Posted on 13 October 2009
Everything that happens in Drag Me to Hell reverts back the source: a sweater button. If you can’t find the humor in someone’s entire soul resting on the fate of a cursed button, than Sam Raimi’s humor does not fit your tastes. Absurdly entertaining is one way to describe everything about Drag Me to Hell. [...]
Posted on 12 September 2009
Half of the fun of A Bug’s Life does not come from the story, but from the environments. All of them are filled with imaginative ways bugs would carry on their lives, assuming they had human-like intelligence. As Flick (voiced by Dave Foley) enters into the bug city, the film comes alive. Popcorn boxes are [...]
Posted on 25 July 2009
At 38 minutes into Coraline, the title character walks into a circus tent. There, a collection of musically talented mice perform a circus act, one that could be one of the most startling, jaw dropping animated sequences in the history of stop motion animation. Every mouse moves, turns, and dances to the music, making the [...]
Posted on 04 May 2009
An awe-inspiring piece of animation, Sleeping Beauty is a cinematic classic for a number of reasons. Its retelling of the fairy tale is forever engraved into children’s mind as the definitive version, it’s characters are unforgettable, soundtrack brilliant, and the animation work is easily some of the best to ever come out of Disney. It’s [...]