Blu-Ray Review: "The Secret World of Arrietty" offers a flawless Studio Ghibli experience
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The films of Japan’s Studio Ghibli resonate with the heart more powerfully than any body of work I have ever encountered, and their latest film to reach American shores – “The Secret World of Arrietty” – is no exception. It is a thoughtful, visually lush, deeply emotional work of art, the best film I have yet seen in 2012. It failed to make a box-offi…
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