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Following so closely on the amazing Ratatouille, Flushed Away, and Wall-E, these two animated tales failed to live up to my expectations. Don’t get me wrong, they weren’t unwatchable. The actual animation was fine, but that’s to be expected these days. The voice acting was fine, Read the rest…
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Pixar’s story of a very low-born culinary artiste debuts on my list at #4 all-time favorite movies (right after Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the Were Rabbit, Flushed Away, and Wall-E). As with the aforementioned, a talented cast combines with flawless animation and a saucy script to deliver a tasty evening’s entertainment. If you haven’t guessed the story from the trailers, Remy, a country rat, is separated from his family (never mind, they never understood him anyway) Read the rest…
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Ever since Toy Story, our cinema screens have been awash with pixel-perfect CGI animations and usually I get the feeling they just replace one set of cutesy characters with another - swap penguins for pandas, zoo animals for woodland critters, toys for cars etc and you’re good to go. So I tend to be a bit skeptical whenever there’s a new Pixar or Dreamworks extravaganza on offer, but luckily there’s more than enough warmth, enchantment and humour in Wall-e to cure even the most skeptical of skeptics. Read the rest…
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I didn’t want to watch Flushed Away. Until the word “Aardman” flashed on the screen. Then I knew I had been wrong to prejudge the film (I had thought from the title it was one of those well-past-marginal animated films that could only amuse toddlers of less-than-average intelligence) and that I would be in for a treat. From that point, I was not disappointed.