CARS
Owen Wilson’s infectious good-natured energy permeates Pixar’s light-hearted animated movie about “Lightning McQueen” a rookie competition race car that discovers…
Animation
THE WILD
There’s also an obvious “Finding Nemo” aspect to “The Wild” wherein a father embarks on a desperate mission to regain…
CHICKEN RUN
Peter Lord and Nick Park, the creators of “Wallace and Gromit,” have crafted a devilishly clever clay animation feature film…
THE WILD
“The Wild” is a sure-bet kids’ movie. Cole Smithey.
ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN
Although hampered by a literally pedestrian story about prehistoric animals on a trek to escape from rapidly melting glaciers “Ice…
HOODWINKED
On first look, this animated revamping of the Little Red Riding Hood story seems to farm the same well-tilled soil…
CHICKEN LITTLE
Tasteful vocal performances, by a talented cast including Zach Braff, Garry Marshall and Steve Zahn, can’t relieve Disney’s first inhouse…
CORPSE BRIDE
“Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” is a children’s movie of very limited appeal. Cole Smithey.
WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT
British Claymation geniuses Nick Park and Steve Box bring to life their best-loved characters Wallace (voiced by veteran actor Peter…
VALIANT
“Valiant” sits as a capricious piece of pro-war propaganda for children. Cole Smithey.
MADAGASCAR
A foursome of digitally animated zoo animals escape the inner city confines of Manhattan’s Central Park Zoo in search of…
SIN CITY
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“Sin City” is a high contrast tour de force cinematic adaptation of Frank Miller’s hugely popular, and wickedly grotesque, graphic-novel-homage…
YU-GI-OH! THE MOVIE
Watching a feature-length animated movie based on the television series, and Manga comic book, is like watching a Japanese video…
THE POLAR EXPRESS
Just seeing Tom Hanks’s name attached to an animated Christmas movie directed by Robert Zemeckis (“Forrest Gump”) should be enough…
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