Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma)
@cartoonkarma.bsky.social
Animation enthusiast chilling away in this dimension and unbothered by his non-corporeal form. Into Nintendo gaming, stuff that's cute and tough, and socialising with affable, friendly people. Just don’t go expecting any physical presence from me.
Miracle on 34th Street (★★★★) – Totally avoids maudlin gooeyness in its matter-of-fact-but-heightened Golden Age Hollywood depiction of the concept with constant ambiguity. Strong acting, solid comedy, biting wit to push the feel-good machinery elevate it strongly too. (1/2)
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January 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Miracle on 34th Street (★★★★) – Totally avoids maudlin gooeyness in its matter-of-fact-but-heightened Golden Age Hollywood depiction of the concept with constant ambiguity. Strong acting, solid comedy, biting wit to push the feel-good machinery elevate it strongly too. (1/2)
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From: A Town Called Panic (2009), dir. Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, La Parti Productions
December 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM
From: A Town Called Panic (2009), dir. Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, La Parti Productions
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I’ve seen the series a lot more then the movie, as the former was shown as interstitials on Nickelodeon a lot in the mid 2000s, but the movie is one of the most delightfully kinetic, warped, avant-grade pieces of surrealist “animation” out there. Heavily recommended to all.
From: A Town Called Panic (2009), dir. Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, La Parti Productions
December 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I’ve seen the series a lot more then the movie, as the former was shown as interstitials on Nickelodeon a lot in the mid 2000s, but the movie is one of the most delightfully kinetic, warped, avant-grade pieces of surrealist “animation” out there. Heavily recommended to all.
2025 was a rough year for me for playing games, but I picked up a lot! Not pictured is a 2nd copy of Black 2 that’s CiB (first was box and cart only) two Xbox 360 LEGO games (LEGO Star Wars III, LEGO Movie Videogame) and two other Spyro’s Adventure Skylanders (Voodood and Wham-Shell). Great haul! 😇
December 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
2025 was a rough year for me for playing games, but I picked up a lot! Not pictured is a 2nd copy of Black 2 that’s CiB (first was box and cart only) two Xbox 360 LEGO games (LEGO Star Wars III, LEGO Movie Videogame) and two other Spyro’s Adventure Skylanders (Voodood and Wham-Shell). Great haul! 😇
This is really starting to remind me of that tv film Barbarians at the Gate (and the real-life events it’s based on) where the top bid for that merger of the tobacco companies was also rejected, though there it was for being too unrealistic to ever pay back. And that similarity is unnerving…
Warner Bros. Discovery plans to once again reject Paramount’s amended $108.4 billion acquisition bid next week.
The board continues to view its $83 billion deal with Netflix as the superior option.
The board continues to view its $83 billion deal with Netflix as the superior option.
December 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is really starting to remind me of that tv film Barbarians at the Gate (and the real-life events it’s based on) where the top bid for that merger of the tobacco companies was also rejected, though there it was for being too unrealistic to ever pay back. And that similarity is unnerving…
My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever (★★★) – For coming this late into a show that bottomed out at the end, it barely makes any big missteps. Largely mechanical, surface-level, and light on wit, but with good heart, solid pace and enough highlights to feel warmly disposed to. (1/2)
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December 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever (★★★) – For coming this late into a show that bottomed out at the end, it barely makes any big missteps. Largely mechanical, surface-level, and light on wit, but with good heart, solid pace and enough highlights to feel warmly disposed to. (1/2)
Back to the Future (★★★★1/2) – The screenplay really is that mechanically perfect, and the breezy fun, comedic-yet-nuanced performances, score and giddiness do combine to make as perfect an 80s time capsule that is itself timeless as I can imagine. Lives up to the hype. (1/2)
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December 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Back to the Future (★★★★1/2) – The screenplay really is that mechanically perfect, and the breezy fun, comedic-yet-nuanced performances, score and giddiness do combine to make as perfect an 80s time capsule that is itself timeless as I can imagine. Lives up to the hype. (1/2)
Avatar: Fire and Ash (★★★★) – The "most" Avatar (and the weirdest with more emphasised psychedelic bits) is the weakest, redoing Way of Water quite a bit. But Cameron's gift for transportive, evocative cinema as experiences, not parts of a whole, remains unmatched. (1/2)
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December 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Avatar: Fire and Ash (★★★★) – The "most" Avatar (and the weirdest with more emphasised psychedelic bits) is the weakest, redoing Way of Water quite a bit. But Cameron's gift for transportive, evocative cinema as experiences, not parts of a whole, remains unmatched. (1/2)
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RIP Rob Reiner
December 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
RIP Rob Reiner
As if his own directorial resume wasn’t impressive enough (and it is!) this multiplied that legacy even further. And he was a great, generous humanitarian as well. R.I.P. to him and his wife Michelle Signer.
