TOY STORY 3 (2010): two movies in one
Dir. Lee Unkrich
Alamo South Lamar, 6/19/10, 1:45pm
Increasingly, the discourse surrounding Pixar films suggests that they truly are “family” movies, in that they contain something for the kids and something for the adults in the audience. To a certain extent, this has been true of films like Finding Nemo and Up, which featured heroes for [...]
Plagued by the Past in 2009
I have been thinking about writing a blog post on the cinema year in review. I’d take about the general trends that the year brought, the highs, lows, surprises and upsets of the year. That kind of thing.
As part of that project, I have been thinking about consistent themes of the [...]
FANTASTIC MR FOX (2009)
Dir. Wes Anderson
Cinemark Tinseltown 15 (Beaumont, TX), 12/02/09, 7:35pm
Earlier this year, Daniel and I had a discussion about Pixar’s latest film, Up. He felt that the film too often panders to children, and that Pixar’s proven abilities for storytelling and character development are wasted whenever the film allows for childish humor or action sequences. [...]
