairy Tail: Part 15 brings us episodes 165->175 of some of the most deadly and hilarious magic duels ever recorded. To put that in perspective, the link I included to Hulu’s Fairy Tale collection tops out at 302 episodes at this point.
The band CHVRCHES have created some excellent music, and this live performance on KEXP back in October of 2013 makes that very obvious. Some folks just have to go ahead, so everyone else has a blazed trail to follow. Enjoy.
This fun little power pop/punk/indi tune by Sleater-Kinney, A New Wave, was done as a Bob’s Burgers animation, and I like both the music and the artwork in this presentation. That wasn’t the first connection between an alt rock band and the show; back in 2013 St. Vincent also made an appearance with their song Bad Girls. Thanks to Nerdist for the heads up on this one.
I thought I would post a few pictures of myself and a friend of mine hanging out on my Balloon House. I generally keep it parked a hundred meters above sea level somewhere above an island paradise. You have to love Virtual Reality environments like Second Life; they can be so whimsical.
