

Eventually becoming the most expensive anime film ever created, the follow-up Steamboy costs a whopping $22 million which is astronomical numbers for an anime project. When director/writer Katsuhiro Otomo, the creator of the legendary Japanese anime masterpiece Akira, takes ten years and over 180,000 drawings to create his follow-up film one knows that anticipation for his next project will be tremendous.

* : One star: don’t waste your time with this. * * : Two stars: only rent if you have to see everything. * * * : Three stars: average, not bad just not great either. * * * * : Four stars: put this at the top of your rental list. * * * * * : Five stars: go and buy this one, don’t just rent it! Here is what those star ratings mean for you couch potatoes: What you do with those opinions are totally up to you, although comments are welcome and encouraged.Įach film review has a one to five star rating at the end of the critique. We don’t know everything about film but we do know what we like, and we are more than happy to share our opinions with you. We will also review those big Hollywood films, but only after they are available for home viewing.Īll the reviews are written by fans of the great art of film making rather than some newspaper reviewer or stuffy film student.

This blog is designed to take a more detailed look at those movies that either were sent straight to DVD, received a very limited release in the theaters, or were distributed through the art house or film festival circuit. What makes this blog different is the fact that all of the films we are reviewing are all movies that are available on home movie rental companies such as Redbox, Netflix, Blockbuster, and your quickly disappearing neighborhood rental store. Couch Potato Movie Reviews is, obviously, a blog that exclusively reviews movies.
