Animal documentaries over the decades have vacillated between breathless paeans to the holiness of life on earth to rompish anthropomorphized cartoons of the wild. While March of the Penguins successfully drives home the incredible fight for survival that the Emperor penguins go through on the ice of Antarctica each season, my one complaint was […]
If you just ask someone what Winged Migration is about, they are forced to say, “well, it’s about migrating birds, and they follow a bunch of different flocks all over the world, and boy are their arms tired.” Without further elaboration, this sounds like a nice film for birders and zoologists only. Yes, […]
“You have to see this movie,” extolled a former frequent companion. I had intended to catch a screener but could not find a soul willing to go with me. If you don’t know, it’s a remake of a 1971 horror film wherein a sadly put upon fellow has all these rats who do […]
Dreamworks has rallied as a Disney competitor with the excellent Prince of Egypt and Shrek, and the beautifully rendered Road to Eldorado and Antz. Now, Spirit is a sweet fable about wild mustangs in the old west. It is a compliment to their team of animators that this film looks every bit of a […]
Cats rule. Not according to Cats & Dogs, however, which was decidedly pro-dog. If you’re a huge dog fan (and somehow can ignore the fact that all property damage except a wee little bit of knife-throwing was done by dogs), you should enjoy Cats & Dogs. The dog acting is fantastic, actually […]
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This weekend, the Best Boyfriend in the World™ and I went to see Babe, a Universal Studios talking pig movie, not to be confused with Gordy, another talking pig movie.
First of all, I am not going into why we went to see it, I normally shy away from fluffy kiddie treats, but this movie […]
