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‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ Is the Only Horror I Can Stomach

November 13, 2019December 30, 2019 John MaherComments Off on ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ Is the Only Horror I Can Stomach

Twenty years later, there’s still no children’s cartoon that can begin to compete with the terrors that plagued Nowhere, Kansas.

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What the Iron Giant Can Still Teach Us About Friendship and Vulnerability

July 31, 2019December 30, 2019 Elly BelleComments Off on What the Iron Giant Can Still Teach Us About Friendship and Vulnerability

Two decades later, the film is still rich with poignant lessons—and with Vin Diesel’s career-best performance.

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20 Years Later, ‘Family Guy’ Feels Largely Forgettable

January 31, 2019May 6, 2019 Jack McKeanComments Off on 20 Years Later, ‘Family Guy’ Feels Largely Forgettable

What may have felt freeing in 1999 feels lazy and unhinged now.

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Where Did the Time Ed? ‘Ed, Edd n Eddy’ Turns 20

January 5, 2019December 14, 2025 Marley CruschComments Off on Where Did the Time Ed? ‘Ed, Edd n Eddy’ Turns 20

The long-running Cartoon Network show debuted January 4, 1999, and we have still not forgotten it.

EDITORS PICKS

Why Fans of ‘Frozen’ Should Check Out ‘White Snake’

By Charlotte Dow

But the source material for the film, which premiered at Fantastia 2019, happens to predate the Disney blockbuster's by roughly two centuries.

Conroy v Balefleckman: Jawn of Grimdark

By John Maher

The best Batflick is animated and you’ve probably never seen it. This one might be better. And darker.

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What Would Maes Hughes Do?

By Eric Vilas-Boas

An incomplete list.

It Took Like 10 Years to Get John to Watch ‘The Wire’ and He Bailed

By Eric Vilas-Boas

“Makes me sick, motherfucker, how far we done fell.”

Wrestling With the Animated ‘Batman: The Killing Joke’

By John Maher

DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation had every opportunity to make this film better — and they didn’t take any of them.

‘Moral Orel’ Still Shreds Trump and the Christian Right

By John Maher

Religious hypocrisy, patriarchal abuse, fetishization of violence. Orel is the American Christian, and he’s more screwed than ever.

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In “Deku vs. Kacchan, Part 2,” Bakugo Finally Gets Emotional

By Sarra Sedghi

He’s carried a weight Deku didn’t even consider.

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‘The 08th MS Team’ Is the Perfect Entry Point to Gundam

By Eric Vilas-Boas

It’s the show that best captures the franchise’s anti-war message.

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10 Years Later: Is ‘Cars’ Good?

By The Dot and Line

On its decennial, our experts investigate a question that just turned ten years old.

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How Cowboy Bebop Pulled Off Its Believable Dystopia

By Marley Crusch

The Earth is a shambles. The economy is a disaster. All the robots are lonely. So how is this episode one of the show’s funniest?

2017 editorial | Editorial by MysteryThemes.