A boy, his dog, and Burton at his best.

 

 

Beautifully animated and full of potential, Brave falls short on story.

 

 

An fanciful and luminous film shot in the style of a ballet akin to The Nutcracker or Peter and the Wolf shouldn’t be sabotaged by unnecessary parenthetical snarkiness that riddles its dialogue – but Mirror Mirror does just that. In a way, it’s true to the original Grimm fairy tale in that it tries to distance itself […]

 

 

Good for Disney. Good for Lucas. Good for you?

 

 

In for some Liam Neeson kicking Turkish ass? Check out Taken 2 — guaranteed to be more like Taken than the first Taken. In the mood for something morbid but funny? Frankenweenie opens this weekend — hopefully to defy the Burton / Disney dynamic that has disappointed as of late. Interested in Zac Efron and pee? You will need to deal with […]