without Rob Reiner’s Castle Rock production company we wouldn’t have:
City Slickers, Honeymoon in Vegas, In the Line of Fire, The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise, Dolores Claiborne, Lone Star, Waiting for Guffman, and more - in a six-year period alone
City Slickers, Honeymoon in Vegas, In the Line of Fire, The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise, Dolores Claiborne, Lone Star, Waiting for Guffman, and more - in a six-year period alone
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
As if his own directorial resume wasn’t impressive enough (and it is!) this multiplied that legacy even further. And he was a great, generous humanitarian as well. R.I.P. to him and his wife Michelle Signer.
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Exactly 28 years ago today on December 16, 1997 at 6:30 PM JST, EP038: Computer Warrior Porygon (ie: Electric Soldier Porygon) aired in Japan.
Due to a strobe effect, over 700 Japanese people suffered adverse health effects. The episode was banned.
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Due to a strobe effect, over 700 Japanese people suffered adverse health effects. The episode was banned.
https://bulbapedia.b...
December 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Exactly 28 years ago today on December 16, 1997 at 6:30 PM JST, EP038: Computer Warrior Porygon (ie: Electric Soldier Porygon) aired in Japan.
Due to a strobe effect, over 700 Japanese people suffered adverse health effects. The episode was banned.
https://bulbapedia.b...
Due to a strobe effect, over 700 Japanese people suffered adverse health effects. The episode was banned.
https://bulbapedia.b...
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It's pretty sad that almost all discussion of the new Tomb Raider from both people who love and hate what they saw revolves around Lara's body and appearance, but then again that was kind of always a big part of who she was when she was introduced to the world. Mostly just a body with guns.
December 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's pretty sad that almost all discussion of the new Tomb Raider from both people who love and hate what they saw revolves around Lara's body and appearance, but then again that was kind of always a big part of who she was when she was introduced to the world. Mostly just a body with guns.
Every time I think the standard for shrill, brain cell killing Hollywood animation can’t go any lower, they manage to drain that bit more out of the pool…
December 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Every time I think the standard for shrill, brain cell killing Hollywood animation can’t go any lower, they manage to drain that bit more out of the pool…
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one of the many small tweaks coming in next content update, for people who use manual scribbling of hints:
Selected scribbled hint will turn transparent so it's easier to read what's bellow a scribble!
Selected scribbled hint will turn transparent so it's easier to read what's bellow a scribble!
December 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
one of the many small tweaks coming in next content update, for people who use manual scribbling of hints:
Selected scribbled hint will turn transparent so it's easier to read what's bellow a scribble!
Selected scribbled hint will turn transparent so it's easier to read what's bellow a scribble!
Castle in the Sky (★★★★) – Miyazaki's juggling many modes here, and thus it perhaps isn't as consistently high as some of his other works. But the Romantic adventure, sweetness, steampunk fantasy, wondrous sights and more absolutely result in rousing adventure cinema. (1/2)
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December 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Castle in the Sky (★★★★) – Miyazaki's juggling many modes here, and thus it perhaps isn't as consistently high as some of his other works. But the Romantic adventure, sweetness, steampunk fantasy, wondrous sights and more absolutely result in rousing adventure cinema. (1/2)
Crying shame. Sheen was one of the breakout characters on that show (if, ah, not enough to carry his own show 😅), but for anyone to pass that young is tragic. Especially when they’re that talented. Sheen’s boyish enthusiasm always made his dumbness that much more endearing. RIP Mr. Garcia.
Jeff Garcia, the voice of Sheen Estevez from ‘Jimmy Neutron’, has sadly passed away at the age of 50, TMZ reports.
