Coraline
Even the Fantasy World is Dull These Days Starring: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher By Tom Bevis It’s amazing that people are still trying to cash in on the success of The Nightmare Before Christmas. One can only wonder when the mediocre musical that became one of the world’s mightiest trends will tire. Next in line to replicate the film’s success (following the structurally catastrophic Corpse Bride) is Coraline. The story, based on...
Waltz With Bashir
Standing at the fore of Israel’s burgeoning conscience, filmmaker and former Israeli Army soldier Ari Folman creates an intensely personal animated documentary regarding his complicity in the massacre at the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila in 1982 Lebanon—and in the process questions the moral fabric of a nation forged out of tragedy with devastating conclusions. A meeting with his childhood friend,...
The Tale of Despereaux
What Has Four Legs and is Too Dark for Kids? Voices by: Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson By Tom Bevis The Tale of Despereaux. This is a hard one. I consider myself to be well qualified to judge kid movies. Why? Because I have two young nephews and a niece, all of whom have rather distinct tastes in the movies they take in (surprisingly refined standards for toddlers), all of whom I am on a fair level of understanding with. So, for this...
Bolt
Toy Story With Animals Starring: John Travolta, Miley Cyrus By: Andrew Younger “If the dog believes it, the audience believes it.” That declaration, uttered by the television director of the show Bolt (voiced by Inside the Actors’ Studio host and part-time shill for GEICO James Lipton) shoulders the weight of the entire film. If you can stomach that line, please continue reading. If not, I just saved you five minutes of your...
Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
Because Numerals in Place of Words Makes You Sound Street By: Andrew Younger Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock Like any young, white, middle class suburbanite, I often find myself experiencing a severe deficiency of African culture that I can co-opt as my own and reduce to utter pablum. Thankfully, the good folks at Dreamworks have done the hard work for me. Taking its rightful place in the pantheon of numerically inspired artistic...
