Leo Noboru Lima

The term "science fiction" is a funny one, when you really think about it. In the strictest terms, any given fictional story will feature science as a major driving force, either overtly or implicitly.

Directed by the great Chris Sanders, "The Wild Robot" is among the most enchanting DreamWorks Animation movies to be released in a very long time. Part of that can be attributed to the animation, which is imbued with a painterly, storybook quality, continuing the dazzling post-"Spider-Verse" trend in American big-studio animation of approaching CGI in new and interesting ways. Part of it is the minimalism and effective simplicity of the film, which is itself structured like a storybook, perhaps because it is based on one: The eponymous children's book series by Peter Brown.

Under one name or another, Marvel Comics has existed for 85 years now — nearly as long as superhero comics themselves. The most iconic and influential of all American comic book publishers has a winding, fascinating history that has often paralleled the ups and downs of American society, culture, and economy at large. At some junctures, including as recently as two and a half decades ago, Marvel faced tumbles severe enough to threaten its very existence, yet it has always managed to turn things around and come out on top, whether by introducing barn-burning new superhero teams or reinventing itself as a 21st-century multimedia giant.

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Although Disney Channel has existed since 1983, its slate of original programming only dates back as far as the late '90s, when the concept of Disney

There's nothing quite like a heart-breaking anime movie when you need to have a good cry. These films will all have you reaching for the tissues.

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The beautiful thing about television is that it's a living medium. A writer or showrunner can work everything out in their head ahead of time, put all the pieces in place hoping for a specific audience reaction, and then find things to turn out completely differently in practice. There can, for instance, be a set intention to emphasize a certain character in the show's development — only for a supporting character with less screen time, less material, and less prominence in the plot to capture viewers' hearts.

All around the world, the past two decades have made South Korean cinema central to the media diets of inveterate cinephiles and casual Netflix surfers alike. And, within the vast realm of the country's audiovisual media, South Korean romance is a particularly fruitful and popular orchard. Whether in the form of television dramas or feature films, either you or someone you know has almost certainly had some exposure to the genre as it is practiced in the peninsula. Depending on where the media in question hails from, that exposure may have been to something pristine, soft-spoken, family-friendly, and even borderline chaste, as many popular romance K-dramas are wont to be. Or it may have just as well been to something steamy.

Christmas movies are a genre unto themselves, even if said genre is a tent big enough to have accommodated virtually all other genres you could name over the years. Depending on what kind of holiday entertainment you favor, your best option for Christmas could be a streamer section filled with posters of couples wearing red and green sweaters, a horror-focused service, or something else entirely. But for fans of more traditional Christmas fare, Disney+ is one of the streamers with the widest array of options — which makes a lot of sense when you think about what kind of movie Disney Studios has specialized in over the decades.