For the past several years, a highlight of my week is what my friends and I call “Watch-It Wednesdays.”  The name has changed a few times (i.e. “Marathon Mondays”) but the idea has stayed the same; myself and a group of friends gather together to watch a movie (or a couple episodes of a television series).  Considering how busy our lives get, this weekly staple provides a chance to stay connected with friends and partake in some good old-fashioned fun.  Call it an exercise in self-care.  This also has brought some remarkable new titles into my life; most recently, the anime film, your name.  Though I’m super late to that bandwagon, I’ll probably have to write a post about that pretty soon.  It was well worth the hype!

In any event, I’m going to start blogging about the films we watch each week.  We’ve gone through quite  a few themes and collections (Doctor Who, Veronica Mars, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Firefly…) but now we’re beginning the journey through the films of Pixar Animation Studios, moving chronologically.  So, last week we began with Toy Story and this week we watched A Bug’s Life.  In both cases, it’s remarkable how well the story, characters, and animation hold up…and I shall elaborate in the separate reviews to come.

First up: A Bug’s Life!