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Crying shame. Sheen was one of the breakout characters on that show (if, ah, not enough to carry his own show 😅), but for anyone to pass that young is tragic. Especially when they’re that talented. Sheen’s boyish enthusiasm always made his dumbness that much more endearing. RIP Mr. Garcia.
Zootopia 2 (★★1/2) – Not _deficient_ deficient like recent Disney Animation flicks, but still every inch a laboured, convoluted, messy-by-committee sequel, with the original's core strengths of a solid mystery with likeable characters and fun visual gags heavily neutered. (1/2)
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December 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Zootopia 2 (★★1/2) – Not _deficient_ deficient like recent Disney Animation flicks, but still every inch a laboured, convoluted, messy-by-committee sequel, with the original's core strengths of a solid mystery with likeable characters and fun visual gags heavily neutered. (1/2)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (★★★★1/2) – Might well be the best 80s Star Wars-type sci-fi of its kind. Miyazaki's scope and imagination known no limits and is wonderfully executed, while the rest, if less rich in character than his later works, plenty suffices. (1/2)
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December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (★★★★1/2) – Might well be the best 80s Star Wars-type sci-fi of its kind. Miyazaki's scope and imagination known no limits and is wonderfully executed, while the rest, if less rich in character than his later works, plenty suffices. (1/2)
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The UK and Ireland trailer for The Day the Earth Blew Up A Looney Tunes Movie which is coming out in theaters on February 13th 2026!
December 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The UK and Ireland trailer for The Day the Earth Blew Up A Looney Tunes Movie which is coming out in theaters on February 13th 2026!
Zootopia (★★★1/2) – For the film that instigated kids’ movies with badly-conceived racism parables, that dominates less than I remember, and the sheer variety of tones and content otherwise gives the rest a decent batting average. Sloppy, but mostly entertaining. (1/2)
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December 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Zootopia (★★★1/2) – For the film that instigated kids’ movies with badly-conceived racism parables, that dominates less than I remember, and the sheer variety of tones and content otherwise gives the rest a decent batting average. Sloppy, but mostly entertaining. (1/2)
West Side Story (★★★1/2) – Bounces between stagey artifice and expressionist directing after the stellar on-location prologue, but besides that and wobbly acting beyond Anita and Jeff, it succeeds at a more-then-the-sum-of-its parts musical of big, splash emotionalism. (1/2)
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November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
West Side Story (★★★1/2) – Bounces between stagey artifice and expressionist directing after the stellar on-location prologue, but besides that and wobbly acting beyond Anita and Jeff, it succeeds at a more-then-the-sum-of-its parts musical of big, splash emotionalism. (1/2)
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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who is celebrating today! We are always thankful for each and every one of you! Thank you for all your support! 🦃
-Marc 💫
-Marc 💫
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who is celebrating today! We are always thankful for each and every one of you! Thank you for all your support! 🦃
-Marc 💫
-Marc 💫
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Finally! Disney legend Andreas Deja will debut his 2D, hand-drawn short 'Mushka' online on Dec. 15, more than 13 years after sharing its first teaser.
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Andreas Deja’s Hand-Drawn ‘Mushka’ Premieres Online Dec. 15
The long-anticipated short brings Deja’s extensive 2D expertise to global audiences, blending emotional storytelling with expressive hand-drawn animation.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Finally! Disney legend Andreas Deja will debut his 2D, hand-drawn short 'Mushka' online on Dec. 15, more than 13 years after sharing its first teaser.
www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/andre...
www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/andre...
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With Disney’s 'Zootopia 2' hitting theaters and introducing the brand-new character Gary De’Snake, we’re taking a look at some of the funniest, creepiest, and most memorable cartoon snakes throughout animation history.
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Animation’s Most Unforgettable Snakes: 16 Scene-Stealing Reptiles
A deep dive into animation’s funniest, scariest, and most inventive snakes, from Golden Age classics to modern CG icons and hidden gems.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
With Disney’s 'Zootopia 2' hitting theaters and introducing the brand-new character Gary De’Snake, we’re taking a look at some of the funniest, creepiest, and most memorable cartoon snakes throughout animation history.
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