Animation Insider reports that Nickelodeon renewed this animated series for a second season. I’ve never heard of this show until now. Then again, I’m not a preschooler, although I do drool on my bib from time to time. New York Times wrote a piece last year on it. Karen Chao, a UC Irvine graduate with …

The Kung Fu Panda movie clobbered Sex and the City in the US box office, much to my surprise. There are millions of unhappy housewives in America. I imagined they’d be willing to fork over 10 bucks multiple times to take away the pain of their daily life. Some were just like the characters, but …

According to Variety, Stephen Spielberg has bought the rights to Ghost in the Shell, the anime classic. It would’ve been something else to have Dreamworks Animation remake this film and imbue it with the Spielberg sensibility. However populist or pedestrian you find his movies, he has the true gift of story telling. Yet, Ghost in …