About Author: Rachel Wagner
Rachel is a rottentomatoes approved film critic and podcaster. She loves all things animation and does a monthly podcast on classic Disney films and on obscure animation at Rachel's Reviews. She also is the founder and lead host of The Hallmarkies Podcast. She grew up with mainstream classics like The Little Mermaid and The Simpsons but also loves indie and anime fare like Song of the Sea and Your Name. Most important to her is discussing all kinds of film and TV shows with her friends and all of you.
Follow Rachel on twitter at @rachel_reviews and on her blog rachelsreviews.net
![I bet most of you when watching the Academy Awards go get a snack or phase out when they give the awards for sound mixing and sound editing. Most of […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/walter-murch2-200x110.jpeg "[REVIEW] ‘Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound’")
![Especially for an Illumination property the recent film The Secret Life of Pets kind of flew under the radar this summer. While it certainly made a profit, it did not […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/secret-life-200x110.jpg "[BLU-RAY REVIEW] ‘The Secret Life of Pets 2’")
![I love talking with the creative people behind the animated films we enjoy so it was a real treat to be able to have a conversation with Thurop Van […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/angry-birds5-200x110.jpg "[INTERVIEW] ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’ Director Thurop Van Orman and Producer John Cohen")
![The team over at GKIDS is continuing on with its Studio Ghibli Fest series, and in August we have the opportunity to see the seminal classic Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Totoro_3-200x110.jpg "[GIVEAWAY] ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ Tickets 2019")
![Sometimes as anime fans we can get a little stuck on Studio Ghibli and forget about the other rich and beautiful films Japan has given us. One such film, 2002’s […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/millenium-actress3-200x110.jpg "[REVIEW] ‘Millennium Actress’ (Classic Anime)")
![Over my years of reviewing films for rotoscopers I have found there is a particular type of cgi movie that it is very difficult to get people, even animation addicts, […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/leo-da-vinci2-200x110.jpg "[REVIEW] ‘Leo Da Vinci: Mission Mona Lisa’")
![Even if it is only for a few days, it is always exciting when we get a new anime film released here in the United States. The latest entry comes […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/39-200x110.jpg "[REVIEW] ‘Sound! Euphonium: The Movie’")
![It’s funny how films are often released with similar themes or types of characters at a similar time for seemingly no reason. In a given year, we’ll get two “Attack […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/penguins-and-penguin-highway-200x110.jpg "[REVIEW] ‘Penguins’ and ‘Penguin Highway’")
![I must admit when I signed on to review Wonder Park, I was very hopeful it would be a under-the-radar film I could really champion. It looked like it might be […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/wonder-park4-200x110.jpg "[REVIEW] ‘Wonder Park’")