That's the kind of thing I keep hearing about Your Name that makes me consider heading out to the theater.

I appreciate Voices of a Distant Star's brevity. Later works of his that tread similar thematic ground felt very sluggish in comparison. I don't know if I'd say I really enjoyed Voices, but I like it more than most Shinkai stuff.

I'm a little bit torn about going to see this one. I've seen all of Shinkai's other stuff and it leaves me cold (with the exception of She and Her Cat but I'm weak for stuff involving cats). I think I respect him for starting out independently and finding great success outside of the traditional anime pipeline, but I…

They should have flipped Jeff Bridges and Colin Firth's wins. Bridges for True Grit instead of Crazy Heart and Firth for A Single Man. Crazy Heart was just so bland.

I came hoping to hear the bike horn version of A Cruel Angel's Thesis, I was not disappointed.

I'm a huge fan of Yuasa's, so I wasn't disappointed in this episode. He had his frequent collaborators Eunyoung Choi and Aymeric Kevin working with him so it certainly felt like a typical Yuasa production in some ways. I've always liked how crude he can get; he pulls off romance and heavier themes well, but he's not…

We had a Junior Prom and a Senior Banquet. The banquet was held at like 10AM in hopes that it would dissuade students from drinking… it didn't work.

You'll love it, their real life chemistry translates incredibly on stage. I thought Stewart was great in a production of Macbeth I saw him in, but having McKellen to play off of made him even better. It's truly a great production.

Johanna is by far one of the most normal names in the book. She is running around in a world populated by Glimmer and Marvel after all.

I will never forget when my pretty cool 11th grade English teacher decided to show us Ghost World. It took us a few days to get through but everyone was really enjoying it at first. We all complimented our teacher on his great selection. Then, we got the part where Thora Birch hooks up with Steve Buscemi's character.…

I played a fair amount of Pokemon X. I'm much more into this generation than I have been the past few. It's probably the most I've enjoyed a pokemon game since Gold/Silver. I kinda like the Mega Evolution thing, mostly because Blastoise was always my favorite as a kid and now I can make him even more ridiculously…

I have to admit that I only have the Crunchyroll drama subscription because I bought my annual membership during the Black Friday discount sale. My friends have made me watch a few romantic comedies and I have to admit I wasn't too into them. The acting was so bad that it was distracting.

The Tatami Galaxy is tied with Utena for my favorite anime of all time. Not enough people have seen that show. Yuasa is one of the best guys in the industry for sure.

Friday: I went to see The Grandmaster. I'm a big fan of Wong Kar-wai, but I have to admit I was a little skeptical when I first heard about this movie. The Ip Man story has been done to death and I was disappointed he was going for such a well worn story. First of all, the movie is gorgeous. Nobody is surprised about…

She just released a solo album, and is touring so it's possible that she's been too busy to participate in a lot of the Reflektor promo. There has been some speculation that she'll only be performing as a touring member this time around.

That's exactly my issue here. Leslie and Ann have had such a lovely friendship through the entire run. Ann was there way before Ben, and I think it's been made clear that she's equally important to Leslie as he is. Ann's character is kind of undefined and directionless outside of being her best friend which makes her…

My name is Johanna, I have many fond and not-so-fond memories of friends and acquaintances singing "I FEEEEEEEL YOU JOHAAAANAAAA" over the years.

It felt like such a lost opportunity.

It felt like such a lost opportunity.

Not surprising, there were a few people who cheered when Jenn Wasner mentioned the AV Club during the great Papa Roach flowers story.