After starring in several outstanding animated short films, Wallace and Gromit finally get the feature film treatment in Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. For those that don’t know, Wallace (Peter Sallis) is a cheese-addicted inventor and Gromit is his dog. Gromit is actually the smarter and moreContinue Reading
Trying to describe the plot of a movie as off-the-wall as The Triplets of Belleville serves only to make it sound mundane and pretty unappealing. However, this is a film that is anything but mundane. Visually, this is the most interesting movie I’ve seen in years. Bear with this plotContinue Reading
At some point in your life, you will come across a movie that touches you for some unknown reason. It will speak to you and, although you might not understand exactly what it’s saying, you’ll get the meaning anyway. You’ll be unable to shake it for quite awhile after viewingContinue Reading
Pixar Animation Studios and Disney have teamed up once again to bring a computer animated children’s feature to the big screen. Their previous collaborations, Toy Story and Toy Story 2, were critical and financial successes. Both of those films combined wonderful animation, incredible voice talent and a good mix ofContinue Reading
In the year 2065, Dr. Aki Ross (Ming-Na) and her colleague Dr. Sid (Donald Sutherland) believe that all living things contain a spirit that might possibly be used to repel aliens that have taken over the Earth. In their quest to find the specific spirits that will have the desiredContinue Reading
Have you ever thought about the price of being famous? Losing your privacy. Having people’s opinions of your every move plastered on the covers of magazines. Attracting the attention of people who’ve obviously got a few screws loose. All of this happens to Mima Kiragoe in 1997’s Perfect Blue, anContinue Reading
A few years ago, while channel surfing, I came across a short animated film that was composed of interviews with claymation animals about their experiences in the zoo. I couldn’t take my eyes off of it. The animal’s expressions were so well-animated and indicative of their mood that it knockedContinue Reading