Forgotten Memories

Interview with Peter Vronsky,expert on international espionage and forensic history

Peter Vronsky was born in 1956 in Toronto, Canada. As independent historian and documentary filmmaker, he is a producer of investigative-themed television programs in Canada, the United States and Europe. During his career he has gone undercover in sects such as the...
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Firstborn

Hey, ghouls! A goblin's help alway comes at a price
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What I eat in a day

Hey, ghouls! A healthy diet is fundamental
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Eyes

Hey, ghouls! It's not easy being an angel  
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Radio

Hey, ghouls! This week we are looking at a new invention
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Office job

Hey, ghouls! Two robots discuss their day at the office
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Pinocchio – Del Toro’s Vision of a classic fairytale

Pinocchio – Del Toro’s Vision of a classic fairytale

by | Dec 27, 2022 | , , , , ,

It took a full 10 years of development for Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio to hit the screens of Netflix subscribers, bringing the quintessential Italian fairytale to life. Del Toro embraces all of the Italianness of the project and fits it into a story that aims to be new, different, and not propose anything already seen, but rather bring the entire fairytale into the world that characterizes his unique style perfectly. Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio - Plot The Oscar-winning director Guillermo...

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The Nightmare Before Christmas – Forgotten Memories

The Nightmare Before Christmas – Forgotten Memories

by | Oct 4, 2021 | ,

There are two different schools of thought on whether Nightmare Before Christmas is more of a Halloween film or a Christmas film. In doubt, we like to watch it for both holidays and so we propose it today for our Forgotten Memories column, although it is not so forgotten. Nightmare Before Christmas - Plot Animated musical fantasy set in a parallel world where different lands represent different holiday periods. Our hero is Jack Skellington (voice of Chris Sarandon), a man from Halloween who...

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The Secret of NIMH – Forgotten Memories

The Secret of NIMH – Forgotten Memories

by | May 3, 2021 | ,

The Secret of NIMH is a 1982 animated movie produced by Don Bluth Productions and Aurora and based on the novel by Robert C. O'Brien, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. It tells about the adventures of a country mouse and her innumerable offspring. It's another small masterpiece, one that deserves to be brought back for our segment, Forgotten Memories. The Secret of NIMH - Plot Brisby, a little widower mouse with a large family of country mice who live underneath a farming land, finds herself...

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Old Fangs – Forgotten Memories

Old Fangs – Forgotten Memories

by , | Mar 1, 2021 | ,

Old Fangs is a short animated movie produced by Cartoon Saloon in 2009 that, however, belongs in our Forgotten Memories collection as it never quite got the fame it deserves. Adrien Merigeau's short, around 20-minutes long, placed second in the Generator +16 category of the 2010 Giffoni Film Festival. Old Fangs - Plot A young wolf decides to face his father whom he hasn't seen since he was very young. Review The protagonist of this short story is a young little city wolf who, together with his...

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The Forgotten Toys – Forgotten Memories

The Forgotten Toys – Forgotten Memories

by , | Dec 7, 2020 | ,

The Forgotten Toys is an animated movie released in 1995 that was then followed by not one, but two series based on James Stevenson's story "The Night After Christmas". It revolves around a scruffy teddy bear and an old rag doll that were thrown away by the children who owned them after receiving new toys. A perfectly fitting story for this month's edition of Forgotten Memories. The Forgotten Toys - Plot Teddy the bear wakes up the night after Christmas in a garbage can. The ragdoll Annie is...

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The Great Mouse Detective – Forgotten Memories

The Great Mouse Detective – Forgotten Memories

by , | Sep 7, 2020 | , ,

The Great Mouse Detective is an animated film produced by Disney in 1986 and based on the adventures of another famous detective from London: Sherlock Holmes. The movie is probably not one of the most famous to come out of Disney, but it was certainly a pleasant surprise for fans of the mystery genre. Plot - The Great Mouse Detective Journey through the cobbled streets of 1897 London where Olivia, the coreageous daughter of a toy maker, seeks Basil of Baker Street for his help in finding her...

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Kirikou and the Sorceress – Forgotten Memories

Kirikou and the Sorceress – Forgotten Memories

by | Jul 6, 2020 | ,

Kirikou and the Sorceress is an animation movie released in 1998 directed by the French Michel Ocelot. In our column Forgotten Memories, we'll start a new trip with the little Kirikou to a small African village plagued by drought end a terrifying witch eats the men and ask tolls to women. Plot In a little village somewhere in Africa, a boy named Kirikou is born. But he's not a normal boy, because he knows what he wants very well. Also, he already can speak and walk. His mother tells him how an...

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Aida of the Trees – Forgotten Memories

Aida of the Trees – Forgotten Memories

by | Jun 1, 2020 | ,

Aida of the Trees is an animation movie released in 2001 by Medusa film and Lanterna Magica. We will talk about this movie in the new article of our column Forgotten Memories. Plot Arborea and Petra are two neighbouring countries perpetually at war with one another. Only the romantic relationship between Aida, the daughter of the Arborean king, and Radames, the brave son of the high general of Petra, will change the situation. The couple's worst enemy is Ramfis, the high priest of the evil god...

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Momo – Forgotten Memories

Momo – Forgotten Memories

by | May 4, 2020 | , ,

Momo is an animation movie released in 2001. It's an Italian and German production by Checchi Gori Entertainment. It's a little masterpiece even it seems it's not famous as it deserves. So, I'd like to talk about it in this column Forgotten Memories. Plot Momo, a little orphan girl, lives in the ruins of an old amphitheatre in a small town. Her extraordinary ability to listen draws people to her and she has many wonderful friends. One day she becomes aware that something has changed. Looking...

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Forgotten Memories

Forgotten Memories

by | Apr 30, 2020 | ,

Forgotten Memories is the first column in our English version of our website. Here we'll discuss old animation movies. Some days ago, we talk about Momo on our Instagram ad we found out a lot of people are interested in.  So as the response of the poll, we create this column. We have a lot of columns in our Italian version of the website, most of them about books like "Orrori dagli Abissi" and "Quarantena col Vampiro". But we'll try a new method. First of all, we won't make a premade list for...

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Undone: a oneiric journey into the flow of time

Undone: a oneiric journey into the flow of time

by | Mar 11, 2020 | ,

Undone is an Amazon Studios animated series developed with the rotoscope technique that follows Alma, a 28-year-old woman who, after an accident, finds out she possesses a very unique talent: she can bend time to her own will. Darkness, silence. The alarm clock going off. Breakfast. Shower. Leaving the house and going to work. Lunch, dinner, going back to bed. Darkness again. Waking up, breakfast, shower. Another day and then back to bed. Falling asleep, waking up again and everything is...

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